Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps I may now see Mrs Thorne ? ’ she asked , and Alida was forced to rise . |
| 3 | ‘ For good reasons which you may or may not understand , I desire to remain here in the wilderness away from those to whom I may inadvertently bring catastrophe . |
| 4 | I must respectfully correct Peter Robinson 's Heroes article ( 27 February ) . |
| 5 | To this list I must now add Rano Raraku . |
| 6 | Perhaps my allegiance to the latter may in part be conditioned by the fact that grew up in its company , in which case I should similarly prefer Fritz Reiner 's 78s of the Shostakovich Sixth ( Columbia , 6/37 ) , which I also bought as a schoolboy . |
| 7 | ‘ I should rather keep company with Mrs Frere . |
| 8 | If I want nothing but to prepare the best Chinese meal I can manage then I should just follow John 's instructions . |
| 9 | I should also itemise claims which were made under two heads which have been satisfied by interim payment . |
| 10 | ‘ Having obtained mama 's permission , I should forthwith change places with Joan — and none , I dare say , would notice the difference ! ’ |
| 11 | One thing I have learned is that I should never tell class members to lift their ‘ jambon ’ . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ When I 've seen you safely on the train , I should still have time enough to get to the auction . ’ |
| 13 | I should happily give way — if it were in my power to do so — to give them the opportunity to dissociate themselves from that appalling motion . |
| 14 | They have white filters , and I am concerned lest in this poor light I should mistakenly set fire to the wrong end . |
| 15 | imply that I might soon have funds . ’ |
| 16 | I think he hoped I might eventually add distinction to the family name , of which he was intensely proud , and his initial interest in me also developed into affection . |
| 17 | Paula said slyly , ‘ I might just tell Mum what you and Edward get up to in the pictures . ’ |
| 18 | Finally Mr Mayor I might just take issue with councillor . |
| 19 | So I might just have Monday Tuesday Monday Tuesday . |
| 20 | ‘ But I might just feign insanity some day and come back for another cup of that damned fine coffee . ’ |
| 21 | I might even give money to The Campaign for Heavier Helmets today . |
| 22 | ‘ So you did , and in that case , if you 're a very good girl , I might yet make love to you . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I might actually see Edward ? ’ |
| 24 | I reckoned I might still escape detection , however , if I ran on my toes in a sort of hearty limbering up exercise . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll even shake paws for a biscuit , ’ Wayne had said . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps I 'll even have time to persuade you not to run away from me after all , mus . ’ |
| 27 | I 'll just await events . ’ |
| 28 | Let's straight into seventeen then , I 'll just remind committee that we need to move to the confidential section at five o'clock today in order to get it finished . |
| 29 | What about these service stations , though , we we 're I 'll just bring Stan back in . |
| 30 | Oh well , we I 'll just leave Sunday then . |