Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |
2 | The confusion yields when we realize that we have to do with a limited area , however large , and that the ‘ unionists ’ , if I may use this term , made the mistake of extrapolating the ambiguity and interchangeability within this limited area to the whole scope of Mozart 's staccato notation . |
3 | He is if I may take this question of the appointment of the independent members , he has certainly separated himself directly from their appointment by having this regional instrument . |
4 | Just as there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This is a pleasant experience ’ to saying ‘ This is a good thing ’ , so there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This act will produce the best consequences ’ to saying ‘ I ought to do this act ’ . |
5 | I ought to start this note with a health warning — it contains some mathematics ; not a lot , but some . |
6 | ‘ I must finish this letter . |
7 | I must finish this letter , she thought . |
8 | If you find my door closed to you , it 's because I must travel this dark , dangerous road alone . |
9 | That is why I must leave this place . |
10 | PAMELA : [ alone ] After what has passed I must leave this house and go to the next town and wait for an opportunity to get home to my parents . |
11 | ‘ If I am , I must leave this house before daylight . |
12 | She continued : ‘ I am 70 years old but I felt I must make this sacrifice for them , even though the constraints on me in the future are very great . ’ |
13 | I must sort this cupboard out because there 's plenty of room in there . |
14 | You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business . |
15 | This was dropped on me out of the blue , I must admit this course |
16 | I must admit this town short of cafe 's for reason . |
17 | Even now it has me enslaved — so that I must follow this madman willynilly and protect him from harm . |
18 | Colleagues , I must oppose this rule amendment . |
19 | ‘ I must see this baby — ’ It was half past nine at night , the nurseries sacrosanct . |
20 | There are many people who I 'd like to thank for their support and help , and for those I am not able to contact personally , I must take this opportunity to say thanks . |
21 | I must take this opportunity to say a personal thank you to each and everyone of you for your kind support and all the good wishes that I have received during the past six months . |
22 | ‘ I must take this box upstairs . ’ |
23 | Even at the cost of revealing the whereabouts of the cave to one of the People I must take this specimen there — I must , so great was my urge , thundering in me like the breakers of an ocean . |
24 | I must say this drink Liza has given me is a life-saver . |
25 | But I must say this business of bantering is not a duty I feel I can ever discharge with enthusiasm . |
26 | Paragraph seven making it clear put that an initial assessment has already established er it has already passed the preliminary assessment stage er and that er the director is undertaking the data collection procedure so that the site can be properly assessed and I do drawn er Mr attention er to that I erm have taken the opportunity during the last adjournment Chairman to speak to Mr about the appropriateness of the wording of his er er amendment and I believe that he he may wish to er move something which is slightly different er which will certainly er we 'll deal with that er if he does move that but er it clearly is the intention of this report and of the committee that when the work has been completed on the assessment of traffic calming measure in Shalford and its priority established , that we would then bring er another report er to the highways and transportation committee in response to this petition er as as indeed is set out in paragraph ten B and if Mr wished that to be brought forward through to council then that will be done but I leave to him if he wish to move an amendment to make it quite clear , since er I must say this motion is rather bland . |
27 | ‘ I must sell this house , resolve this will ’ . |
28 | I must get this scratch washed and tied up . |
29 | ‘ But I must get this package to you . |
30 | ‘ I should abandon this farce of a holiday and go home to attend to my business . |