Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 2 | If I may remind the right hon. Gentleman , I did not invent that figure . |
| 3 | I may spot the unnatural symmetry which a real stick would not have . |
| 4 | I may inform the right hon. and learned Gentleman that a single man on average earnings in 1978-79 was paying 42 per cent . |
| 5 | Anyway , who knows , I may get the odd half-hour just to pop down the gangway and explore those fascinating little shops down there . ’ |
| 6 | My sister and I may share the same birthday , but we do n't share the same man , though if we did it would be none of your business . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I ought to wear the wretched thing after all , just to give a talking-point . |
| 8 | ‘ I ought to collect the little ‘ uns from their minder , too . |
| 9 | Faced with the absurdity of British public life , I sometimes think I ought to do the same , turning this space into a museum of grotesque items displayed without comment . |
| 10 | ‘ Thought I ought to present the right image — ’ |
| 11 | I must advise the hon. Gentleman , however , that the phrase in Big Farm Weekly , ’ Goodbye to the BSE scourge ’ was not mine , but that of the chief veterinary officer . |
| 12 | I must tell the hon. Gentleman that , as a new Member of Parliament , he should be more concerned with the possibility of improving the delivery of health care to his constituents . |
| 13 | I asked if you were sleeping with him , and since you have done everything to evade a straight answer I must assume the worst or the best , depending whose side you are one . ’ |
| 14 | I must quote the first two subsections : |
| 15 | Kowalik said : ‘ I reached the World Championship semi-finals last year and I must do the same again to prove that my career is on course . |
| 16 | I think I must make the ordinary orders to costs , well what I will do is erm doctor must I think pay the costs of the appeal against the order of master erm both here and below on the other hand the defendant seems to be able to bear the costs of the appeal against the September order , that 's the order , that 's the order of , is that Mr ? , er sorry when I say the doc doctor bears the costs must er in fact he must , right , it is the August , that 's the August decision both , both before erm the taxing officer and on this appeal and er the , I dismiss the defendants appeal against the September board with costs |
| 17 | To do so I must sketch the bare outlines of the opposing views on the conceptual issues , to see which one harmonises more with evolutionary conjectures about language . |
| 18 | The same if I brush one arm against a wall or a lamp-post ; I must brush the other one as well , soon , or at the very least scratch it with the other hand . |
| 19 | I must apply the same rules to those on the Front Benches as to those on the Back Benches . |
| 20 | Guevara begun by saying that I must understand the Cuban revolution . |
| 21 | In the interests of honesty and truthfulness , I must ask the hon. Gentleman to withdraw the form of words that he used — that the Government ’ blocked ’ the directive on pregnant women . |
| 22 | Why wo n't I admit that I must have the shortest arms in the world ? |
| 23 | It seems to me that I must judge the present claim in nuisance by reference to the present character of the neighbourhood pursuant to the planning permission for use of the dockyard as a commercial port . |
| 24 | Obviously , you the supporters already accept that I must take the greater challenge when it comes . |
| 25 | ‘ I must say the old trousers he wears let him down a little — but at the wedding he 'll wear his best suit . |
| 26 | I must say the B-29s were really wonderful for creature comforts in comparison to my wartime flying in Wellingtons , Whitley 's , Warwicks etc . , |
| 27 | ‘ I must say the Australian horses will be fresh , just starting their season , while the European horses are probably on the wane now . ’ |
| 28 | I must like the real Gabriel . |
| 29 | Yes , it is true , but I must add the following : even her hand-outs to beggars were based on negation : she gave them money not because beggars , too , belonged to mankind , but because they did not belong to it , because they were excluded from it , and probably like her , felt no solidarity with mankind . |
| 30 | says explaining why he had come to earth Jesus told the Roman governor Pontius Pilate , will thus I 've been born and for this purpose I have come out of the world that I should bear witness to the truth , but what particular truth was Jesus sent to earth to make no man , first just about his heavenly father , he taught his followers to pray that his father name be hallowed or hell holy and he prayed , I have made your name manifest to the man you gave me , also he said I must declare the good news with the kingdom of God , because for this I was sent forth , so what truths did Jesus come to er , to tell ? |