Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But before we get down to the equations I must say a few words in defence of the approach I choose . |
| 32 | Thus I can say this morning either during the morning or the afternoon , and refer to the same span ; whereas in Chinantec , I must use a different word for referring to the morning in the morning ( i.e. when the span includes CT ) from the one I use to refer to the morning in the afternoon ( i.e. when the span referred to excludes CT , but is within the same larger diurnal span as CT — Fillmore , 1975 : 47 ) . |
| 33 | I must get a good night 's sleep . ’ |
| 34 | I must get a sharper one . |
| 35 | I must get a little tiny erm filing cabinet sometime . |
| 36 | Daisy thought , a people that loves flowers yet is cruel to animals ; Sister Dew said to herself , I must get a coloured postcard of that to send to my friend . |
| 37 | Before I comment on the Bill in any detail , I must declare a possible future interest with British Rail in activities that are unrelated to my parliamentary duties . |
| 38 | I must declare a new interest at the outset of my speech in that I have recently become the parliamentary adviser to the Federation of Master Builders . |
| 39 | ‘ I have neither money or influence , ’ he hold Thelwall , ‘ & I suppose , that at last I must become a Unitarian minister as a less evil than starvation — for I get nothing by literature . ’ |
| 40 | I had been complaining that one day I must become a good daughter again and go back home for a visit . |
| 41 | If I should plant a tiny seed of love |
| 42 | If I should plant a tiny seed of love |
| 43 | Or do you reckon I should wear a white casual |
| 44 | I should bring a criminal prosecution against you . |
| 45 | If I were Harold of Wessex , which I 'm glad I 'm not , I should send a polite embassy soon , preferably under Bishop Ealdred ; to extract the child before someone else has a better idea . |
| 46 | The American authorities told me that I should make a general election law and arrange that the Korean people rule themselves . |
| 47 | ‘ You suggested that I should make a fresh statement . ’ |
| 48 | For the sake of completeness I should mention a further argument which was advanced by Mr. Beloff as to why the rules of natural justice should not apply . |
| 49 | Continuing with Half Fisherman 's rib in mind , perhaps I should mention a few other little difficulties we encountered with this particular stitch pattern . |
| 50 | ‘ I should keep a close eye on your … friend . |
| 51 | The youngest brother said , " I should like a good Christian girl for a wife . " |
| 52 | God willing , I should like a few more years in which to settle my own account . |
| 53 | I should like a single room , please . |
| 54 | He regarded my attainment of ‘ full genitality ’ as the ultimate goal of his therapy and he was determined that I should enjoy a complete cure . |
| 55 | If I win I should get a top ten rating . |
| 56 | ‘ She told me I should find a rich girlfriend . |
| 57 | I can not accept that I should adopt a live-and-let-live neutral attitude to hawks and pigeons even though I accept the fact that we share very similar body mechanisms and an identical world . |
| 58 | Well I should put a small stake or something in . |
| 59 | I should apply a hot antiphlogistine poultice just above the fetlock and alternate with a cold hose on it twice a day . " |
| 60 | But I think I should ring a few times before I would arrange to meet him . |