Example sentences of "they i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told them I would prefer to give no interviews to press or television . |
| 2 | When Elfed returned with Richard , I told them I would do as they all wished , and the room seemed to be filled with the happiness of relief . |
| 3 | Er it seems it seems that there were a lot of students , from one of the bigger un er er top class universities which were handling this train , er but er there were quite a few er things done , some of them I would think dangerous . |
| 4 | Every last one of them I would imagine that were in that room when I met them er a week ago Friday I would , would probably stake my shirt on it , not that shirt , but this one |
| 5 | Speaking on radio the man , whose wife was assaulted , said : ‘ If I had got my hands on them I would have broken their arms . ’ |
| 6 | On the other hand , though , we do in society have erm all sorts of erm apparatuses and institutions , not necessarily for reconciling different evaluations , but for co-ordinating them I would say . |
| 7 | I would have liked to have checked at once on the state of the horses , but I supposed if there were something wrong with any of them I would hear soon enough . |
| 8 | I was so concerned that I also really did n't trust other people or stupid books to explain to me whereas usually , in most things I do , if I do n't understand them I 'll go to the library and get books and read about it and find out . |
| 9 | Yes , but one of them I 'll sign in your presence Maisie and her twenty year old son , not hundred per cent happy about it , I 'd prefer older people cos youngest like that are inclined try to put their music on a bit loud or invite their friends in when mum 's away , you know , and . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've told them I 'll pay , but not before I 'm ready ! ’ |
| 11 | Tell them I 'll speak to them as soon as I 'm free . |
| 12 | If only for them I 'll do it . |
| 13 | Since I 'm obviously the cause of them I 'll do my best to keep out of your way . ’ |
| 14 | Here I 'll take them I 'll do the tins is that it Paula ? |
| 15 | When my friends come into Gatwick , I tell them I 'll meet them at Victoria station . |
| 16 | Underneath them I 'll write down what to do . |
| 17 | To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . |
| 18 | So and he will ask questions and if I do n't know how to answer them I 'll have |
| 19 | In fact I 'll give my neighbours who live opposite , I do n't see a lot of them but they they are my opposite neighbours and of course the 's really I 'm on good terms with I ought to give them I 'll get them a tin of biscuits as well . |
| 20 | we 've actually had trout in the freezer for ages , and not used them fresh the day I got them I 'll use it and |
| 21 | I told them I might stay with Kit and Teresa … ’ |
| 22 | If I had some time on my own with them I might squeeze something out , but I 'm inhibited in front of the neighbours . |
| 23 | leave them I shall sort them out in a moment |
| 24 | Yes I think that probably this had been er very wise in this er in so I 'm not saying that they 've helped us or anything but they 've kept the middle of the line and erm In the beginning when things were beginning to whatsit er the inspector sent two policemen down here and asked me would I ask the lads not to do any damage to property and all this , and that and said , Right there 's a lodge tonight and I shall ask them I shall tell them to do that . |
| 25 | ‘ Then , Master Porter , ’ he raised his voice so the two soldiers hiding in the porter 's house could hear him , ‘ tell them I will check that they are carrying out their duties . |
| 26 | ‘ I can assure them I will go all the way . ’ |
| 27 | I 've told them I will help with advice , but I ca n't commit one dollar , they 've got to do it themselves . ’ |
| 28 | Some of them I will try to deal with as part of the presentation . |
| 29 | I could , I could go and I could go and take if there 's , you know , if they have n't , no nothing awful 's to them I could go and take some pics of those . |
| 30 | Half of me wanted to ‘ wow ’ everyone with how good I looked — show them I could do it , be thin if I wanted — but half of me also wanted them not to notice . |