Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] the whole " in BNC.
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1 | That he heard I was so tremendously successful in the Gothic style that if he let me alone I should Gothicize the whole country , &c. , &c. , & c . |
2 | Anyway , if a sanitary inspector came in here I should think the whole place would be condemned . ’ |
3 | Before we allow him to intrude on to my turf too far , I should set the whole business in its correct credit context . |
4 | ‘ No , just trying to decide whether I should take you riding in a horse-drawn carriage through Dyrhaven tomorrow , or whether I should spend the whole day making love to you . ’ |
5 | Perhaps once in a film , for a special moment , I might show the whole orchestra , or perhaps at the very end , with the lights down . |
6 | ‘ Get out or so help me , I 'll yell so loud that I 'll wake the whole house ! |
7 | When I fly to California for my final rethink , maybe I 'll go the whole hog and get my blood fixed too . |
8 | ‘ And one day I 'll own the whole outfit , ’ he said to himself . |
9 | If you do n't come back I 'll take the whole bottle . ’ |
10 | ‘ I think I 'll have the whole bloody lot of you transferred to the infantry , ’ Woolley said . |
11 | ‘ If I blast an enhancer that size , ’ he muttered , ‘ I could blow the whole Caribbean off the map . |
12 | I would , I would have to be absolutely honest and that and er I would n't exclude myself from that particular er way of thinking because when they moved in , when you got a time for a job , erm for example there was one particular job that I was on erm and I thought that I was doing it reasonable accurately and rapidly , erm and they wanted to introduce a new fixture so that you know , I could do the whole series of faces on it . |
13 | Of course I could settle the whole thing by opening the cow up , but Mr Bailes was an old-fashioned type and did n't like the idea of my diving into his animal unless I was certain of my diagnosis . |
14 | Of course it 's early days yet , I suppose , but I do so wish there was someone I could tell the whole story to . |
15 | Peering ahead , I could sense the whole world turning . |
16 | I ordered a glass of wine and sat in the corner where I could survey the whole place . |
17 | ‘ By the time I reached High School — twelve , going on thirteen — I could play the whole Kiss repertoire . |
18 | I do n't care if it sound 's big-headed , I believe I could run the whole show . ’ |
19 | And a , I was like Harry , you could , I could work the whole week and I , I would n't be dirty . |
20 | " I could take the whole lot . " |
21 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
22 | If he had been close to the cliff I would not have been able to see him , but I could see the whole section of shoreline , and there was no boat there . |
23 | . Do n't blame it on the mother-fucking and I could fill the whole fucking , A is for apple , K is kill , I 'm killing , killing if you wan na rock that there , come on . |
24 | What , what people had , had Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday and they perhaps came for their order on the , or their weekend joint on the Friday and I 'd make the whole ticket up and they 'd pay and then that ticket would be torn off and if they wanted that meat delivered on the Saturday , that would be delivered with that ticket on the top . |
25 | If I were you I 'd go the whole hog and set up a large invertebrate aquarium . |
26 | If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’ |
27 | I 'd flag the whole area as a ‘ buy ’ without a worry . ’ |
28 | I saw one man being struck by a mounted officer 's baton , picked up by some shocked onlookers and given first-aid ; I heard a policeman say to another : ‘ I 'd shoot the whole fuckin' lot . ’ |
29 | There was plenty of water now , and I thought I 'd explore the whole waterfront of Winter Marsh . |
30 | At one time I had this scrubbing brush and I used to spend the whole day scrubbing and I used to have a big pan and I used to boil my clothes up in it — it drove me round the bend … |