Example sentences of "i doubt [conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To my inexperienced eyes she seemed still to be floating far too high in the water , and I doubted that we would get away before sunset . |
| 2 | I doubted that I would find one in time . |
| 3 | After a closer inspection of the young man , I doubted that he could help anyone . |
| 4 | In fact , had he four Mohammed Ali arms I doubted if he 'd know what to do with a paintbrush , or with a toothbrush for that matter . |
| 5 | " I doubt whether we shall see much of them . |
| 6 | ‘ We Americans are spoilt , ’ he said , ‘ I doubt whether we would have played in the cold and soaking conditions we had here today . ’ |
| 7 | Had that policy prevailed , I doubt whether we would have had even the INF treaty . |
| 8 | That 's my job and I doubt whether we can grant you anything until it 's sold . |
| 9 | ( This is not meant to be a criticism , for I doubt whether we can work effectively without such things ; it is merely to point out that modernity enters the church far more easily than the church enters modernity . ) |
| 10 | I doubt whether we can afford it , I doubt whether , I think the problems are so immense , er what really means is down I think , tearing down most of their industry and rebuilding it from scratch . |
| 11 | I doubt whether they should run sandwich courses until they have learned what the words mean ’ . |
| 12 | I doubt whether it will appear erm by by one o'clock . |
| 13 | I am not too worried about the new council tax because I doubt whether it will see the light of day . |
| 14 | And I doubt whether it can get rid of dandelions . |
| 15 | I doubt whether it could have found its target but the very shape of it in my hands was reassuring . |
| 16 | The course provided tremendous excitement and thanks largely to the 18th hole I doubt whether it could have been topped by any course in the country . |
| 17 | ‘ Although I doubt whether I 'll have time to fit everything in . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I doubt whether I could have indicated it more clearly than by the importance I placed on foreign affairs in the last year . |
| 19 | Though the number of books I have read is pitiful I doubt whether I will find another book as good as this . |
| 20 | Or he could have gone to the lavatory , but I doubt whether he would have heard anything from there . ’ |
| 21 | He is — was — an extremely competent forensic biologist , but I doubt whether he would have gone any higher . |
| 22 | I doubt whether he will have an opportunity to meddle in the affairs of the Northern Ireland ports , but , were he to do so , as he comes from Wigan his knowledge of the pier might be of assistance . |
| 23 | If you read Callenbach you will know what I mean by an " Ecotopian " , if you read FAST 's voluminous reports I doubt whether you will recognise a citizen of the biosociety . |
| 24 | I doubt whether you could improve on that . |
| 25 | On the first day I doubt whether you could feel them at all ! |
| 26 | ‘ I doubt whether you could understand how it feels to know for all eternity that the creations of hell are pursuing you , ’ Kopyion said . |
| 27 | I doubt whether you can have deep London roots , or Birmingham , or even Stoke-on-Trent roots . |
| 28 | The Pole Star is of type F , though I doubt whether anyone will detect yellowness in it ( I certainly can not ) . |
| 29 | I doubt whether anyone can speak 500 syllables in a minute without dying . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm glad to see you 're putting those binoculars to good use , ’ Windeler said , indicating the Zeiss that Schaffer was still holding , ‘ but I doubt that they 'll tell you much . |