Example sentences of "[adv] i [modal v] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall . |
| 2 | Luckily I could still ride the bike . |
| 3 | I know then there is no one but me — only I can possibly stop the fountain of blood and minced flesh which my sister will become in those flashing , fluttering blades . |
| 4 | Perhaps I might just take the chance to say that if there is a local group that would like to hospitality to people from developing countries that are at the Institute , we always welcome that sort of opportunity and invitation . |
| 5 | The only complaint — and she was not really complaining against her uncle , perhaps I should rather say the cause for depression — was that from time to time she was very homesick and longed to see her mother and girls of her own age . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps I should always take the case for his solution as being 20% stronger than it would otherwise appear to me to be . |
| 7 | The erm safety on the transport yes I mean I am very happy to say that we will ask the , the staff to look at that and perhaps I can just clarify the meaning of that paragraph ah in four point eight when it says a m a new member of staff it means a new member of staff will be responsible for health and safety not just one person on his own . |
| 8 | when I 'm going so I 'll just allow the same . |
| 9 | And I 'll now ask them , everybody else is present , so I 'll now ask the Clerk to read the minutes of the previous meeting please . |
| 10 | I think really I can only repeat the County Council 's position here chairman that we we do have sympathy with er the District Council 's position and the particular problems that the District Council have to face . |
| 11 | In an ideal world , there would be no need for either , but for now I would rather see the frustration expressed in these light-hearted terms than in the sort of man-hating bitterness that has given feminism such a bad name . |
| 12 | Now I can exactly see the shape and size , the perfect fit , of the loneliness that is approaching . |
| 13 | ‘ Now I can never ring the alarm bell , ’ he thought . |
| 14 | Well I 'll just see the first part of Eastenders if I can cos I 've seen the second part . |
| 15 | Well I 'll maybe give the dog . |
| 16 | Cos I thought to myself well I 'll never remember the make of car . |
| 17 | Well I will now put the resolution to the meeting those in favour would they raise their hands thank you those against there is nobody so I can declare it carried unanimously . |
| 18 | Here I would provisionally assemble the family . |
| 19 | I really could n't I would never get the price I 'd want for the alphabet . |
| 20 | But I I really could n't I would never get the price I would want for the alphabet . |
| 21 | ‘ What happens is that maybe I 'll just see the shape of some chords , or where my fingers should be on the frets . |
| 22 | I 'd I 'd quite I 'd quite enjoy the golf club one . |
| 23 | And with this in mind and I 'm I 'm you will notice that I have n't spoken at all and that is quite deliberate on my part but then I can also say the same for many people sitting round here who know quite well that they have n't spoken either . |
| 24 | ‘ If you ever find enough human emotion to fall in love then I can only pity the victim from the bottom of my heart , ’ she said savagely , lashing out in her pain like a wounded animal . |
| 25 | She begins one sentence : ‘ Although I have no idea how I shall usefully fill the remainder of my life … ’ |
| 26 | I could n't understand how I could possibly make the individual pine-needles knit ; it was like trying to carry grain in a net , or water in a cloth . |
| 27 | As zero hour was reached , and punctually to the very minute our barrage lifted , through my glasses I could clearly observe our skirmishers leave their trenches and move steadily forward ; here and there I could even distinguish the smoke puffs of bursting bombs . |
| 28 | I mean I did not need to stay on at school or get my B.A. at Strathclyde to know when not to F or C. Fuck-me shoes , I just handed them back to the saleslady with as much dignity as I could muster and says , thanks but no thanks , I do n't know when I 'd ever have the occasion to werr them . |
| 29 | Yet I can still detect the presence of a large lorry or bus out of the extreme corner of my eye . |
| 30 | With the show as buoyant as it is in these times , you will perhaps see why I have questioned his assertion that it is a local show and why I can absolutely refute the suggestion that we needed to discount . |