Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] [verb] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't give any details about the Leeds match ( or I may have missed them as I was simultaneously talking on the phone ) . |
| 2 | May I just say I went to erm Johnstown yesterday because I had half promised our friends here that I would go to support them . |
| 3 | Yes I w I I would think so I mean it it wo n't occur in five minutes of course erm and I I would still say that I would like to see them in the six yard box more often . |
| 4 | But the great hikes we undertake on our holidays , usually in the Highlands of Scotland , or some other bleak , wet , cold hill country that I got to know in the days when I used to go climbing by myself ( and there 's another subject we might discuss ! ) , habitually entail a complex of discomfort , exhaustion , irritation , confusion , sheer misery and intense exhilaration so closely intertwined that I shall have to leave them to be considered on another occasion . |
| 5 | ‘ Lots of people say it must be easy for my family to carry on in music and that I must have taught them everything — but I feel they just inherited their love of music as it 's in our blood . ’ |
| 6 | I have also had three two-hour sessions at the job agency which has the training facility , and , having taken down some scribbled notes and typed them up have gone back over it all to improve my notes , so that I can continue re-reading them till I improve my knowledge . |
| 7 | Anything that I can do to help them , any words I write which may soften their lot , is little enough . ’ |
| 8 | Smiles from that quarter are not so plentiful that I can afford to disregard them , but I was n't in the mood to appreciate one right at that moment . |
| 9 | Once I could have seen them off by asserting that I had no interest in such things , preferring to live from one day to the next , unfettered by possessions and responsibilities . |
| 10 | A Celtic pantheon of gods whirled about my head , and I may have got them a bit mixed up here . |
| 11 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
| 12 | Not really , I mean well I know , German I mean I 'm gon na be worried about it when I get there but at the moment German and French are just gon na be translating something , there 'll be , give me an extract and a translation and I 'll have to do them , you know |
| 13 | but no I mean I i mean I 've lost a lot of good friends on it , and I would love to see them back alive but , there 's nothing much I can do about it . |
| 14 | ‘ He had been nursed superbly and that needs to be said because the nurses have gone through a difficult time for obvious reasons and I would like to assure them , in public , that what they have done was quite superlative . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ During the whole affair I have had hundreds of letters from English fans , and I would like to thank them all for their support . |
| 16 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 17 | ‘ Our clients have been informed of the situation by letter and I would like to reassure them that their holidays and their money are safe . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I think four victories would ensure our safety and I would like to get them early so we could be more relaxed . ’ |
| 19 | He had only to tell me and I would have found them for him . |
| 20 | My teeth are one of my best assets and I 'd like to keep them that way . |
| 21 | There are a number of questions which relate to the computing aspects of each option , and I 'd like to discuss them with you . |
| 22 | Anybody could have kissed me and I 'd have kissed them right back with interest . |
| 23 | Or where do I — can I write down an address on a piece of paper and I will try to mail them from the hotel . |
| 24 | I went to a meeting and they asked if I would try to get them contacts from the West , ’ said Mrs Charlton . |
| 25 | They said they were going to the local pub for a meal if I 'd like to join them . |
| 26 | I do n't even know if I 'd like to jump them . |
| 27 | Erm it 's in Leeds erm and they know that I 'm going but I may need to call them and say that I 'm sending somebody else because I ca n't possibly go anywhere during the day on Wednesday . |
| 28 | Hopefully they will go there as champions but I would love to see them win the Irish Cup , ’ said Flanagan . |
| 29 | ‘ But I would like to thank them and let them know how very grateful I am and how much it helps to know his grave is being cared for . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Wales have made enormous strides , but I would like to see them being more creative before I would say they are a real force again . ’ |