Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] i [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I — she — there was something she wanted to know which I can now tell her . ’ |
| 2 | Now if I want to write something I can just turn like that and I 'm not turning me back away . |
| 3 | From the family home in Betchworth , Surrey , Nicholas 's stunned father Peter said : ‘ I want to know what I can legally say about this whole sad and unhappy upset . ’ |
| 4 | To avoid them I should either have had to go several hundred yards through dense undergrowth , or make a wide detour round and above them ; the former would have subjected me to very great danger , and there was no time for the latter , for the sun was near setting and I had still two miles to go . |
| 5 | Seeing my disappointed expression , she said that if I did n't want the watch she would keep it herself and give my mother money instead to buy something I would really like . |
| 6 | If I feel the need to do something I can always exercise my creative abilities trying to think of a story that 'll appease Eddie . |
| 7 | I will have to do what I can now to pick up the threads of my life . |
| 8 | He had hundreds of shirts and why he ever wanted me to iron them I 'll never know . |
| 9 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 10 | No you ca n't but she 's trying to convince you I will never trust you again that 's it , |
| 11 | If anybody said anything to upset me I 'd just burst out crying . |
| 12 | As long as I am here to remind you I shall never let you forget . |
| 13 | IT did n't take the small but determined palmist , medium and clairvoyant Verran Boswell to tell me I would never afford the ‘ Dream House ’ at the Ideal Home Exhibition . |
| 14 | ‘ I came to tell you I 'd quite like us to leave before too long — just in case you were planning a lengthy swim . ’ |