Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm making her kick , trying to get her to shake or swat them off , and the last thing I need at this point is for her to panic , in which case I can certainly kiss the whole blessed contract bye-bye . |
| 2 | Usually I can only suggest possible methods of locating a partner for a large cichlid — unless I have just had a similar query from someone else , in which case I will happily operate a marriage bureau as long as both fishkeepers are agreeable . |
| 3 | Although of course I would rather have a Pissarro . |
| 4 | ‘ For income I 'd again select a combination of funds . |
| 5 | Peering into the tank using a strong eye-glass I could only see a few fry and I mean a few . |
| 6 | Mind you , all these youngsters ca n't but you ca n't see , you know normally when I stand at bar I can normally see the door but I ca n't see it . |
| 7 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 8 | Having created a distinct icon I could then associate the icon with the word counting macro . |
| 9 | Excuse me a second I 'll just do a quick |
| 10 | But when I close my eyes , strain my stomach and clench my fist I can still feel the g build as the world smoothly revolves and I see that bright red tip tank carve its silent arc across the azure of my mind 's sky and remember . |
| 11 | All those people who 've never done it before and if you 're in bed at the moment I 'll perhaps have a chat with you while you 're in bed this morning . |
| 12 | At the moment I can only take the family thing so far : I can talk about certain things , but then everything becomes a blank because I still feel too close to it all . |
| 13 | When it comes to safety when it comes to safety I would rather have an electric cooker . |
| 14 | If permitted to return in safety I shall never regret the steps I am about to take . |
| 15 | I 'd tell my husband I 'd rather have a change of holiday and not go with our friends . |
| 16 | ‘ I do what I can to help and one day I would really like a shop full of Green products . |
| 17 | By the time I had packed the things from the wardrobe and stuffed her toilet things on the top I could barely shut the case . |
| 18 | But when darkness fell , he was always in the bushes by the gate ; and waking in the night I would sometimes hear a shrill cry , ‘ Come out then ! |
| 19 | Sure enough , when I manipulated her hip joints while she was still fast asleep from her anaesthetic I could almost pull the balls out of the sockets . |
| 20 | I went to this game and although I probably do n't deserve to get a ticket I will probably take the opportunity . |
| 21 | On one occasion I can even recall a bitch stoat emerging while carrying one of her brood . |
| 22 | You make me decide to go on a diet immediately , though even if I starved for a month I 'd never get a waist as slim as yours . ’ |
| 23 | Because I used Arches hot-pressed paper I could also lift the pigment off with a brush if the colour was too heavy . |
| 24 | ‘ When I stood on the first tee in the morning I could hardly see the fairway , ’ said the Atherstone club-mate and friend of Paul Broadhurst , the Ryder Cup player . |
| 25 | REGARDING the wolf whistling debate , should I ever receive such a gesture I think I 'd die of shock , But should some young , dishy male give me a whistle I would probably give a wink and a whistle back . |
| 26 | Among book ephemera I must also spare a paragraph for the modest bookmark , much neglected and too little chronicled.2 I do not , of course , refer to improvised examples such as scraps of brown paper and bacon rinds , but to the commercially produced strips of silk , paper and card , some of them elaborately lettered and decorated , deckled , frilled , tassled and ribboned . |
| 27 | ‘ If I had a choice I would just wear a dhoti like they do in India . |
| 28 | I have conclusively proved that in my lifetime , and for that reason I can totally oppose the use of gas — gassing rabbits down their burrows — as a means of control . |
| 29 | I am surprised by what he says ; if he cares to write to me or to the Secretary of State for Education and Science I will certainly have the matter looked into . |
| 30 | This year I could only stay a very short time , as I had to get out to Cliveden for a charity ball the same evening . |