Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i [vb mod] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I , no , I mean I used to love lamb ! |
| 2 | I do n't want really want Darren , I do n't honestly think , I think I 'd have difficulty in the initial breaking , but then everything else would go |
| 3 | All right , Ellis , I expect I can find time this afternoon . |
| 4 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 5 | [ reading ] " When you read this letter you will be far on your way to your father and mother where you have so long desired to be , and I hope I shall forbear thinking of you with the least shadow of that fondness my foolish heart had entertained for you . |
| 6 | He graced his office with dignity and performed his duties with such excellence that I know I may have difficulty in walking in his footsteps . |
| 7 | O K so if any of you could make because it 's one more interesting psychological ploys in the play , there are n't very many of them are there ? comedy I suppose I 'll play behaviour . |
| 8 | I suppose I ought to think quarter to six |
| 9 | Back at the scene of the burglary , I can remember thinking next , ‘ Oh well , I suppose I can re-wrap some of the parcels that have just been torn open ; I suppose I could use cash instead for some of the presents that have gone ; there is some way that I can cope with this . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose I could have coffee … ’ she suggests doubtfully . |
| 11 | In all this , I feel I must pay tribute to our present Spiritual Director , Canon Harney . |
| 12 | Dear Guitarist I feel I must put pen to paper , having just been to an excellent ‘ 30 Years of Jim Marshall ’ evening here in Copenhagen , Denmark . |
| 13 | Although agreeing in principle with the views expressed by Jim Perrin in his article ‘ Range War ’ ( May issue ) , I feel I must take issue with one or two of his conclusions , which I think require further examination . |
| 14 | AS A regular reader of your ‘ Have A Rattle ’ column and as a long-standing Glentoran supporter , I feel I must take issue with your somewhat dismissive reply to ‘ Jockus Concernus . ’ |
| 15 | At last I felt I must take action , and I went to the Establishment Branch to ask for a transfer . |
| 16 | ‘ From the moment they told me that you were a breech baby I knew I 'd have trouble with you . ’ |
| 17 | I knew I 'd get icing sugar there you see . |
| 18 | " I thought I might make coffee for them all before I go . |
| 19 | ‘ Only that I thought I might move house in a couple of years . |
| 20 | At least I you see , with the virus I was sometimes in such a state that I thought I might have bowel cancer |
| 21 | ‘ I was coming this way , so I thought I would accompany Vern . |
| 22 | The craziness of the theatre business was apparent from day one and about three weeks into my ten week contract , I thought I ought to give Peace Corps another try . |
| 23 | Well I thought I 'd put horseradish on the whatsit one week . |
| 24 | I thought I could give dad some of these and then eat them all myself |
| 25 | I thought I could bestow beauty |
| 26 | That 's what I thought I should think dad 'll come home now that he 's gone . |
| 27 | If I went I 'd go park the car up wear a Chelsea shirt . |
| 28 | Mm I think cousin I do I will say cousin actually , it 's all same . |
| 29 | And I 'm carpeting I think I 'll carpet tile |
| 30 | Sometimes I think I 'll do City and Guilds by evening class . |