Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I then come to the body of the report , rather than the East Grinstead by-pass , which I , I , I I agree is , is pertinent erm I was , I read this a couple of times because I was a bit confused about the rather if I may say so convoluted argument that was in it erm I think I understand the argument that the erm is that the Mid Sussex District Council have asked for advice and the recommendation is that advice . |
| 2 | ‘ Reluctant as I am , I must lay aside other tasks and do this one . ’ |
| 3 | Reviewing the exhibition for Gil Blas , Vauxcelles wrote : ‘ everything , down to the cubic , and I must admit barely intelligible eccentricities of Bracke [ sic ] ( there is someone , Pascal would have said , who abuses the geometric spirit ! ) makes this room passionately interesting . ’ |
| 4 | If I were to contact Sir Philip , I might discover more recent news . ’ |
| 5 | Was I therefore to assume that homelessness was an issue peculiar only to Apex members within the G M B or was I to reach the alternative , and I might say equally ridiculous conclusion , that despite its majority of women membership , toxic sock , shock syndrome was not of particular interest to Apex members ? |
| 6 | because if I might say so disabled people were treated oddly in those days , they are not er , erm people I think were a bit er diffident about making contact with them and erm , a lot of people would n't erm , you know , give you a hand if you were |
| 7 | I might call rather boring arithmetic , I 'm sorry about that , but it is unavoidable . |
| 8 | I 'll pull that long hair of yours if you do n't obey me at once ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll take more careful aim , ’ |
| 10 | There was no way I could bring up young children there . |
| 11 | Illustrations , I could put some illustrations in , I could use more , I could use colour , I could make more detailed illustrations , yes |
| 12 | Far off on the horizon I could make out tiny figures : galloping beasts , scurrying men ; and faint sounds came down to me of barking dogs , irritated bellowings and shrill cries of " Haow , haow ! " |
| 13 | At one time my major ambition was to have my father buy me an excavator so that I could make really big dams . |
| 14 | That was an answer I could give in medical detail , and so I did . |
| 15 | If the county championship was still there as it used to be , then I could pick only northern-based players and in two or three years I 'd have a very strong side . ’ |
| 16 | I could get away late afternoon . |
| 17 | And I could turn out imitative verse which expressed similar sentiments . |
| 18 | There are spacious arcades and galleries on all sides of the square , and on these I could see nobly sculpted medallions of famous Spaniards . |
| 19 | I 'd I 'd set off watery moves it must be I 'd set |
| 20 | She said I was cutting her out just as I 'd cut out other people in my life . |
| 21 | I 'd like more wholesome films and the sooner the better . |
| 22 | In Uganda I used to wear very beautiful clothes but after my daughter 's birth I do n't know what happened to me . |
| 23 | I used to do just occasional jobs you know . |
| 24 | Well I must admit , I have , I mean I do n't do well I used to make quite nice cakes , since I 've had this new cooker mine wo n't ri I mean they rise , there 's no doubt about that , they rise , but I can take them out , put them on a cooling rack and watch them deflate ! |
| 25 | " I used to feel so miserable dieting , always thinking about foods I wanted but could not eat . |
| 26 | And I used to cut out shaped biscuits . |
| 27 | And I think it 's I would give very great weight to this partic these two criteria put together and and I think they should be made more explicit sir . |
| 28 | I would sit there late nights and laugh , imagining your reaction . ’ |
| 29 | I promised members after that erm meeting that er I would bring forward different arguments tonight and that is exactly what I hope to do . |
| 30 | An I such a glutton for punishment that I would take on romantic love rather than follow Germaine Greer 's example and embrace ‘ hagdom ’ , as she recommends in her new book The Change ( Hamish Hamilton , £16.99 ) , and with it , a loveless old age ? |