Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] i [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got a bit left over from when I cut it I 'll just bring it in this bit , there . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's high time somebody did — and how you tolerate her I 'll never know . |
| 3 | You know I I would seriously like to confer with councillor , he makes a very important point . |
| 4 | ‘ I tell you I can hardly manage . |
| 5 | And you must believe me when I tell you I 'd rather have been with you than in any of those exotic places . ’ |
| 6 | Thank Dawn for her offer , please , and tell her I 'll certainly call on her if necessary . ’ |
| 7 | I said tell her I can always put the the s bit of a square over it |
| 8 | ‘ You know what I 'd really like … ’ she breathes , leaning forward , her eyes shooting sparks . |
| 9 | ‘ You know what I 'd really like , Mum ? |
| 10 | I guess what I would really like is if I could get my own club and have everyone come to where I was ! |
| 11 | ‘ Put it like this : if you ever leave me I 'll probably commit hara-kiri with a blunt penknife . ’ |
| 12 | I think I I can now understand |
| 13 | As I stand behind the till faced with a customer buying a 40p postcard with a £50 note , I wonder what I can usefully tell any bookseller about why they should consider selling things other than books . |
| 14 | I mean what I would ideally like is the society in which women could be both private and public people , and men too , so men would identify more with relationships in their families and so on and slightly less with work , and women less with the family and more with work , and I think that would make for much greater flexibility all round and I think children would benefit too . |
| 15 | If you help me I can maybe help you . |
| 16 | but Geoffrey says it , cos I says you got ta hit back you got ta do it , he says yes its all very well but its not just Stuart , its been Blankley , Da , Ja , erm Daniel its a load of them and they all get together its this Daniel bloke , bash his head in , I would really , I wish somebody I 'll bloody threaten him , I really do you know your big mates , bloody , he 's got no older brothers , I mean all your bloody six formers , I 'm sure they could frighten the little twat |
| 17 | No , no , it 's alright thank you I 'll just get |
| 18 | Throw it I can barely lift it . |
| 19 | ‘ Utterson , I promise you , ’ cried the doctor , ‘ I promise you I 'll never see him again . |
| 20 | ‘ I promise you I 'll never see him again . ’ |
| 21 | As I am not planning to spend a lot on the engine I need something I can perhaps restore myself . |