Example sentences of "[subord] i [modal v] [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Davison 's manager Tommy Conroy said last night : ‘ Benichou 's people have asked for an extra couple of weeks and , although I 'll have to discuss it with John first , I think we 'll agree .
2 Is Jobson really 30 years old ? 2 million quid seems an awful lot of money for a 30 year old , although I would like to see us buy a really top class centre back .
3 As a penance , she became a hangman , although I would have thought she would more likely have become a candidate for hanging .
4 ‘ That did n't change my feelings , ’ he denied softly , ‘ although I might have known you 'd get the wrong end of the stick .
5 Although I might have known you 'd arrive just as drinks were being ordered !
6 While I suspect that it has absolutely nothing to do with tennis matters , ( although I will seek to justify its inclusion in this column in a moment ) , one thing I have never understood is why long haul flights in airlines are often so much cheaper than those for far shorter journeys .
7 Q Although I 'd love to fill my home with baskets of potpourri , ornaments , vases , dried-flower arrangements and all the accessories I often read about in Ideal Home , my problem is the children .
8 but I 'm afraid it may be quite a time before there 's room for you , although I 'd love to have you . ’
9 ‘ It was an honour to be captain in Cyprus and although I 'd like to say it was not important , it is nice .
10 But I enjoyed your tte — tte with Naomi in that choochy little patisserie , although I 'd like to smack her for one or two of her remarks . ’
11 No , although I 'd like to have my own farm , I 'll stay with you , and you know why . ’
12 It is a novelty record in some respects , although I 'd like to think it 's a lot deeper than that too .
13 So that 's an important point and one which is not in Freud 's book although I 'd like to think it would have been , had he written it much later on when , when group erm therapy had become very fashionable .
14 ‘ In the circumstances , although I could have wished he 'd delayed his visit another hour or so , the edge of my temper had become somewhat dulled by recent events .
15 Her moon-shaped face was always split with a smile , even when she was scooping up dog turds with a device the handle of which was at least two feet shorter than I would have wanted it to be .
16 Garry must be a much better lover than I would have thought him , or is it the legacy his godfather has left him that tempts you ? ’
17 He moved faster than I would have thought anyone could on a train and was already talking into a radio headset when I reached his office .
18 He took it like a man , which is better than I would have taken it .
19 I find it boring , it 's not particularly useful — it 's very academic , more so than I would have expected it to be .
20 I could not have done these things any more than I could have killed my mother .
21 I 'm afraid the Chinese stamps enclosed , although quite varied and colourful , are a poor offering for a birthday present , but we are not allowed to send diplomatic mail in the form of packages , so I shall try to bring something extra special with me when I return via Hong Kong .
22 You see , I had just graduated to the position of providing a horse and cart , and any amount of people wanted that job so I would have lost it , maybe for good , if I had n't turned up .
23 There was no reply , so I would have to contain my curiosity until I got to the golf course .
24 It 's only just been serviced so I would have had something to say if there 'd been a problem .
25 He is also in Year 10 , due to the costs of schooling , so I would like to help his to continue his education .
26 ‘ Oh , well we ca n't afford that , so I 'll have to leave it . ’
27 Unfortunately I 'm going to be busy for most of today lecturing to a group of Japanese businessmen , so I 'll have to leave you in the hands of my assistant .
28 It should have been Princess Voluptua , but her car 's broken down , so I 'll have to put you on or they 'll get rowdy . ’
29 Trouble is , I keep blowing it up and it 's £80 a time to fix it , so I 'll have to get something else pretty soon … ’
30 As it turned out , you were n't so vulnerable , but the confusion then was real because it was all fairly new to you , so I could have had you then . ’
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