Example sentences of "perhaps i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I heard a sound or saw his shadow moving , I do n't know . |
| 2 | I wo n't murder you tonight , unless perhaps I set the house on fire . |
| 3 | Perhaps I take a special pleasure in Cold Comfort Farm from the fact that I was myself brought up in a rural setting , surrounded by wild-eyed manic depressives of the Starkadder school , while I was reading the works of D.H.Lawrence and F.R.Leavis , whose loam-laden versions of country life did n't quite chime with mine . |
| 4 | But it was too late , or perhaps I forced the confession out of myself , determined once and for all to rid myself of the burden of this secret . |
| 5 | or perhaps I make a rissole sometimes , but not put any onion |
| 6 | Perhaps I made a miscalculation . |
| 7 | Perhaps I made a mistake . |
| 8 | Or perhaps I made a mistake : you can see which I 'd rather believe . |
| 9 | And perhaps I know a short-cut or two to Frizingley Hall , which ought not to surprise you |
| 10 | As I said , perhaps I know the answers already . |
| 11 | Perhaps I know the face but |
| 12 | A Buckinghamshire village boy ‘ liked best to go and stay ’ with a farming grandmother , finding a ‘ special quiet ’ and ‘ peace ’ about her ; while a Yorkshire weaver 's son who went to stay with his grandmother for several weeks ‘ during family sickness ’ always kept the bond they made then — ‘ religious , yet loving , although seemingly cold , perhaps I had a special bit of her love , for she corrected me with thrashing me . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , perhaps I had a bland time , ’ she retorted ineptly . |
| 14 | Perhaps I had the wrong expectations . |
| 15 | Perhaps I had the same look once , though I 've lost it now . |
| 16 | Hard to explain the conflict in our acquaintance , but perhaps I had an instinctive feeling that she , in fact , wanted me to go to bed with her , and she knew I would n't — because if I did make love to her , it would be a victory for her and a defeat for me . |
| 17 | ‘ Or perhaps I mean a hurricane . |
| 18 | I 'll , I 'll be going to the village hall but I might have to go back to the Cross Keys , that 's why I put Roger , perhaps I put the wrong thing on you see ? |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps I mock the world in general , if I mock at all . |
| 20 | Or perhaps I shoved the contents of your safe inside my robe when I saw you at the door . |
| 21 | Perhaps I needed a break from the England side . |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps I spurned the woman somehow . |
| 23 | I turned straightaway to No. 13 of Kinderszenen ( ‘ The poet speaks ’ ) to see if perhaps I missed the point . |
| 24 | I think I went down to most people to say they ca n't , but when you point out something to them , they say yes I can see that , look there 's this as well and I think culturally er were led to believe if you do n't succeed in it , erm but in actual fact I think that you all do , but perhaps I think the books do , either assess it and give it value or , or still allow it to happen |
| 25 | ‘ Then perhaps I attract the wrong sort , ’ he hissed . |
| 26 | I think perhaps I have a chill . ’ |
| 27 | Perhaps I have a different point of view from the older generation . " |
| 28 | He said , ‘ Perhaps I have a salvation too , ’ and his voice was so low and his look so piercing that she felt a sudden clutch of fear , just as she had in the studio . |
| 29 | God knows , perhaps I have a sixth sense , but the hair on the nape of my neck prickled with fear . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps I have a guardian angel , ’ mused the stinker . |