Example sentences of "i [adv] [modal v] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 2 | bloody hell , shuffling like a buggery here , I just ca n't make a bloody hand |
| 3 | Now in terms of whether it should be five thousand plus , that of course is a matter of whether there is demand , now my my conclusion , from my fairly extensive knowledge of Greater York , is that you just could not fit a new settlement that size satisfactorily into the settlement and landscape pattern of Greater York , or its immediate surrounds , I just can not identify a location where that could be where where the roads , the public transport , the landscape , or indeed the agricultural land quality , from now onto five an area , suitably large for that type of what would be a a new town . |
| 4 | He continues : ‘ I just can not understand a soldier , whether he is a Croat , a Muslim or a Serb , standing there with a flame thrower and burning five children alive . |
| 5 | ‘ It was a feeling of being suspended — it was not a negative feeling and not even a loss to be mourned , but I just could not see a way ahead . |
| 6 | ‘ I hope I have n't undone all your good work , ’ she said repentantly , ‘ but I just could n't exist a second longer without washing myself all over . ’ |
| 7 | I just could n't take a journey in a confined space with a man who pronounced Sgurr na Ciste Duibhe as Sisty Dub and did n't think it was as good as the Lake District . |
| 8 | I just could n't get a word out then , I was just a quivering , stuttering heap , and I tried to say , ‘ I 've g-g-g-g-got a sp-sp-sp-speech impediment . ’ |
| 9 | All that , and I still ca n't get a mortgage . |
| 10 | I still ca n't get a clear definition on the true meaning of it all . |
| 11 | After doing three partial water changes with mature tap water ( pH 7.2 ) I still could n't get a reading of over 6 in the Discus tank . |
| 12 | Even though I have a degree in Bio-chemistry I still could n't get a place at medical school in Britain . |
| 13 | He was wearing a grubby trench coat with the collar turned up so I still could not get a good look at him , but there was no mistaking his dimensions . |
| 14 | ‘ The most obvious thing in mine may be that I like to work with numbers , but if I 've an urge to be an innovator too , I probably wo n't make a successful auditor . |
| 15 | I also could n't hide a snigger when the commentator mentioned Batts ' meagre goal rate of one per hundred games . |
| 16 | ‘ I really ca n't stay a minute longer . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I had such a huge breakfast ’ , Lavender said , ‘ I really could n't eat a thing . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If I was him , I definitely would not make a play for her . |
| 19 | I definitely must n't make a habit of this , or none of my clothes will fit . |
| 20 | I certainly would not choose a Dwarf Angel or Regal Tang as inhabitants . |
| 21 | I certainly would n't do a portrait unless it was someone I 'd really like to do . |
| 22 | ‘ But he is in good form and I certainly would n't receive a severe shock if he were to win even though he is a long way out of the handicap . |
| 23 | ‘ Wigan are a high profile side and so are Leeds and I certainly would n't mind a trip back to Wembley , ’ he added . |
| 24 | ‘ Wigan are a high pro-file side and so are Leeds and I certainly would n't mind a trip back to Wembley , ’ he said . |
| 25 | I can not comment on the details , and I certainly can not promise a statement next week . |