Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I must get ready for supper ; our lodgers will be coming in presently . ’
2 " I 've worked until I 've dropped so that I should fall asleep with exhaustion and not lie awake remembering you .
3 if they 're leaving it one , just for one night , there 's not , it 's , it 's easy enough to just say I 'll , I 'll put key on windowsill and
4 Content with that , I 'll fall asleep at dawn .
5 I do n't think I could train full-time like MacFarlane and that-s one of the things that 's kept me going : to know that , as a junior , I was as fast as MacFarlane .
6 Then when we got to the sawmill I 'd stay close beside Uncle Bill watching him sawing and planing , keeping well away from the saw , until midday when the mill shut up for the week .
7 I 'd look ridiculous in skirt and brogues .
8 If I were you , sir , I 'd keep clear of Washington for some little time , by which I mean the rest of your life . ’
9 " I used to get desperate for chocolate .
10 The wonderful City squad I coached , which included the talents of Franny Lee , Mike Summerbee , Colin Bell , Tony Book and Joe Corrigan were so dominant in those battles against United that I used to feel sorry for Matt Busy .
11 But I would make clear to Mr if he looks at the minutes of the budget review sub-committee , that the suggestion of the director of property services wastes his time fully exploring all options for the disposal of all or any part of the County Farms estate , for which he probably asks for a large amount of money , since it involves an enormous amount of wasted time , is not been agreed , it 's a non-delegated item , it was a recommendation of this committee which has not been moved at this committee , and it was a most unfortunate and woolly form of words .
12 I can make no waves ) , I would remain faithful to Irene .
13 I would slide unmoving into eternity .
14 I would lie awake at night and feel the shame of being barren .
15 It is particularly ironic , then , that the next lady to whom Wilekin must plead , Dame Sirith , does heed his perseverance in pleading , which includes some good courtly motifs : ( " Unless she changes her mind I shall go mad with sorrow or kill myself . " )
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