Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [verb] [coord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says what curling tongs , says you left curling tongs on , I 'd actually burnt my finger I must 've sleepwalked and I , I felt the bed when I remembered all this and it was dry so I must have sleepwalked it all and went to the toilet and done my hair cos there was a big burn all down my finger . |
| 2 | That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order . |
| 3 | I must have waited several minutes , I should have known but I could n't bear the suspense . |
| 4 | Miss Giles said she knew nothing about copyright and admitted : ‘ I could have checked and I should have checked . ’ |
| 5 | I could have done but I was a little bit worried about your table manners . |
| 6 | I could have got but they were seventy quid . |
| 7 | I 'd have dithered and I 'd have got tired and I 'd gone off of |
| 8 | In a few years I 'd be just like mammy , cleaning for toffs ; and I 'd have weans and it 'd be too late then , and my man 'd be just like daddy was before he died , working a' week and getting drunk on Friday nights and a' day Saturdays . ’ |
| 9 | Yeah actually I could have had that the other day if I 'd have thought but I did n't bother . |
| 10 | I 'd have thought and it 's in support . |
| 11 | I felt and this is the bit I like , I , I some I , I used to set this at one point in the examination question and ask people to guess which American president said it I 'll read , I 'll read it to you measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation just , I 'll just get the essence of that , measures otherwise unconstitutional might become lawful if indispensable to the preservation of the constitution through the preservation of the nation ninety percent put Richard Nixon er no one put Abraham Lincoln er cos he was one of the good guys right or wrong I assume this ground I could not feel that to the best of my ability I had even tried to preserve the if to save James Buchanan is essentially the Pontius Pilate of American politics he says yes these are very acute problems er and very difficult er and I 'd like to help but I 'm sorry I ca n't and I really do have to go off and wash my hands now erm and , you know , you carry on and when you 've resolved it tell me what you want me to do and I 'll , |
| 12 | If I tried to talk to him , I used to start crying and he would say , ‘ Oh God ! ’ and tell me I was useless . |
| 13 | That 's why I would expect to see and we planned to some extent , we may have under-planned an increase in costs . |
| 14 | interpretations of his music erm , I , one of the things I would love to do and I 'm hoping to do next year is to do something related to art using a dance |
| 15 | ‘ I agree , ’ Hari seemed ill at ease , ‘ I would like to help but I 'm all right here , I 've got people working for me , see I owe it to them to make a success of my own business . |
| 16 | There is one final point I would like to make and I know that many people may not accept it , but I think there will not be any significant improvement here while violence persists . |
| 17 | ‘ It was not an experience I would wish to relive but we consider ourselves very lucky indeed . |
| 18 | Erm I would have thought and it 's a personal immediate reaction at this stage , it would be difficult for you to come to a conclusion on the appropriate district location . |