Example sentences of "i [vb base] i [modal v] [vb infin] you " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | ‘ I regret I must leave you at the door , Lady Isabel . |
2 | I mean I would do you er have ? |
3 | Erm I mean I should think you want to take some shorts in case it 's warm do you . |
4 | See what you 've done though , but erm I mean I 'd hate you just |
5 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
6 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
7 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
8 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
9 | I mean I can tell you . |
10 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
11 | I mean I can help you a certain , a certain amount , |
12 | ‘ I expect I 'll see you in the office , ’ he said . |
13 | Right then , yes , I expect I can fit you — sure , July 17th will be just perfect — I 'll just cancel my holiday and postpone the opening … no , I 'll just write it in , no , no thank you . |
14 | Erm the the railway track , erm once it was extended through to and I say I 'll give you the details on that in a minute , erm went over the er Road , and then the track that was nearest to er the town , was curved in and joined that other line erm and er went off to . |
15 | ‘ I hope I shall hear you play again . ’ |
16 | I hope I can see you again . ’ |
17 | Now , men , I hope I can trust you all to do your work well for me . |
18 | I know I can trust you to do that . |
19 | I know I can trust you … |
20 | ‘ Because you like me and I like you , and you 're my friend and I know I can trust you . ’ |
21 | I know I could see you writing them anyway . |
22 | ‘ I know 't is my brother you really wish to see — just as I know I must call you my lady Anne ! ’ |
23 | If I find I can trust you to be sensible . ’ |
24 | Well , I suppose I must tell you . |
25 | ‘ I suppose I must thank you for that , ’ replied the Queen of Casterbridge market rather ungratefully . |
26 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
27 | ‘ I suppose I can tell you . |
28 | ‘ I suppose I should warn you , ’ he said , his voice hardly quavering at all , ‘ that this is a magic sword . ’ |
29 | I suppose I should thank you . ’ |
30 | ‘ Now , I suppose I should pity you more . |