Example sentences of "i [vb base] you [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He passed on his concern in a letter to Prince , who , as the ever-nervous and expectant recipient , was clearly in a state of anguish about it : ‘ I regret you should have determined upon embarking any portion of your Property in V.D.L. because from the ignorance of the parties whose names you mention , I fear least they should turn out Sharks and it would be a source of deep mortification to me were you by these means to lose any portion of the advantages you have obtained by years of anxiety and deep mental study . ’ |
| 2 | I mean you 'll have to come and see me about that because it 's fairly confidential so but they are very very good . |
| 3 | Now the choices , I mean you 'll have to look at , think about your house and so you can , is , is my house easily seen from the road or not ? |
| 4 | Yeah , so I mean you 'll have to find a spot on the film where it |
| 5 | Yeah mhm yeah I mean you may want to select some stuff that 's y'know that represents different kinds of things because as I remember our conversations earlier , you were interested in er y'know sort of ideological soundness , political correctness and y'know were some things funny but sort of off-colour for other reasons erm er I 'm paraphrasing it badly but er y'know I think that th s so you might want to get some stuff that 's sort of ideologically sound and humorous and er some stuff that 's a bit off-colour and humorous and some stuff that 's erm sort of I do n't know some stuff that 's main stream but has got a lot of y'know if you look at something like say The Two Ronnies or something , there 's a lot of there 's a lot of racism and sexism in there but it 's because it 's sort of main stream because it 's family viewing and stuff like that people tend not to think of it as problematic . |
| 6 | I mean you may need to recall that capital later . |
| 7 | I mean you may have to support them through a sort of bad patch , but the idea is to erm get them so that they can look after themselves , you know . |
| 8 | so but I agree , I mean you could start trying to look at it and cost it |
| 9 | Erm also the accountant you could 've tried to of got round because you were , you were digging the hole there erm you know where he 's , okay he wants to see the accountant , will this be a good idea I mean you could 've said yeah you know you appreciate that and all the rest of it and you could 've gone more into the tax side of where you , you know , you could 've perhaps er the company could 've benefited by putting some into the pension scheme as opposed erm paying all the taxes maybe you could 've gone in that way . |
| 10 | I mean I went straight in , tell me about your wife , I mean you could 've said well she 's not my wife |
| 11 | So I mean you could 've got round it but you know you was good what you were doing but that 's where you lost yourself did n't you ? |
| 12 | I mean did you ever have time for dances , and going to the pictures and that kind of thing , I mean you must have found some time ? |
| 13 | I mean you 'd need to look at the touring schedules and things |
| 14 | Oh you 're on holiday for a couple of days , I mean you 'd have thought you know , since you 're on holiday just have a little drinky or two but no ca n't persuade her , ca n't you tell me why you just come out of a Yorkshire pub . |
| 15 | Er but I mean as , as to returns , I mean you 'd have to look at specialist press for that erm |
| 16 | It really is , I mean you 'd die laughing ! |
| 17 | But I fear you may live to regret it , Creggan . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I trust you will remember to think along those lines , ’ she said instead , and his eyes flashed at her tone . |
| 19 | ‘ I expect you would like to go upstairs to tidy yourself before the opening . ’ |
| 20 | So , Alec , I expect you 'll finish moving that dung today . |
| 21 | He watched me pull down the Jolly Roger and throw it overboard , then he said , ‘ I expect you 'll want to go ashore now . |
| 22 | I expect you 'll want to talk about computers later but there 's a simple computer game which , which shows a screen with thirty-six numbers from one to thirty-six . |
| 23 | Most of you do n't know Alf , but I expect you 'll want to wish him , and the bride of course , a happy , er , future . |
| 24 | ‘ I expect you 'd like to bath and change , Harriet . |
| 25 | ‘ I expect you 'd like to meet a few people . |
| 26 | I imagine you 'll want to think about that for a little while . ’ |
| 27 | I imagine you 'll want to pack and have an early night . ’ |
| 28 | I hope you may have found him for them . ’ |
| 29 | And I hope you 'll want to help . ’ |
| 30 | I really liked the feature — and I hope you 'll start to put readers ' games on your Megatape more often , maybe even monthly — except for one thing . |