Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could help these lunatics or I could fight them on behalf of Stok ; neither of those ideas appealed to me . |
| 2 | ‘ Give me sons or I shall die , ’ said Leah to Jacob ( Genesis 30 : 6 ) , expressing the anguish suffered by many people on learning they may not be able to have children . |
| 3 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
| 4 | ‘ Sly , Sir , devilishly sly ! ’ would be my chapter heading , and egotism and idleness the principal characteristics that I should assign to him . ’ |
| 5 | It seemed to me that there were two types of variations that I wished to explore , and there were a number of different methods that I would have to employ to resolve some of the problems that arose once I started to ask questions about these variations . |
| 6 | I looked at Uncle Hamish , who was making quiet signals that I should clasp my hands and close my eyes . |
| 7 | Outside the cage the photographer 's saying : ‘ When you jump , spread your arms and legs so I can see you . ’ |
| 8 | In this case , a more precise purpose might be , " I want to find out the relative sizes of the most common dinosaurs so I can draw scale pictures of them on a wall chart . " |
| 9 | If they are not , I fear that the worries that I will express tonight will be fulfilled . |
| 10 | These are the sorts of considerations that I shall have to take into account . |
| 11 | I read all the books that I could find . |
| 12 | I began to read all the books that I could find about electricity and its terrible power . |
| 13 | I can do all those nice things in Jan , Feb and March , and not to mention when I get home tearing my garden to pieces , that 's gone to pot , which is as well , because it does n't make it , see , see one thing I find about coming down here , I see the really smarter shops than I would unless I were in Norwich and it makes me realise still after this , I do n't crave for the things in shops . |
| 14 | ‘ Like Dorigo and Stuart Pearce , I like to weigh in with a few goals and in pre-season I joked with the lads that I 'd get 15 this year . |
| 15 | Can you write me a story which has words that I can manage . |
| 16 | He mumbled a couple of words that I could n't quite hear . |
| 17 | When relations grew particularly bad he became the child go-between in a household of warring parents : ‘ Ask your father if it would break his heart to change channels so I can watch the news . ’ |
| 18 | Two er other channels that I 'd like to consider which have rather different functions are both er chloride channels . |
| 19 | The last class of erm second messenger activated channels that I 'd like to deal with is are those calcium channels which are found in the in endomembranes , especially in the endoplasmic reticulum which are gated open by a compound known as inositol one four five trisphosphate . |
| 20 | And there 's not many presents that I can go out and think that 's it ! |
| 21 | I bought a pass for the swimming baths so I can get in for free . |
| 22 | " I was glad to have a second chance to be leader to correct some of the insensitivities that I may have had , because of my own personal drive , wanting to get things done . |
| 23 | Perhaps radio will allow me to play all the unsuitable roles that I ca n't do visually in the theatre , where it 's just the voice and the character . |
| 24 | It was only when I was in Holland that I had my first serious doubts that I might actually fail and have to marry Janice — in which case there was no way I would wish to claim custody . ’ |
| 25 | A form arrived with the instruction ‘ State exactly how loss occurred ’ , and I wrote ‘ Lord Haig 's dog Wasp and I were sitting together on a sofa when I discovered he was eating my sweater ’ with the gravest doubts that I would be believed . |
| 26 | I did know I would leave Manchester — I was determined to do that and never had any doubts that I would succeed — but Barbados … |
| 27 | Strangely enough , at no time did I have real doubts that I would be elected , and this determined my public attitude during the three successive ballots that were necessary . |
| 28 | And I have grave doubts that I will be able to endure it for long after this … débâcle … this hideousness . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 've had doubts that I could play at this level but I 've had great support from everyone . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What did you want me to do , Naomi , tell you to look deep into my eyes so I could make a formal introduction ? ’ |