Example sentences of "[vb past] [modal v] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I went to in oh about twelve months after that or less say , and er she wanted a man there , I went down there and asked could I have a job back you know . |
| 2 | I 's got I woke , my alarm went off at nine thirty this morning , I thought shall I get up I thought no , better not |
| 3 | One went can I have an ice-cream please ? and the man shot him died . |
| 4 | But erm , the next one went can I have an ice-cream please ? and the the man hit him over the with the head with a baseball bat and he died . |
| 5 | ‘ Although much of what he did I applaud , not everything that my predecessor did will I emulate , ’ Mr Dinkins replied . |
| 6 | You know , the beginning when I said may I smoke ? |
| 7 | He said could I come to the station . |
| 8 | Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon . |
| 9 | than my job then he said I presume you 've got mixed feelings , I said no my feelings are n't mixed up at all , I 'm quite , I 'm quite sure of my feelings of what I know , I said David I would n't associate myself , I would n't drink and I would n't go out with anybody in this building and he nearly fell over and he said dare I ask why ? |
| 10 | No , you said would I bring it up at this meeting . |
| 11 | They give you something for that cos I m the B B C asked me once to , they knocked the door and said would I make a note of all the programmes for one week and just put my opinion , it was just four different , you know , |
| 12 | So why John said would I show you how to truss nice , I do n't wish to learn thank you ! |
| 13 | Well she said would I tell anybody |
| 14 | Then he said would I move a little bit to the right so that he could see me because the edges of the picture distort . |
| 15 | It 's it is a nationwide survey on spoken English erm there 's a somebody approached me today and said would I carry a tape around for a week and record people talking . |
| 16 | They pho , phoned last night and said would I collect some stuff from someone in so |
| 17 | I told him about Charlotte and he said would I describe her , in the smallest detail that I could . |
| 18 | There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ? |
| 19 | saying she 's spoke to you about some development plan or something I she said shall I bring it round to you , I said no I 'll ask . |
| 20 | So she said shall I get any of that back ? |
| 21 | I said shall I get him some more chews ? |
| 22 | The one that she had at the pool she threw on the swimming pool floor in disgust cos I put her back in the carrycot thing Yeah Ev Evelyn was saying oh will I , she said will you see me back er she said will I see you back in in the twos group ? |
| 23 | as I was speaking at erm a neighbours and friends group at my parents church and Rosie heard about it and she said will I come and speak to you . |
| 24 | And then she went in one day and she knew she 'd had a thousand and said can I extend it ? |
| 25 | No she came up to and she said can I sit on the end of the table . |
| 26 | Because there are hundreds of different types and I put it there , I was n't sure I already said can I bring it back ? |
| 27 | and er , she said can I warm it ? |
| 28 | He said can I pull it open ? |
| 29 | She said can I borrow her please and I said no . |
| 30 | It just says , sort of like , her age , her name right and on Simon he typed I said can I do Simon then ? |