Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded . |
| 2 | ‘ I must eat or I shall collapse . ’ |
| 3 | Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’ |
| 4 | Or if my mother comes up , and I 'm sort of just getting up , she says , oh do you want me to bring stuff up , or ideally , I usually say or I 'll come downstairs and get breakfast . |
| 5 | Please keep praying that I will master the German ways of doing things , that are so different . |
| 6 | I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore |
| 7 | The fact that it will rain tomorrow , for example , may mean that I should not go to London , even though the balance of reasons on the merits of my going ( i.e. all the reasons pro and con but the rain ) suggest that I should go . |
| 8 | And before you suggest that I should consider annihilating this entire sector of the galaxy — ‘ |
| 9 | I have been told by fellow enthusiasts that the original 2.6 litre petrol engine was a very thirsty unit and they suggest that I should install either a diesel unit or a V6 petrol . |
| 10 | Then he proposed that I should marry him , |
| 11 | He must know that I shall bring down some vessels from Orkney . |
| 12 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 13 | People would know that I could do the job . |
| 14 | You did n't know that I could see you , did you ? |
| 15 | By now most readers will know that I will have left Woodworker as you read this , and indeed by now the editor 's chair supports the capable frame of Zach Taylor . |
| 16 | My hon. Friend should know that I will deal with the interaction between immigration policy and asylum seeking later . |
| 17 | But erm I real I really enjoyed it and er to me it was interesting work and I do n't know that I can tell you much more about the locks . |
| 18 | I do n't know that I can bear it . ’ |
| 19 | accompany , I do n't know that I can offer transport because it 's not a very easy thing you know , and we need to try and do , but |
| 20 | But while I think it intrinsically unlikely that any of my co-habitees , if I my so describe them , should have committed murder , and I know that I did n't , I do n't know that I can help you very much . ’ |
| 21 | if i I 'll just remember the symbol I wo n't even remember the symbols but I 'll just know that I can work it out if I needed to . |
| 22 | I do n't know that I can learn much other than the general profit-and-loss position — it would be an enormous job to go through bills of lading and check each individual consignment . " |
| 23 | I do n't know that I 'd want to be left alone with her for any length of time . " |
| 24 | I do n't know that I 'd fancy that too much , but he did mention it , that 's something . |
| 25 | I do n't I do n't know that I 'd fancy doing , I mean I did like biology , but I do n't think I 'd specifically want to do the biology at the level that they 're doing it up there , cos it 's too much of a jump from what I 've ever done before |
| 26 | He had me educated so I could speak for the Romanies of today — and of the future . |
| 27 | Nisodemus said unto them , Do you doubt that I can stop the power of Order ? ii . |
| 28 | I handed over my life 's savings and promised that I would give her the other nineteen and six before the year was up . |
| 29 | I pointed out that people liked to have something to sit on but promised that I 'd leave him plenty of scope for pacing , which was the way he did his thinking . |
| 30 | ‘ Why is it so hard to accept that I could feel all that too ? ’ |