Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From what he let drop I 'd say she was on at him morning , noon and night . |
| 2 | Erm not really you know maybe in an out of the way way they might but you know the type of musicians we are or whatever , you know we can do say I can do all the Irish stuff the up tempo rousing songs I can play Irish and Scottish dances and that kind of stuff , then Tony can do right across the board with easy listening stuff and country stuff and even one of the tracks on our new C D is er is er well what I would term a pop song . |
| 3 | Do think I 'll get five ? |
| 4 | something which , that interested me but I do think I 'll find it boring or something . |
| 5 | ‘ I do think I 'd like to miss it . |
| 6 | Ca n't wait to get this bedroom sorted out Do think I could have my desk ? |
| 7 | ‘ I would n't say I do think I can beat her , but you 've got to pretend you can . |
| 8 | I did think I might read them some day , when I could bear to and it did n't feel quite so much like prying . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I did think I might ask Mr Evans if they could stay on here . |
| 10 | Mm , I thought I 'd get it , I really did think I 'd get it and I went down with a bump when I did n't |
| 11 | I did know I would leave Manchester — I was determined to do that and never had any doubts that I would succeed — but Barbados … |
| 12 | But I did feel I 'd like to know a bit more about him . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 15 | I do feel I 'd like to say one point about the people who were in this house , that it 's quite clear , all of them I believe were under care of the social services , erm and I do n't know enough about their history to say whether they , where they 've been before , whether they 've been in some half-way house , or just been thrown out of some mental institution . |
| 16 | If one of my staff had done the same thing I do believe I 'd have fired him . |
| 17 | I do hope I may remain a member ? |
| 18 | If he did hear I 'll bet he 'll have another attack of deafness and maybe a touch of amnesia as well . ’ |
| 19 | I do wish I could find more energy to get on with it . |
| 20 | Now if you cast your mind back to when we started the er discussion I did say I would talk about refer erm recommendations to you if you felt that this meeting had been of some benefit to yourself |
| 21 | ‘ I did say I 'd play . |
| 22 | ‘ Look , I know this is the most awful cheek , but you did say I could ring you . |
| 23 | Yeah he just said you did say I can have some more money , I said well yeah . |
| 24 | It 's early days yet and if it does happen I will up-date you with the information . |
| 25 | When the hour does come I shall need a good , clear cause , every man I have and all the speed I can muster . |