Example sentences of "[adj] i [modal v] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But to do that I must have time .
2 And like that I can feel John around here …
3 but then , on the other hand , I 'm not the sort of person who , I mean , if it 's something like that I can ask people , but I 've got friends who are quite cheeky , who will ask things , I mean , like if somebody does something for me , I 'm like , are you sure , are you sure , you do n't mind , and like , I 'm like over the top the other way .
4 In section 4.5 I shall adduce evidence from the outer city that suggests that this view is correct .
5 oh when I 've finished doing this I might Has Matthew decided what he 's going to do ? has he applied for university ?
6 I can do this I can go radio four
7 Having said all this I can see Wilko selling him almost imediately — this was his reaction when Scumtona started making waves last year — nearly a year to the day when he sold the scum the league .
8 If you carry on like this I will ask Hassan to put you behind bars . "
9 By all the normal rules I should have pulled away before that , but if the road was clear I could let things get more serious before doing anything , and if it was blocked it was already too late .
10 As you are not interested I shall accept Greenwood 's offer tomorrow . ’
11 ‘ Are you afraid I 'll tell people ? ’
12 I was afraid I 'd lose control of the car .
13 Ivy caught me alone in the passage to say how much I must miss Donald .
14 If I wanted to do something like three add six I could put brackets round the three and round the six and it would n't make any difference .
15 Yeah , ah well erm when I was younger I used to watch dad so when he put his seeds out I used to erm get the erm erm erm , spade and sort of keep digging them up , se seeds up
16 When I was younger I used to have fantasies about saving the house by building a dam .
17 Number three I can present information in graph form who 's been able to do a bar graph ?
18 In answer , first of all I must thank Ken for er , his erm , his comments .
19 " Great-grandfather , you must know already that I did all I could to stop Kim taking the gibbon , " he said , whispering aloud in the hope that his fervent words might be audible to his father and grandfather standing a few feet away .
20 I did all I could to encourage Bernstein to chat with John , who seemed even then to be developing into one of Canada 's most versatile and brilliant conductors .
21 I got to stick with the President and all I can think about.is those two and what they 're up to .
22 All I can suggest sir is the case is adjourned just have to arrange for a solicitor to be here .
23 I I was aware , when P C was saying it was a slight contradiction , all I can suggest sir is that er whilst I was putting the door in P C would have been controlling his troops
24 All I can remember Butterflies .
25 Er all I can say chairman is that the County Council is is working within the approved structure plan strategy which is based on restraint , based primarily on housing restraint but I think that 's what the County Council has done in its er employment land proposals is to set certain parameters which appear to us to really reasonably meet requirements of this authority 's resident population .
26 If that is all I will say goodbye to you . ’
27 Regan said : ‘ I am confident I can beat Clinton and complete a hat-trick of titles . ’
28 If I was being cynical I 'd volunteer Mark 's car to get people to and from the town .
29 Ca n't say I blame you , though I 'm not sure I 'd choose Nicholas either , all those odd people he goes round with .
30 If I was n't a hat designer I 'm sure I 'd have loads of hats anyway . ’
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