Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] i 've [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | You must think I 've just crawled out of my crib ! ’ |
2 | erm I must confess I 've always had rather a soft spot for macro mutations , I do n't know why , it may have had something to do with Goldsmith 's prose , which is sort of rather moving when you get into it , erm and partly , and this is an interesting comment as an aside , that I knew as an undergraduate that to argue in favour of Goldsmith would make my teachers in general , and Professor J B S Halldane in particular , exceedingly angry and making one 's teachers angry is , after all , one of the activities into which undergraduates should occasionally go . |
3 | I must admit I 've never I did n't have any surprise that I was I wanted a a deposit cheque . |
4 | I must admit I 've never seen anything like that on schools . |
5 | I I must say I 've also been er you know very very impressed and er learnt quite a lot just attending these courses that you 've you 've got running here . |
6 | I must say I 've only grown two maincrop this year , I 've been clearing some new ground and I 've just grown King Edward and Pink Fir Apple , I 've got the biggest biggest Pink Fir Apples you have ever seen bar none but I 'm coming back to you now Fred , I put to you a few minutes ago , your personal recommendations for the best three or four or five potatoes for the different cooking purposes . |
7 | ‘ But I must say I 've never seen him quite so — ’ |
8 | I must say I 've almost forgotten what they look like . |
9 | I should say I 've just as much |
10 | I could say I 've never had an illness in me life and whatever ca n't I ? |
11 | You could say I 've always had a vested interest in lingerie . |
12 | that erm , that would mean I 've just got one to do after half term , that er |
13 | ‘ Let's say I 've never forgotten you , Liza . ’ |