Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] i [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must understand I left Spain before my tenth birthday and have never been back since . |
| 2 | E : I must admit I hate camping + |
| 3 | I have no objection to raising money , but I must admit I hate Celebrity Golf Tournaments . |
| 4 | Still , even though they did n't need any staff , I must admit I thought Ann Summers was a funny one to pick . |
| 5 | Er , I must admit I point Freud makes , slightly arrogant erm , I mean it , he 's , he 's , he 's a |
| 6 | After a short tussle a 5lb barbel was heading towards the landing net and I must admit I had visions of winning the match — 6 ½lb in the first twenty minutes is n't a bad start on any water . |
| 7 | Oh well it 's gon na be another forty five minutes I must admit I have sympathy for the people who are going to listen to this . |
| 8 | Aunt Emily said you should teach me to play chess . ’ |
| 9 | Erm I must say I share Peter 's view here that the er location of the new settlement , whether in general terms or by district , has not been through the public consultation process . |
| 10 | If I say no you 'll think I persuaded Peter to marry me as a sort of grab-it-quick opportunity that might not come again ! ’ |
| 11 | Oh no oh no oh no they 'll decide I mean Mr will know , they 'll know what they 're doing , I mean they know what they 're doing , I do n't know what they 're doing , I 'm not a doctor , I 'm not God , nothing |
| 12 | They might stop me having visitors if they think I reduce them to tears . |
| 13 | It did n't occur to you that we go away from here to be private , that our holidays are our own affair , that it might humiliate me to have Edwin Lorrimer know that I ca n't afford to take you to Venice , even on a ten-day package tour . |
| 14 | It was odds on that the cops had got to him by now , but in case they had n't it might pay me to square things with him . |
| 15 | ‘ Perhaps you 'll let me cook dinner in return for your hospitality . ’ |
| 16 | That 'll teach me to make tea for unstable women — ’ |
| 17 | There is still a cult following for the Leger and the Normale , and though I sympathise with it , it 's among the D-series fanatics that you 'll find me swapping gasps . |
| 18 | They 'll say I took advantage of a widow 's grief to marry her for her money , then cold-bloodedly ditched her as soon as I had a chance . |
| 19 | I 'll say I remember Jessie Wharton , she was a real trouper . |
| 20 | If you 'd like me to work miracles |
| 21 | ‘ I did wonder if you 'd like me to send cards to your parents and Rufus 's from Athens . |
| 22 | He said that if I did n't do it he 'd stop me having baths or going out in the cellar . |
| 23 | As for last words , there are some fully-authenticated late ones addressed to an editor which sound more convincing : ‘ I wish to God you could let me have £5 more on account . ’ |
| 24 | Therefore , I would be grateful if you could let me have quotes for the following on the basis of 200 , 300 and 500 copies : |
| 25 | She 'd let me get half-way close and then she would push me away . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't suppose you 'd let me see Angy 's flat ? ’ she asked . |
| 27 | Before I left school , the local papers were full of me , They were always saying things like ‘ This boy will go all the way to the top ’ and that , and I suppose you could say I took notice of the media . |
| 28 | Jane Saren would seem to be the obvious person , but perhaps you would let me know whether you would like me to approach Jane to see if she is willing take this on , or if you would like it handled in some other way ? |
| 29 | she would have me got cash out or dropped |
| 30 | For all my love of landscape , nothing would induce me to spend weeks painting the Needle Rock in the Quiraing and certainly not in JTR 's era when hazards were beyond mere midges . |