Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Erm , two er three points would I like , erm , picking up a couple of comments earlier , and coming back to a , I think if we use a cricketing analogy , a long hop I 'd like to bowl at you Chair , and you may hit it in Mr Wincup 's direction .
2 The last use is the basis of the major work in this field , the treatment by Laver ( 1968 , 1980 ) ; if one adopts this as the meaning of ‘ voice quality ’ it is preferable to use the term ‘ phonation type ’ ( see Catford , 1964 ) for ( ii ) , and in any case I would prefer to use ‘ personal speaker characteristics ’ for ( i ) .
3 Erm in that case I would need to get accommodation over here or tran commute from
4 And he told me that if that was the case I would have to find somebody else . ’
5 I spend my life in supermarkets — buying food I 'll probably never eat , but buy just in case I might want to eat it .
6 Indeed , one of the researchers ' most important tasks is to ascertain for my benefit what kind of conversation we 'll be likely to have — whether the guest talks nineteen to the dozen , in which case I 'll need to prepare lots of questions , or if they take ten minutes to say ‘ Good evening ’ — in which case I 'll start praying .
7 In which case I shall have to get Brett out to do it .
8 " Well , in any case I 'd like to welcome you on board , Heinrich , hullo . "
9 Why , the galaxy is so vast that in the latter case I could continue to pose — and behave — as an Inquisitor ; though I would truly be a renegade … ’
10 Really we know still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom , and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers are at the moment dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research go in , rather than more erm of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics — I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching .
11 Really we still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers at the moment are dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research going ; rather than more of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics , I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching , looking at what they do and how we can improve that .
12 Chairman I would like to pick up on this point about the identification of sites .
13 Secondly Chairman I would like to draw the Councillors ' attention to the fact that I 'm this years representative on the South East Waste Regulation Advisory Committee and we have indeed got in hand a project which is to look at the whole of the recycling and the priorities for the South East region and I would imagine that by the time our officers have reported back to this Authority that they will have an advantage of having access to that report .
14 Chairman I will endeavour to arrange discussions as a matter of extreme urgency and report back to January ninety three meeting of this Committee hopefully with problems resolved .
15 Oh I 've used all my change I 'll have to give you five pounds .
16 But if I felt it might be time for a change I would have to think about that as well . ’
17 I mean certainly you ca n't achieve as much as a man does , but also the jobs just are n't there any more , not so much , and the main change I 'd like to see in education is that it would help girls cope with this dilemma .
18 AFTER reading about so much dishonesty I would like to share an incident of real public spirit and honesty .
19 ‘ But if it was the wish of the majority I would have to accept that as a democratic decision . ’
20 I consider her a model of feminine beauty and virtue , and of course I would prefer to marry her above you .
21 Or not all of it , because of course I would love to do that .
22 ‘ Of course I would have to ask Artai for Sidacai to be freed into my custody , ’ he said .
23 Roger : Well of course I would like to say it will work perfectly , right from the very start .
24 Of course I 'll call to see George Langley , anything , only please — ’
25 Of course I 'll have to camp as well
26 ‘ And I 've always wanted to do a kiddies ’ series like Sesame Street , ’ he was saying ‘ but of course I 'd want to eat a couple of the little bastards afterwards , if that would be OK with you . ’
27 I forgot my circumstances talking to her , that I no longer had power to help , that in a few hours I 'd be gone , and I said , ‘ Of course I 'd love to visit you , I 'd be honoured .
28 ‘ Of course I 'd like to see the house by daylight before we make up our minds .
29 ‘ Of course I 'd like to see you with a few sheep , my lass , sheep being so close to my heart .
30 ‘ Of course I 'd like to help you , but … ’
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