Example sentences of "[vb past] i [modal v] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 2 | I never believed I could wish anyone dead , but last night changed all that . |
| 3 | It seemed I could learn nothing of happiness from Lili unless I could first discover her secret . |
| 4 | ‘ But I never imagined I 'd meet anyone like Alison . ’ |
| 5 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |
| 6 | I felt I 'd let everyone down ) |
| 7 | ‘ Away , ’ came the enigmatic reply and I knew I would learn nothing more until I arrived . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I ought to do something , ’ Dickinson said , ‘ but I could n't think what . |
| 9 | You know , she came home and she was watching television and I bought some Bourbon biscuits round and then I thought I 'll have one with my cup of tea and now there 's three left ! |
| 10 | I thought I 'll get one down the scrap yard |
| 11 | He thought I might know something and he wanted to do me a good turn . ’ |
| 12 | I thought I might find something to show I was not . ’ |
| 13 | When I saw them , I thought I might get one every week . |
| 14 | I never thought I would tell anyone . |
| 15 | I thought I would have plenty of other opportunities but nothing could have been further from the truth . |
| 16 | Our doctor just thought I should let someone know , just in case . ’ |
| 17 | Well I thought I 'd do something with it |
| 18 | They hand-made him this acoustic guitar and I thought it was really beautiful , so I thought I 'd like something like that . |
| 19 | " Often thought I 'd like one myself . |
| 20 | One from Honolulu , well no , one , I thought I 'd have one from Beverly Hills Hotel actually . |
| 21 | But I thought I 'd have one from Beverly Hills Hotel actually . |
| 22 | He was getting ready to retire and I thought I 'd have lots of time with him . ’ |
| 23 | Never thought I 'd see one . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Thought I 'd put something tall in at the back , hollyhocks or foxgloves , they 'd hide the fence . |
| 25 | After twelve years in management , I have n't yet had a tape arrive which I thought I could do anything with . |
| 26 | I thought I could do anything . |
| 27 | ‘ I really thought I could handle something like that ! |
| 28 | Oh it 's this I can hear I thought I could I thought I could hear something . |
| 29 | We stayed on board and we went up on to every deck and there was even a gentleman , he showed us up on the bridge on that er on that and , and of course there was the little shop and I bought I thought I must buy something on the Queen Elizabeth and I bought a pen . |
| 30 | And I , er and I pretended to be incapable and I , and said I would like someone to go and help me do shopping , home health service would have , come along . |