Example sentences of "[subord] i [modal v] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 2 | I 've tried to view and recover these files using PC Tools , XTree Gold , Actaeon and other programs , and although I can view some of the text files ( the rest are encrypted ) , I just ca n't get them out into a working environment and recover them . |
| 3 | ‘ This wo n't give you any pleasure , Alexandra , so I shall give some to myself . ’ |
| 4 | William Bowles , ( 1705–1780 ) an Irishman who became superintendent of mines in Spain , was dismayed by the lack of unusual plants in the area and wrote to Peter Collinson from Bilbao in 1733 asking for packets of seeds and bulbous plants and continued : ‘ There is a Miller 's Dictionary in Town , so I would take some pains to give the Spaniards a taste … you know what best to send ’ . |
| 5 | I think they 'd get some good material from us , so I 'll add some match reports and humourous stuff for them to do with as they will . |
| 6 | ‘ So I 'll buy some windowboxes , ’ she declared stoutly . |
| 7 | The third time I heard this trail ( as they are called ) , I dashed off a quick letter about my coffin difficulties , asking , at the same time , that if the producer considered my problem worth airing , could I be provided with a tape-recorder so I could get some of the more pompous prevarications dished out by the trade on permanent record ? |
| 8 | ‘ I merely shut you up so I could get some sleep ! ’ |
| 9 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've got another hour before I 'm on , get the cover back on the engine so I can get some sleep . ’ |
| 11 | It seems to be time to get dinner , so I will leave some space for Grandad . |
| 12 | I said I wished mine to be destroyed , but asked if I might keep some of hers of a literary interest . |
| 13 | I wondered as I thought of secrets if I might find some release in telling Lili the thing that festered in my soul , and I asked her if she would listen . |
| 14 | I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today . |
| 15 | One of them asked if I would like some beetroot . |
| 16 | Then she asked if I would knit some for other mothers , so I agreed to her putting my name on her notice board . |
| 17 | Secondly , Joe Kendal has written from Otley , West Yorkshire , to ask if I can clarify some of the thinking behind the design of this circuit . |
| 18 | ' I 'll go and see if I can arrange some transport , ’ said Tuppe . |
| 19 | We did if I can give some background we did actually target er twelve thousand , five hundred mailer shots for this meeting this evening I 'm not sure what the people here are representing percentage for that and we also targeted over about a hundred organisations with mailing shots telling people the meetings on this evening . |
| 20 | And if I can identify some of the thoughts which occurred to me and they are relatively minor points about the wording of I five in relation to the first two criteria . |
| 21 | I 'm er I 'm gon na erm , I might see if I can record some conversation on a bus , but I do n't know . |
| 22 | And if Oliver wants to see me — which might be a good idea if I can talk some sense into him — then I 'll only do so if I 've cleared it with Stuart first . |
| 23 | I think about it for a bit , then I ask her if I can afford some sandwiches . |
| 24 | And saying maybe you know I should look up see if I can find some . |
| 25 | Erm , but I I will see if I can find some information , it maybe that I , yes , you want to comment . |
| 26 | Do n't even think of moving while I see if I can find some dry firewood . ’ |
| 27 | If you 've got something I can put the water in I 'll go and see if I can get some for you , ’ Maggie offered . |
| 28 | See if I can get some money out of them . |
| 29 | I 'll have to see if I can get some banana skins put on the stairs . |
| 30 | Well I 'll see if I can get some candles that colour . |