Example sentences of "[subord] i must [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I must admit we were obliged to fork out for the tickets — a mere hundred quid each . |
| 2 | And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that . |
| 3 | I tend to wear black suits in the evening although I must admit I 'm getting slightly bored with black now . |
| 4 | When Paul called me back to ask whether he was serious about this , I replied , yes , although I must admit I did n't hear strings and flutes on ‘ Space Oddity ’ at the beginning but once the track was done , it was obvious that it was going to work really well . |
| 5 | ‘ I intended to find out about your involvement with that man , and now I have , although I must admit I 'm still a little bit hazy as to the details . |
| 6 | The outdoor adventures are looked upon as fun and relaxation , although I must say they pay their way . ’ |
| 7 | Although I must say he did n't seem all that surprised . ’ |
| 8 | Although I must say it is difficult to find a butcher now who understands how to hang meat , dear me , yes … . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Although I must say you look every inch the boss yourself . |
| 10 | " I suppose we 'd better start having a look along the banks soon , although I must say I 'm in no particular hurry . |
| 11 | Although I must say I I mean , one of the most fascinating pieces of politics I was ever involved in , was when I had to defend Mrs Thatcher over the Belgrano incident . |
| 12 | My father spoke Polish and Russian and my mother spoke French — we had French people there , so I must tell you , I was really lucky , I went through the war without seeing anything horrible — I saw nothing , nothing at all , because nothing happened up there . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I have to go , so I must leave him in your hands . |
| 14 | ‘ I owe him my life so I must give him my life . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , all right , if I must tell you , it 's the hair of a young woman I was going to marry before I met you . ’ |
| 16 | Anyway , I suppose I 'd better go to the surgery , if I must see him . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't daydream about things in my future very much because I must admit I have n't got much to daydream for — because I 'm very lucky , I 've got a lovely house , a lovely husband ; we go on lovely holidays , we lead a nice social life , I 've got lovely clothes — I ca n't really daydream and say I wish I was this , I wish I was that . |
| 18 | It occurred to me this was not an ideal arrangement ; I had a funny , cold feeling in the middle of dinner that perhaps we had been wrong to delay matters until this last moment , where there could be no immediate follow-up , when I must leave him the next day . |
| 19 | I stood entranced , as I must confess I always did , while she slipped her shiny white military-style raincoat off its hanger behind the door and buttoned herself into it . |
| 20 | For I must tell you friendly in your ear , |
| 21 | Another said , ‘ I have been thoroughly happy with this diet , though I must admit I do enjoy bread , fruit and salads in the normal way of things . |
| 22 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 23 | I remember when the wild-west look was in fashion , though I must confess I never really cared for it myself . ’ |
| 24 | Though I must confess I 'm rather surprised that you should wish to claim any relationship at all with me . ’ |
| 25 | I have not , as a matter of fact , though I must say it rather amused me to remember that exasperating housemaid — who in the end turned out to be one of our must devoted . |
| 26 | This is a simple mix-up , a confusion of names , though I must say it amounts to criminal carelessness . ’ |
| 27 | Though I must say I do n't know that I 'd very much mind having this little sweet one for a couple of weeks to myself . ’ |
| 28 | A prompt reply I would have deemed a common decency , you being a fellow screenplay writer , though I must say I have never cared for your work , finding it , at once , both florid and superficial . |
| 29 | I 'm capable of being tempted by a desirable woman — though I must say I have no present intention of succumbing to that temptation . ’ |