Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may believe it is possible that the dead Giselle really did communicate with Alberic , but that in fact she did not . |
| 2 | Indeed , I may say it was not my wish to see you at all . |
| 3 | ‘ But I must stress it is being carefully prepared and that the training programme will be substantial , vigorous and supportive of teachers ’ needs . |
| 4 | but I must admit it 's up to each person that organizes it to say that , great , we do n't need the collectors . |
| 5 | yeah , yeah I must admit it 's a poor do when they know exactly where the criminal 's going to be at a certain time and then they let 'em go |
| 6 | And this is confusing , I mean I must admit it is confusing and even , even s writers in the psychoanalytic literature get confused by this , because sometimes they , they er do n't see that to some extent the two systems are overlapping and to some extent they 're about di slightly different things . |
| 7 | I says Well I must admit it is yes I you know I He said I 'm going to get a policeman if you 're not careful . |
| 8 | I must admit it was a muddy mess . |
| 9 | I must admit it was a muddy mess . |
| 10 | Yeah th but I must admit it was n't like that all hours of the day , they had , they just had massive lulls when they all just sort of sat there and playing like computer games and just did nothing . |
| 11 | I mean , the point about this is that actually I must emphasise it 's a needs based assessment , both in allocating the overall amount of money that goes to the various areas and er those of you who 've already looked at it will see that area three seems to have a disproportionately high amount of the money . |
| 12 | I am never surprised when after a holiday a colleague or neighbour tells me ‘ I had a very nice holiday but I must say it 's nice to get back to work ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , child , ’ she said to Artemis who was standing by her side dropping pebbles into the still water , ‘ I must say it 's going to seem a little odd not living here any more . ’ |
| 14 | I must say it 's pretty funny that a chap like him ends up playing a Jesuit priest having doctrinal disputes in the rain forest . |
| 15 | I must say it 's nice to be back in silks and satins after the nighties and hairnets ' |
| 16 | I must say it 's nice to be back in silks and satins after the nighties and hairnets . ’ |
| 17 | I must say it 's , it must be good to have somebody like that er |
| 18 | I must say it 's a pleasure to give you that |
| 19 | I must say it 's natural like that , cats fighting and that . |
| 20 | I must say it 's that er |
| 21 | Although I must say it is difficult to find a butcher now who understands how to hang meat , dear me , yes … . ’ |
| 22 | Wonderful music , but in the theatre — well , I must say it is not to my taste . |
| 23 | This season quite a number of the ‘ new ’ introductions are revivals from the past , and I must say it is good to see them back . |
| 24 | I must say it is quite astonishing how the Ryder Cup has captured the imagination of the U.S. golfing fraternity . |
| 25 | I must say it was the worst experience of my life , each time I looked over the stable door the most terrible thoughts went through my mind : what if he was lying down ? |
| 26 | I must say it was a great relief not to have to try to understand it all from books . |
| 27 | I must say it was an awful lot of rot , although we had reserved seats … . |
| 28 | I 'm apt to chatter on about nothing , and I must say it was nice to have someone to talk to , like I said . " |
| 29 | Oh yes , I should hope it 's all I need . |
| 30 | I should think it is working the way of bringing back the workhouse through having too much economy . ’ |