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Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1	Now as part of an annual goal which is to run some public courses later on in the year , erm , I 've broken that down in a way that I may go through later , to things that I have to do on , on a month by month basis , and this month I need to create the mailing list .
2	I may go even further than the Long Drive , he 'd said .
3	Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue .
4	Pray God that I may live yet awhile for your sakes , and you shall enter into great honour , and they shall kiss your hands .
5	‘ Perhaps I may come down again in the spring .
6	If I may say so very well councillor and you were specific and indeed backed up the particular figures , even though of course one is entitled to the that I thought it was fair and well argued .
7	I ought to jack out now !
8	I ought to say straight away that I have some sympathy with some of the Scottish Conservatives .
9	He was also sure that I ought to mug up as much as I could about Italy .
10	I went cos it was then I goes to Pete , oh no I ought to go out really , and he goes no you 're not !
11	‘ I do n't know , ’ Flavia said with open wretchedness , ‘ I do n't think I ought to come so often now . ’
12	Carol says I ought to get up early and help you put the turkey in the oven .
13	‘ Thank you for the lunch , Rob , ’ she smiled , ‘ but I ought to get back now . ’
14	That 's why I 'm feeling as if I ought to stay in tonight really .
15	And this is the great chamber , and this is where their tour ends I think if we just go back if we go straight back into the place we started , and so just finish it off , then I must I must finish off as well .
16	To your numerous enquiries , I must answer rather briefly , for I have so bad a cold as to be half blind : add to which so bad a cough & sore throat , that if they do nt go I shall be in town much sooner than I expected … my eyes are so sadly worse , that no bird under an Ostrich shall I soon be able to do .
17	We resist change because of fear of the unknown and because change can threaten our fragile sense of identity — when my self-image is indistinct , I must hold on desperately to those parts I can see , so that they survive .
18	She 's a psychic my Ma ( maybe they all are ) , I know I must cover up quickly .
19	I must go up again . ’
20	I must go right away . ’
21	Then they 'll say ‘ I 'll stop for a cup of tea then — oh , I ca n't go now it 's too late , I think I 'll stop tonight but I must go home tomorrow ’ . ’
22	‘ I must go home tomorrow , ’ I thought .
23	‘ I 'm sorry , I must go home now , ’ I said .
24	Even that it 's past midnight and I must go home now , although I 'm not a bit tired .
25	‘ Well , if you do n't want to , I must go home then .
26	‘ I must go down now , ’ she went on .
27	I must go very carefully .
28	" How extraordinary to hear you say that , " said Clara , " I was expecting you to say what all my other friends say , that I must clear out quick , be ruthless , cut all ties , leave her to it , live my own life .
29	‘ Now I have said all that I wish to say to you girls except , Mildred , that you will write one hundred lines which will say , ‘ I must try very hard not to be quite so silly . ’
30	I must say straight away this is a much better arrangement than last year .