Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I try , then , to describe to you what I believe made my father thus distinguished , I may in this way convey my idea of what ‘ dignity ’ is . |
| 2 | When I go on half term I ought to all things . |
| 3 | I ought in all fairness to acknowledge that no American fault comes up to the revolting habit … of dropping or wrongly inserting the letter h . |
| 4 | I climb up to my room from the small courtyard by a steep wooden ladder and stoop through the doorway , as I must through all the doorways here . |
| 5 | And , I suppose , if I 've been dethroned I must at some stage have been enthroned ! |
| 6 | However , I must at this stage part from Amendment eleven on the method of their selection for two reasons . |
| 7 | I must of this |
| 8 | ‘ But I must in all honesty say says Howard very quickly , jutting his chin out and smilingly blinking his eyes , ‘ that I still think there are a number of things in the universe which really need seriously looking into . ’ |
| 9 | Erm and much of the point he 's making I think he 's covering , if you look closely , the resolution that we put , I should at this stage say I do accept the er the Charles suggested to start with into the first two lines . |
| 10 | I should in any case have answered Elizabeth 's kind little note , but a reference to Ivy at once warmed me towards her . |
| 11 | My wife began , I know not whether by design or chance , to enquire what she should do , if I should by any accident die , to which I did give her some slight answer , but shall make good use of it to bring myself to some settlement for her sake , by making a will as soon as I can . ‘ |
| 12 | but er I 'd meet up in town and our house like twenty past nine , half past , get , get , get the bit of shopping done before the fucking crowds I might off wasted me time , we got in there about ten o'clock , right old day . |
| 13 | I might at this moment be living in anguish with Peter Datchett . |
| 14 | to me but I d I still , I do n't get the same feeling from you as perhaps I might with medical notes , if you see what I mean ? |
| 15 | These copies are staple check and you are the one which you 've gone back for apply erm I , I 'll with that one . |
| 16 | I 'll with that is it on ? |
| 17 | Well I 'll post that tomorrow . |
| 18 | So I did n't join any of them I kept independent while I could at any rate and then . |
| 19 | I remember how happy I was when I was accepted at Hamburg University , because I could at last get away from my mother 's asparagus dishes . ’ |
| 20 | I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . |
| 21 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 22 | So it was all a hotchpotch , it was all and I had to do the the best I could for those who showed fish and that was the only way I could do it . |
| 23 | I 've done as much as I could with that one but |
| 24 | Could I I could from those statistics could n't I tho Or or have n't we sold anything to this year ? |
| 25 | ‘ as if I could in some way decide for those leaving us what they will go on to do . ’ |
| 26 | Er , maybe I could after five o'clock . |
| 27 | I used to that , I used to see the old fellas doing |
| 28 | Well I used to this was two ribs . |
| 29 | Just as I would with any other male acquaintance . ’ |
| 30 | I mean , if our Whisky died , I would n't be as upset about it , as I would about these . |