Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as he did earlier in the chapter , he warns Moses and Aaron to ‘ Get away from the midst of this congregation , that I may consume them in a moment . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I would have had no objection to telling them the position , in all honesty we could have done that and I may give them advance warning next year . ’ |
| 3 | I did n't ring your family with the sole intention of provoking another of your temper tantrums , however entertaining I may find them . |
| 4 | so I may touch them |
| 5 | I may lose them and that would be terrible ! |
| 6 | I may use them on Mrs occasionally . |
| 7 | If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda . |
| 8 | ‘ But my feelings are different , if I may state them . |
| 9 | ‘ Bring them into the kitchen , please , ’ she said , her hands clasped tightly together , ‘ I must tell them all the bad news personally . ’ |
| 10 | It is these conclusions and that reasoning which Mr. McGregor has attacked and I must reconsider them . |
| 11 | I must cover them up . ’ ) |
| 12 | He paused , frowning while staring ahead at some of the other riders , then he said , ‘ Excuse me — I must stop them from taking the wrong track . ’ |
| 13 | I must do them now and then it 's out of the way cos you and I want to see Emmerdale at seven . |
| 14 | I must bring them , I must bring a couple |
| 15 | I must meet them again , fight with them , be rejoined with them . |
| 16 | And I must give them quittance . |
| 17 | Ruby closed her hand around them , saying : ‘ I must return them , as I promised . ’ |
| 18 | But … if they 're family heirlooms then however much I want them , I must return them to the family where they belong , ’ she said dazedly . |
| 19 | I must copy them myself , unless I want to pay one shilling for each sheet . |
| 20 | In his characteristic phrase , " I am their leader , I must follow them " — but he determined to follow them from the front . |
| 21 | That is like the motto of the famous French revolutionary leader who said , ’ I am their leader ; I must follow them . ’ |
| 22 | I must buck them up . |
| 23 | That is the paradox that the Government will not acknowledge and that is why I must criticise them . |
| 24 | I wonder if the girls here out the same punishment for sneaks , I must ask them . |
| 25 | They are getting some new designs in this morning , and I must see them before they are snapped up . ’ |
| 26 | I must have them |
| 27 | I may tell lies all my life if it 's expedient but I must know them for what they are and I must never tell them to myself . |
| 28 | Cos I got them out and I thought I must take them downstairs and give them to Maggie for her to give them to Gary . |
| 29 | I must get them together again first . |
| 30 | " Much better actually — I must put them away in my jewel case , must n't I ? " |