Example sentences of "the [noun sg] i [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 Then if he still has not come out of the tent I will go down there while it is still light , very quietly , and see if I can see , without getting too close , how he is .
2 I love rugby and if I had the opportunity I would pull on my boots and play tomorrow .
3 In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction …
4 ‘ But if it was the wish of the majority I would have to accept that as a democratic decision . ’
5 Assuming you are part of the majority I will explain below how to learn what the jugglers call ‘ the cascade ’ , which is the most basic movement .
6 Really we know still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom , and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers are at the moment dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research go in , rather than more erm of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics — I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching .
7 Really we still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers at the moment are dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research going ; rather than more of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics , I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching , looking at what they do and how we can improve that .
8 Consequently , this is the direction I will be taking in Part Two .
9 As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench .
10 The proposals to combat discrimination within the profession have not met with the support I would have hoped for .
11 Please pray for me as I 'll need all the support I can get .
12 ‘ And he has all the support I can give him to go for it next year . ’
13 Sir , — Nine years ago I volunteered my services as a school governor , believing that the expertise I could offer would be helpful to headteacher , staff and pupils .
14 Yeah , I , I , even the shirt I 'll fit me , tie .
15 Mind you the shit I used to get away with at school , you know , just winding the teachers up and like generally taking the piss , I 'd always pay attention and I 'd always , always get good marks but somehow I think they seem to take pissing about slightly more seriously here .
16 Applying a multiplier of eighteen to that figure , I arrive at a figure of fifty nine thousand , three hundred and forty nine pounds and sixty pence , which is the award I would make .
17 The 13-goal marksman 's chances of being fit have improved since he started the treatment and his manager Ron Atkinson said : ‘ If he does make it and this machine has done the trick I 'll gladly pay out Pounds 25,000 myself to buy one . ’
18 ‘ If I go to the cinema I 'll have a panic attack and everyone will want to have me thrown out . ’
19 The sea was flat , faintly streaked by a waning moon , and through the porthole of the saloon I could see the Southern Cross and the Milky Way , unblemished by cloud .
20 For the beginner I would recommend the A. rosaefolia .
21 What they what they should do the , the milk I 'd say your first pint cost you twenty six thirty six
22 Oh yeah , by the Shrimp I could of got pregnant !
23 As I walk round the croft I can feel a strange sensation in my stomach , a feeling not unlike fear , and I now know that she is dead .
24 In the afternoon I would propose that we meet briefly after lunch and receive any comments additional to papers that might go out beforehand .
25 And in the afternoon i used to wear erm a blue and er and er blue oh I forgot .
26 Geoff said if I had n't have wanted the money I would n't have bothered .
27 In the morning when they wanted the money I 'd say ‘ I 've just got to phone home , ’ and get Mum to promise to pay , and they 'd have to wait till she turned up .
28 I 'll bring you all the money I can .
29 I really need all the money I can get .
30 and if I had the money I could have that
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