Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | Well I mean I can assure them that the , the National Rivers Authority in the Thames region is monitoring rivers on a daily basis throughout the year and that we would hope to deal with pollution incidents as they occur , and we would hope with our monitoring and the pressure we put on third parties to er actually over the years , to improve things from what they are at the moment and to make things better . |
| 32 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 33 | I mean I can give it to you to take it in tomorrow morning |
| 34 | yeah , well I mean I can cook you a , a meal on it , but if you ca n't , you ca n't can ya ? |
| 35 | well no , I mean I can conceive it quite well |
| 36 | I , I mean I can tell you the names of the of all , everybody in them days , round the fleck area like , you know . |
| 37 | I mean I can tell you that there 's water in the pipe if you 're thirsty , but you need to go to the pipe with a glass and turn the tap on in order to er not to be thirsty any more , in order to receive the water . |
| 38 | I mean I can tell you . |
| 39 | in some ways to though , I mean I can understand I think people , some people |
| 40 | I mean I can understand it in this day and age , people trying |
| 41 | I take I mean I can take them but I 'm not too fond of taking tablets |
| 42 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
| 43 | Do we want somebody who will just do , cos I 've got , I mean I can get somebody just to do that if that 's all you want done , that could be done easily |
| 44 | I mean I can help you a certain , a certain amount , |
| 45 | Well yeah , no I 've light bulbs I mean I could make you a list down but it does n't matter I can get that tomorrow Ann I 'll go down tomorrow you know , I 'll be up in time . |
| 46 | That 's the point , I mean I could do it . |
| 47 | I mean I could do I think they 're fascinating and important — but I would prefer instead actually to talk about Darwinism Darwin as a biologist , rather than Darwin as a philosopher or as a influencer of morals and religious beliefs and so on . |
| 48 | There 's no blooming so I mean I could drink something like that , which is purely chemical and never seen as li a damn orange That 's all it is is flavourings and water and |
| 49 | ‘ You mean I could use them to help in the search ? ’ |
| 50 | ‘ You mean I could say anything at all ? ’ she asked with a mischievous smile . |
| 51 | But it was I mean I could hear it over the telly . |
| 52 | If you skate with the same passion as you preach I dare say you will have the whole parish at your feet . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ I expect I 'll give it a miss , ’ said Hilary . |
| 54 | ‘ I expect I 'll see you in the office , ’ he said . |
| 55 | ‘ I expect I 'll survive it . ’ |
| 56 | I expect I 'll survive it somehow . |
| 57 | ‘ I expect I 'll lose my job for telling you . |
| 58 | ‘ I expect I can make him understand , ’ she replied . |
| 59 | Right then , yes , I expect I can fit you — sure , July 17th will be just perfect — I 'll just cancel my holiday and postpone the opening … no , I 'll just write it in , no , no thank you . |
| 60 | Before I forget I 'll put them in the microwave . |