Example sentences of "i [verb] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Well I know let's face it , if he , if he was really convinced of the falsity of most it he |
| 32 | ‘ I tend to keep quiet about it — otherwise most of the women I know would want me to draw up their horoscope ! |
| 33 | ‘ Next time I come , I 'll bring one or two gowns that I know will fit you . ’ |
| 34 | Fifteen I reckon would cover it . ’ |
| 35 | Now cousin , oh er ah , I 'm sorry , erm , President , because you know you get all sorts of distortions on this do n't you can I say , President , er , cos call him brother at times colleagues , on behalf of congress , can I thank you President , very very much for the very positive and very strong challenges that you 've put before us , and the theme that I believe will carry us through the rest of the week . |
| 36 | ‘ We 'll have to eat together , ’ I said in a doleful tone which I knew would upset my mother as much as the vision which my remark would conjure up . |
| 37 | Still , I 'd always tried hard to be a good golfer , and playing off three handicap I knew would stand me in good stead . |
| 38 | He gave a hard smile , and said , ‘ The only one that I knew could fulfil my ambition to be a multimillionaire before I was thirty . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ Now this is what I thought might suit your purposes , ’ he said . |
| 40 | As the days went by , I did start to try the newspapers and job centres again — anywhere in fact that I thought might find me either a job or a home . |
| 41 | My philosophy being that members who attended the meetings or functions which I attended will know I was there . |
| 42 | Although I know that the amount of exercise I do will keep me fit , these days I feel guilty about doing ‘ so little ’ exercise . |
| 43 | I like to take care of my staff , just as I intend to take care of my wife — if the one I love will marry me . ’ |
| 44 | The employment reserve of which I spoke would help them to contribute to society and to their personal future and well-being . |
| 45 | I think ought to cut them out . |
| 46 | Sir , — I congratulate you on the information you have been good enough to send me of your intention to publish a journal for Bishop 's Castle , and I beg leave to offer for your insertion a few remarks on what I think ought to interest your readers — the present position of the question of the extension of the line to your town . |
| 47 | I think let's say you could learn Which ones could n't you learn then do you think ? |
| 48 | er that that that I think will enable us to do our bit . |
| 49 | ‘ I tell you the things I think will interest you . ’ |
| 50 | Then , as Shiona started to turn away , her body stiff with loathing , he added calmly , ‘ Oh , by the way , I have a piece of news that I think will interest you … ’ |
| 51 | It 's difficult to measure in precise terms but having this employee assistance programme I think will help you attract staff , it 'll certainly help you retrain staff |
| 52 | Of course , windmills could be placed offshore , then perhaps there might be something attractive to seeing these structures out at sea at some distance — they could even be beyond the horizon — but they thought that they are whirling round usefully providing our energy I think could make them acceptable , and there is no doubt that the worldwide research and success in windmill research at the moment would suggest that wind power is within sight , but the economic investment and the problems of siting certainly mean that it will be only introduced gradually . |
| 53 | I think could chop them up and use them to make road surfaces with . |
| 54 | And when I get a moment I 'll get down to noting any facts I think could help you . |
| 55 | And then she said and then I think used to try you know ? |
| 56 | Nothing I said could make him change his mind . |
| 57 | The further reading I recommend can help you to challenge some commonly held assumptions about where stress comes from , and should help you to structure your own plan for coping with it in a way which is appropriate to you personally . |
| 58 | I wish would cut mine ! |
| 59 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |
| 60 | Any artist I represent could tell me I am useless , but no one will ever be able to claim I stole from them , because I have never had the opportunity . |