Example sentences of "and i [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 As to honest Partridge , he meant no wrong , for he is so bold a mountaineer , he can go anywhere that a sheep can ; and I dare say thinks every person can do the same . ’
2 And I dare say it was too , ’ said Mrs Parvis .
3 And I dare say it 's a great advantage to Lord Darlington to have someone to keep an expert eye on the activities of the gardener . ’
4 I was n't memorably arresting or amusing , and I dare say I fell back on the weather like everyone else , but it worked .
5 Here , then , in the deep ecologist 's environmental philosophy , the philosophy of animal rights finds a serious ( and I dare say powerful ) adversary .
6 However there is a bed and I dare say you are quite ready for it . ’
7 riverside pub where Pip and Magwitch stay the night during their journey down the Thames , ‘ a dirty place enough , and I dare say not unknown to smuggling adventures ’ .
8 My mind was still not fully made up and I dare say that that was yet another exploratory move in my search for reactions .
9 Besides , you are a grown woman now , and I dare say the truth will come out whether I tell you or not .
10 He had an impulse to say , ‘ This is the music of 1988 ; these are our heroes ; that building on the headland is our architecture and I dare not stop my car to help children home because they 've been taught with good reason that a strange man might abduct and rape them . ’
11 Now he must go away and I dare say I shall never see him again , ’ Joan said woefully , lagging behind despite Anne 's grumbles and gazing down at the ring .
12 And I dare say you 're disappointed about it , because it 's not every day that an out-island lad gets offered that sort of money , is it now ?
13 But you have n't married and I dare say you wo n't do so now . ’
14 I have my pile of objects , paintings , books , critics to throw out — and I dare say so have you — THROWING THE WRONG ONES OUT IS BETTER THAN THROWING NONE — CLUTTER — BETTING ON EVERY HORSE IS WHAT THE ART STUDENT DOES .
15 Still , you 've always wanted to go back , and I dare say you can demand the earth in salary . ’
16 Well I used to cycle from Gedling to Apsley , me debit was at Apsley and I used to have to cycle from there to Apsley and I used to take bit of food an and bread and cheese and pieces of anything I could pick up in me pocket , and I dare n't come home till I 'd got some business .
17 Now I cry every time I write to him and I dare n't go out in case I meet somebody else .
18 ‘ No , darling , but Mother and Lady Selvedge have come from quite a long way — miles , really — and those two young men talking to Ianthe are strangers , and I dare say Mr Stonebird will look in , ’ said Sophia comfortingly .
19 And that was only about a minute of the game gone and I dare say er Ian whose place he 's taking on that left-hand side would have relished that kind of opportunity .
20 And I dare n't go . ’
21 Evolution in the computer would then really take off , for the conditions would be met for a self-reinforcing " arms race " ( see Chapter 7 ) , and I dare not speculate where it would all end .
22 Erm the sums behind it I 'm not too bothered about but I 'm gon na go through them because they 're quite instructive and I dare say there 's some poor souls here who 'd actually quite enjoy me to do that so we 're gon na go through some of the sums , not now but a bit later on .
23 ‘ My lord , you have been forbearing with him , and I dare make an appeal to you to have pity on this headstrong youth , and trust his future good behaviour to us . ’
24 And I dare n't , I 'm not gon na tell her , but I , I , I 'm trying to say , well , it 's a little bit out , it 's in a park and er , th th but it looks gorgeous !
25 And I dare say , like these he said they they 've paid for their caravan , cash !
26 When something happens and I ca n't look after myself any more the situation will be different , but at the moment what I 'd really like most is my independence back . ’
27 You forget to eat , and you think it does n't matter , and I ca n't eat when you 're around .
28 And I ca n't and wo n't hold back when you grind your sensational ass against me , a woman is only human .
29 All this drama , darling , she thought all this gotta-see-her , and I ca n't even look at her .
30 I ca n't bring them here although I 'd like to , and I ca n't be with them safely .
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