Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think I might eventually get a taste for alcohol ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think I 'll ever have a use for it . |
| 3 | ‘ In fact I do n't think I 'd even wear a shirt . ’ |
| 4 | How can she think I 'd even consider a nanoceph like Daak ? |
| 5 | ‘ If I did I do n't think I 'd ever see the jade again . ’ |
| 6 | I regret I can not give the correct pronunciation of the Gaelic names of the mountains : I never mastered them , adopting instead roughly similar English equivalents ; thus , for example , Ceathreamhnan to me was Chrysanthemum … |
| 7 | I regret I can not give the petitioner relief . |
| 8 | ‘ Even while I was speaking I realised I could well turn the tables with that . |
| 9 | And I mean I ca n't thank the people enough that sent them all . |
| 10 | Besides , I mean I ca n't have a fag ! |
| 11 | I mean I ca n't see the government allowing a building society to actually get into erm er a case of insolvency , I think it , the , the , I think the Building Society Association would force a merger , but it may be on very poor terms or er you know , whatever . |
| 12 | but I mean I 'd rather have a Calibre than that definitely |
| 13 | I know they all have but I mean I 'd rather have the ordinary names and then |
| 14 | ‘ Then if I go back and change I can still make the reception . ’ |
| 15 | I know the gentleman here thinks I should n't blame the E C for everything , but erm |
| 16 | The trouble with anonymous contributions to this page , not that I 'm not grateful for anything I can get , is that the people who send them ca n't get a lovely Community Care mug whereas those like Nicholas Holbrook , ( see below ) who refuse to hide their creative light under a bushel , have a mug winging its way to them at this very moment . |
| 17 | ‘ Do you know I ca n't remember the first bit , I 've been here so long . |
| 18 | Do you know I ca n't remember the date , early part of March , early part of March , erm what she says at the moment is that er someone else from the college is going to Leicester next Wednesday when Helen 's going to Cardiff and this girl is then going to Cardiff when Helen should be going to Leicester , so Helen says , and she wants to look at the same subjects as what Helen does so Helen says that they 're gon na sort of go to the different colleges and compare notes when they come back from it so she might need n't want to go to Leicester |
| 19 | You go over the bridge and then you turn and then if you 're coming here , you go turn right again into umm d' you know I can never remember the name of the road , another road anyway you turn right . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll come up this evenin' , ’ said Linda , ‘ and if 'er shoes want a polish , I fink I could find some spit for 'er , I expect I could easy find a penn'orth . ’ |
| 21 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 22 | Most of the living accommodation at Low Birk Hatt faces north and I always thought that when I moved I would definitely have a south-facing house . |
| 23 | I read of tigers , rattlesnakes and circus animals , all of who have suffered at the hands of the human race , vowing I will never treat an animal in these ways . |
| 24 | I say I 'll just unplug the wall . |
| 25 | and I I found I 'd just put a hundred there instead and that 's why I put two hundred |
| 26 | I found I could n't do the tarot readings anymore . |
| 27 | I mean I keep on saying if I found I could n't do the maths I 'd ditched |
| 28 | Whenever Mackie was n't actively helping Tremayne she stayed close also to Fiona , and although I tried I could n't dislodge the underlying anxiety in their eyes . |
| 29 | He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic . |
| 30 | The only trouble is that it lies quite close to a footbridge and as soon as anyone walks across it I can guarantee I will not get a bite for at least an hour afterwards . |