Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At the same time , ’ he said , ‘ I must also get to know my colleagues on the Board as fast as possible . |
| 2 | ‘ I should scarcely have regretted my journey , ’ claimed Johnson , ‘ had it afforded nothing more than the sight of Aberbrothick . ’ |
| 3 | Therefore , because it is unlikely that there will ever be revised editions , and because I should just hate to see my name on anything that could not be relied on , the probability is that the books will progressively be withdrawn from publication after a currency of a few years . ’ |
| 4 | Just a minute , I 'll just go find my clo Mum ! |
| 5 | I think , perhaps I 'll just try putting my arms round him and kissing him . |
| 6 | Oh , no that 's I guess I 'll just have to rephrase my question . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 'll just have to collect my bag , so you run home and I promise to be there in ten minutes . ’ |
| 8 | With a bit of luck I 'll actually get to see my first competitive Leeds match next Wednesday v the Arse at Highbury . |
| 9 | And I 'd also like to extend my thanks to his very able committee . |
| 10 | I do n't know if I 'd want to stay in teaching , I 'd quite like to have my own nursery school . |
| 11 | I 'd really like to take my singing on further . |
| 12 | I would simply have to twist my head during copulation to see what it looked like . |
| 13 | ‘ I enjoyed the challenge , though I would rather have had my father back . ’ |
| 14 | I WOULD just like to add my comments regarding the Mervyn Brown Memorial game . |
| 15 | ‘ I was there for two and a half years , now I would just like to keep my happy memories . ’ |
| 16 | Sir , — Following your correspondent A McKirdy , I would also like to express my dissatisfaction with the current system of ticket allocation for international rugby . |
| 17 | I would here like to acknowledge my use of Henry Porter 's words , published on the same spread . |
| 18 | My respected landladies , who are the double-distilled quintessence of considerateness and island hospitality , would think all good would leave their abodes if a dweller beneath their roof left fasting , so , in spite of all my entreaties to the contrary , a cup of tea was prepared to forestall my start ; and as I walked by the river-side and reached a road that skirts a number of very massive peat-stacks , and displays on the landward side an interminable host of peat-pits , the geniality of the sunshine was felt , and I would gladly have slackened my pace were it not that by so doing my good friends at Gress ( some eight miles from Stornoway , where I was due at eight o'clock , if I remember rightly ) , might have waited breakfast for me . |
| 19 | I would especially wish to record my thanks to who retired in September 1990 from the chair of the Highland Area Committee after eleven successful years . |
| 20 | I would especially wish to record my thanks to of Shell UK Exploration and Production who retired in December 1990 from the Chair of the North-East Area Committee . |
| 21 | Papers reduced in price I would quite like to paper my bedroom . |
| 22 | I do n't believe I would ever have found my insects again if I had n't had a printed picture of the complete set of their evolutionary precursors , and even then it was difficult and tedious . |
| 23 | Also , I am not a typist and I would never have written my first book if I did not know that Joyce was able and willing to decipher my handwriting , unsnarl my spelling and type the manuscript . |
| 24 | I would now like to turn my attention to something which is in a sense a mirror image of what we have been considering . |
| 25 | I will probably have had my French actual one in May . |
| 26 | But you 'll just have to take my word for it . |
| 27 | When asked how he knew this , he would become very vague , saying , ‘ There are things I ca n't tell you guys , you 'll just have to take my word for it . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If you had n't come , she would certainly have accepted my proposal by now . |
| 29 | We may well want to follow my hon. Friend 's suggestion . |
| 30 | Although I remained resolute that my partnership with Charlie would come to an end the moment I was offered a place at university , I still believed that with his energy and drive , combined with my level-headed approach in all matters financial , we would surely have impressed my father and perhaps even Granpa Charlie . |