Example sentences of "i [modal v] remember the " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I 'll remember the rogues too , and their incredible ability to tell tall stories when looking for help .
2 ‘ If I know that — which I do , somehow — surely I 'll remember the rest pretty soon ? ’
3 I wish I could remember the words , but I 've forgot them so I just hum along with the tune .
4 I wish I could remember the name of the functionary who pronounced on the news that a union vote had gone 70/30 , at least three to one in favour : I would gladly lend him my copy .
5 I loved trains , but I could remember the mounting excitement that I felt , as we approached the path leading to the station , change suddenly and inexplicably to fear .
6 but Bob and I did , I could , I could remember the day we moved in to a hundred and eleven er we 'd never , never been upstairs in a house before you see we 'd been brought up in a bungalow and we 'd never ever been upstairs and the thoughts of going upstairs to bed , you know , was fantastic
7 Yorkshire is a cold place and I could remember the sensation almost of shock at the start of my first winter in Darrowby .
8 If I could remember the third one , we 'd get another point would n't we ?
9 If I could remember the name of the third wise man .
10 Oh I see that , that 's how you remember , oh the other day I went to look at Asda you know , put my card in the machine and my mind just went totally blank , do you think I could remember the dam number .
11 Then I 'd remember the hareem at their dawn prayers , standing , bowing , kneeling , bowing down their heads to the flat surface of their prayer mats .
12 I would remember the sunlight that I had thought was like wealth , redeemed and transformed beyond the reach of cupidity , and the shadows that were not black but the colour of great half-forgotten riches .
13 I shall remember the Holy Scripture and wait for God 's will .
14 But above all I shall remember the community spirit that emerged .
15 I can remember the session very well .
16 I can remember the very first time it happened — I was out walking the dog with my mum and a car tooted at us , and my mum said , ‘ Oh , someone thinks your bottom 's nice ’ .
17 It must have been towards the end of 1920 that Lord Darlington made the first of a number of trips to Berlin himself , and I can remember the profound effect it had on him .
18 I can remember the long cloudless days when we drove for mile after mile over desert that stretched out around us as flatly as an unruffled sea ; the way we would pull the throttle out so that the needle stood up straight at the figure forty , and then would laze back with our legs stretched out across the bonnet … .
19 On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it .
20 I can remember the swirl and flourish of the ferry boats at full tide race like young girls dancing coquettishly , flouncing their skirts to the side .
21 After visiting the Public Houses , father and son could become quite violent with one another and I can remember the noisy encounters they had .
22 I can remember the days when doctors were considered not far short of the Almighty .
23 Fortunately there was little damage , so I can remember the event with hilarity .
24 Y'know , I can remember the first time I wore them .
25 I can remember the moment I decided I wanted to be a politician really quite well .
26 I can remember the Plumford address .
27 I can remember the first time I got drunk on Scotch .
28 I did no work that I can remember — I know I was considered hopeless by my teachers and I was quite ready to believe I was hopeless — I can quite well remember keeping mice at the back of the classroom and I can remember the smell .
29 I can remember the woodwork master coming up from behind and clapping his hand heavily upon my back and saying " Now , Basil , " but that back clapping nearly killed me ; it was a shattering blow and I was a skinnily thin creature .
30 erm , I can remember the three piece suite it was that uncut moquette stuff , you do n't see it now do you ?
  Next page