Example sentences of "i [modal v] show [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel I must show somebody the parcel I 've just had , ’ she said , greeting Ianthe on the doorstep . |
| 2 | ENTIRE EPISODES in 1988 centred around a clandestine teen love affair ; the ostensible excuse for the lovers to meet was always ‘ I must show him/her my new copy of NME . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I must show you our broad beans , ’ chattered Dimity , quite unconscious of the turmoil in her old friend 's heart . |
| 4 | ‘ Then I must show you something , ’ Gaveston replied . |
| 5 | The unaccustomed air of the realms above — ; Too sharp , too rich a mixture for her shrunk lungs — ; He stopped and said ‘ One last thing I must show you . |
| 6 | Come over the road with me , it 's your last night and I 've decided that I must show you my garden . ’ |
| 7 | First there is something I must show you , something to encourage you . |
| 8 | We have dinner reservations at Romolo 's , but first I must show you the sunset . ’ |
| 9 | I must show you this blind . |
| 10 | You think I should show it in the future years ? |
| 11 | D' you want I should show you round , sir ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll show ya round with great pleasure , ’ said the affable manager , ‘ but I ca n't think of a worse theatre than this for your show . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll show ya , here are |
| 14 | it 's called Tetris , it 's I 'll show ya |
| 15 | If I go to my baker I 'll er , I 'll fetch one back and I 'll show ya , they , they used to grow a lot during war to make jam on to subsidize folk to make jam and stuff like that you know |
| 16 | When he speaks an aside to us , in his own person , it is in verse : He continues in their prose , but when he wants to express his respect for them and offer his services , he moves up to verse : ‘ I 'll show thee the best springs ; I 'll pluck thee berries ; /I 'll fish for thee , and get thee wood enough ’ ( 160f . ) . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'll show ye , ye mollicking mollymawk , ’ he shouted brandishing his fist at me . |
| 18 | We 'd best go on down and I 'll show ye the sittin' room . |
| 19 | I 'll show her . |
| 20 | But she vowed : ‘ I 'll show everyone that even at my age you can be a good mother . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll show them , ’ she thought , shoving her nose in the air . |
| 22 | Now I 'll show them , she thought , lifting her stick for a flawless offside drive . |
| 23 | Just wait until I get the time and I 'll show them who 's boss … but I 'd better not wait too long ! |
| 24 | I 've got a lot of them and , if you want , I 'll show them to you now ’ . |
| 25 | It 's my old sea-chest they want , but I 'll show them ! |
| 26 | It has not been one of those lives where people are rejected and say , ‘ I 'll show them . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll show them round the prison , round the recreation rooms and cells . |
| 28 | ‘ But I 'll show them . |
| 29 | I 'll show him what it means to walk out on his family . |
| 30 | But then I thought , ‘ I 'll show him , ’ and I went in for the Pub Entertainer of the Year contest . |