Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb mod] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If only I could be certain of that . ’ |
| 2 | I always knew that she was not going to stay — perhaps I 'll be better without her . |
| 3 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his opening remarks , after which perhaps I should be brief in answering his supplementary question . |
| 4 | ‘ Obviously I would be present at a party in my own home , ’ said Georg stiffly . |
| 5 | Apparently it means that while for most of the time I will behave normally I shall be prone to sudden ourbursts of rage and obscenity . |
| 6 | Gazza said yesterday : ‘ Hopefully I will be ready for England . |
| 7 | If we go for a curry later I 'll be fat as fuck ! |
| 8 | Because often I would be alone with her up there : not like other children , having to come down to the drawing-room at five o'clock , brought by nurse , on their best behaviour . |
| 9 | Old ships never die and doubtless she is still knocking around the East Coast , though I suppose old Payne may have made his last port by now I should be interested in an oil painting on canvas , or board ( which I suppose would come a bit cheaper ! ! ) showing her beating around the Foreland under sail in fairly heavy weather , say Force 6 … ’ |
| 10 | Heseltine/Kinnock : Yes , well I would be delighted to be able to tell you . |
| 11 | Heseltine/Kinnock : At this juncture , well I 'd be delighted to , but what I , what do you mean … |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll take my coach , Mr Wood , ’ he announced , ‘ but if I could leave the plate and linen here I shall be obliged to you . |
| 13 | I 'm hoping that maybe I 'll be able to re-sub then , but I 've heard from other students that the Uni are n't too keen on users using JANET and INTERNET and so on . |
| 14 | I always thought maybe I 'd be one of the lucky folks . |
| 15 | If it had n't been for you maybe I 'd be dead by now . ’ |
| 16 | A shark , then I would be able to really protect the reefs from non-caring tourists , fishermen and divers … |
| 17 | Well I do n't think its quite er the level of aggression is quite up to that , I 'm sure that the market for legal services is now very much more competitive which is a healthy thing , and er if er if we were simply sitting on our hands from the nineteen eighties and not bothering to respond to that kind of challenge then I would be worried about it , but we 're not . |
| 18 | My goodness , if I could only be God for a short time-even half a day ! — then I 'd be content to be St Peter for ever after ! " |
| 19 | Then I could be safe at home too . ’ |
| 20 | And that was the only part I did n't care for , because if I 'd been arriving at a lot of conclusions that were wrong , then I could be wrong about this too . |
| 21 | At least I shall be warmer in the opposite direction . ’ |
| 22 | And again I must be frank in telling you , because if I do n't tell you this , one of the maids of the house will likely inform you very shortly , that I 've had two helpers already this year . |
| 23 | There 's something else I might be able to . |
| 24 | If I were n't wild about someone else I 'd be wild about her . ’ |