Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
2 | which reminds me , yeah , the last block I got I 'll have to take it back , it was the wrong colour , we 've got some silver got some , got |
3 | What I want to do wha with the bulldozer I got I would like to poke it that shovel one . |
4 | You assumed I would know to pick it up to like that and I grabbed it like that . |
5 | I decided I 'd have to tell you how I felt after the wedding when I thought you might be feeling more moved to accept advances from a Bluebeard . |
6 | And on our way to the crocodile farm erm we past some beautiful countryside , and on the way back one of the two jeeps broke down and after an hour they decided we would have to leave it . |
7 | After reading your December/January issue of Tennis World , I felt I must write to thank you for the article entitled ‘ Agassi — A Coach 's Dream ’ . |
8 | ‘ I felt I 'd like to know you better before I broached the subject . ’ |
9 | They knew someone would go to get her and waited . |
10 | I knew I would have to learn it quickly though , since Koraloona was connected with the Cook archipelago , most people spoke English . |
11 | I swerved , went into the bedroom , found my shopping bag , packed my nightie and three library books my neighbour loaned me — I knew I 'd have to give them back . |
12 | ‘ Not necessarily , ’ she demurred , ‘ but she was kind , and I thought I would like to buy her a wedding present — and because you kindly took me in when you did n't want to , ’ she tacked on softly . |
13 | I was startled for a moment , as one does not have ex-Prime Ministers calling on one every day , but this was very like S.B. , who began , ‘ You will never come to see me , so I thought I would come to see you . ’ |
14 | I thought she 'd be shocked but she was n't , although she said she thought I should try to forget him because it would only mean unhappiness for me . ’ |
15 | I thought I 'd like to give you a little memento . ’ |
16 | So the public do n't do that but I just thought I 'd like to show you how how . |
17 | I thought I 'd have to give you back a lot more money . |
18 | Just thought I 'd have to tell you that . |
19 | yeah , so I thought I 'd have to keep him . |
20 | He thought of patching things up , but felt she would try to force him to an affair in some unwomanly way . |
21 | At the moment she felt she would attempt to kill him . |
22 | She knew what he wanted before he spoke , and also knew she would have to give it to him . |
23 | On sight , she knew she would have to take him down . |
24 | It was a trip she would rather have forgotten — the cold was biting and the whispering patter of rodent feet made her heart jump every few minutes — but she knew she would have to face it again when she and Guy escaped from the keep . |
25 | She knew she would have to tell him one day , and now seemed a good time . |
26 | I knew you would want to see them , Captain — Mr Andropulos seems very anxious to see you — and I know you do n't like unauthorized people on the bridge so I took the liberty of putting the four gentlemen and the two young ladies in the wardroom . |
27 | " I knew you would try to find me . |
28 | ‘ Maybe I knew you 'd try to stop me . |
29 | I thought you might want to see it . ’ |
30 | I thought you might care to join me , spend your precious leave in the place of your birth . ’ |