Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I should have said at the beginning , although I hope it 's obvious , that the speaker of this poem is , of course , coming back to the town where he was born . |
| 2 | I think I should have stayed at the old school where they had confidence in me . |
| 3 | I should have screamed at the start — whenever the start could now be said to be . |
| 4 | Then , alone there in his room , I began to laugh , as I should have laughed at the time . |
| 5 | Another time I might have bristled at the idea of being overseen , at work . |
| 6 | And what he said , was , ‘ Well now , I 'll have to start at the beginning . |
| 7 | I 'll have to stay at the very least an hour . |
| 8 | I could have stood at the window all afternoon , |
| 9 | So she said what it was , and then looking through it , it actually certainly we could have done with a fle I could have looked at the the flexible thing before we came to the meeting , because it |
| 10 | I 'd get paid at the end of the term and to into town and buy a bit of cheese ; a couple of ties ; two or three books — that was it . |
| 11 | Although that was extremely pleasant , and something I 'd like to repeat at the earliest possible opportunity , ’ he added , his eyes glinting brightly . |
| 12 | I 'd like to manage at the very highest level and pit my wits against the best . |
| 13 | Well I 'd like to look at the national implications of this . |
| 14 | I think the important point I 'd like to make at the outset is that when the review of the requirement was carried out it was carried out both nationally and on a four nation basis , the ministers , once that was complete , the ministers decided that and stated publicly in December ninety two , that we will continue with the existing airframe and engine combination and that each nation er based on a family of aircraft concept could decide from a menu which equipments it would fit according to their individual requirements and their budget and we looked individually at each of the items to see what impact it would have on the operational capability if we were to remove them and what erm was decided in the end and the requirement reflects this , was signed last month by the Chief Surveyor 's staff , is that some nations have decided to remove certain items of equipment but for the U K we felt that it was necessary to keep all the major items and therefore as far as the U K is erm impact on the operational requirement is concerned , there is no significant alteration in its operational capability and therefore in overall percentage terms there is no decrease in the capability at all . |
| 15 | I used to want to work at the violin , and I played it for two years . |
| 16 | And the fact that your wife is erm there was something that could 've possibly been done for your wife and that is something that maybe I would 've mentioned at the end , do you think this would of be any benefit to the wife only as maybe an ending statement or something |
| 17 | ‘ I think it may have more to do with my age — but I do feel I have got four or five years more at the top level in the game and I would love to perform at the top level of the Premier League . |
| 18 | Er I would like to say at the outset that erm we we support the deposit version of the er the deposit version allocations of the alteration . |
| 19 | Erm , I would like to say at the start . |
| 20 | I would like to look at the people who are being cared for , the people that we 're talking about , are the elderly , quite often these people have lived through two world wars and given up their young married life , they have brought up their children through the bleak days of the general strike , is it right that these people have to suffer the indignity of charity hand-outs ? |
| 21 | If I were Batty I would have jumped at the offer . |
| 22 | I would have smiled at the Kafkaesqueness of the situation , had I not broken out in a cold sweat and had I at that stage not been ignorant of Kafka 's existence . |
| 23 | I would have to guess at the others because I did n't do erm sums on the other ones it was only on the last play but if it 's on the same sort of erm proportions , then I would say somewhere around thirty percent of the audience are concessions . |
| 24 | For had it not been raining so hard on that Tuesday evening I would have arrived at the Philharmonia Hall in good time . |
| 25 | I do n't know how I shall manage to look at the screen . ’ |
| 26 | I will try to slant my handwriting to be more adult like , I will try to get many merit points , I will try to get at the top sets for every lesson you are in the top sets for every lesson do well in them , I want to carry on my good progress in the sports area , I do many sports now and I want to do more |
| 27 | But this talk about ‘ a frontier which is perceived from both sides ’ makes it sound as if in addition to the physical eye which I can use to get at the pin there is a sort of phantom eye in my skull with which I can see what goes on under my skin . |