Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
| 2 | I shall not be gratified for a benefit , although I may return it in the hope of future benefits ; similarly I shall not avenge injuries except as a deterrent to future injuries . |
| 3 | If I may ask you about the window ? |
| 4 | I may see you on the same plane . ’ |
| 5 | I may see you in the shop one of these days . ’ |
| 6 | If we can not guess Jacob 's motives , the storyteller makes them plain : ‘ I may appease him with the present that goes before me , and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will accept me . ’ |
| 7 | If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda . |
| 8 | ‘ I think I ought to take you to the farmhouse to be seen to — that iss , if I can carry you . ’ |
| 9 | I thought that as I 'd involved you all , to some extent , in the enquiries that were launched yesterday , I ought to inform you of the results of our search for the boy , Gerry Boden … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I ought to throw them in the bin , ’ she told herself tetchily , casting one final plaintive glance in the direction of the telephone . |
| 11 | Well I 've written a letter which I 'll read out to you , I have n't posted it because I think I ought to read it to the meeting and get their approval erm , or otherwise , erm , Dear Miss , this is the General Secretary , W I subscription nineteen ninety two . |
| 12 | Indeed some of us think we now know what bankers in the republic felt like , if you stand up to make a speech the matter has moved on before you sit down again but I must tell you of the next major problem . |
| 13 | I must tell you about the pet shop . ’ |
| 14 | Now , I must welcome him at the door . |
| 15 | When I hear the attacks on that modest , even cautious , and certainly prudent programme , I must compare it with the gross waste of public money in which the Government have indulged . |
| 16 | ‘ I regret I must leave you at the door , Lady Isabel . |
| 17 | We had no sooner got out of the supermarket 's doors than the wee imp said he was tired and I must carry him to the car . |
| 18 | I must content myself with the last verse of a hymn in honour of St Bartholomew : |
| 19 | But … if they 're family heirlooms then however much I want them , I must return them to the family where they belong , ’ she said dazedly . |
| 20 | He said , ‘ I must return it to the half-mortals , for only they in all the worlds can keep it safe now . ’ ’ |
| 21 | That being so , ‘ I must immerse myself in the atmosphere of my homeland . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Silver , ’ he said , ‘ you 're a scoundrel and a murderer , but I 'm told that I must save you from the law . ’ |
| 23 | Before I do so I must say something about the way in which the U K economy has developed since the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
| 24 | This is not a book about theoretical astronomy , but I must say something about the way in which a star radiates , because it is very much part of the overall story . |
| 25 | I have n't sent it because I thought I must read it to the meeting . |
| 26 | We stayed on board and we went up on to every deck and there was even a gentleman , he showed us up on the bridge on that er on that and , and of course there was the little shop and I bought I thought I must buy something on the Queen Elizabeth and I bought a pen . |
| 27 | I knew I should throw her to the patrol and make my own getaway , but she appealed to the chink in my armour . |
| 28 | Your mother was saying perhaps I should give it to the kids , half to you , half to Debbie , but I said , no . |
| 29 | We have not yet resolved all the detail but I should tell you about the key aspects of these changes so that we can go forward together to put the new arrangements successfully in place . |
| 30 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |