Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | Also , I may have given him the impression , with the urgency of youth possessed of strong convictions , that I wanted at all costs to have something published on this subject . |
2 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
3 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
4 | I should have given you the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
5 | ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’ |
6 | I should have told you the Huns have balloons the way you have the runs , but they are short of skilled observers ? |
7 | I might have saved myself the trouble , as the family remained together for only a short time afterwards ; my sisters married , leaving only my mother and myself at home … |
8 | I 'll need to show you the ropes . ’ |
9 | Well obviously I 'll have to give you the illustrations . |
10 | Oh I always give you first cup , I 'll have to give you the last one then . |
11 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
12 | ‘ If you 'd asked , I could have saved you the trouble , ’ said Connor pleasantly . |
13 | ‘ Come to think of it I 'd have given you the oranges even if you 'd said no . ’ |
14 | I tell you , if I 'd have know what the content of the training was gon na be , I would 've arranged for our twelve crime prevention officers to go across there and listen to it , because there was a locksmith there that gave a lot of sound advice in relation to security of homes as well cars that really was good basic grounding for a crime prevention officer . |
15 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
16 | Oh I , I think one had to consider erm , I , I 'd have to ask them the size of the room , what , what sort of a room it was , er , it was no use getting the fitting which erm was either far too big for the room in it 's , in it 's physical size |
17 | I 'd like to see what the got off . |
18 | ‘ I 'd like to confirm what the financial arrangements were . |
19 | I 'd like to know what the question was . |
20 | I 'd like to know what the staff do in Trevor 's organization . |
21 | Shit , I 'd like to know what the hell they 're up to . |
22 | He even suggested maybe I 'd like to show him the cut . |
23 | If … if there 's time , I 'd like to show you the new salon in Albemarle Street . ’ |
24 | I 'd like to hear what the mothers I would like to hear |
25 | And I would want to know what the health effects were on them of the conditions in which they had to work . |
26 | On behalf of all her fans , I would like to wish her the best of luck in 1992 and hope that she will carry on in the dedicated way she has in the past year or so . |
27 | I would like to know what the charge would have been , whether it is legal to do this , and whether I am within my rights to address mail to my grandson under his old surname . |
28 | I would hate to do it the other way . |
29 | ‘ I would have recognized you the moment I saw you , ’ Graham said . |
30 | See where this affair with a nobody will lead you ; I would have made you the greatest actress of your generation , and now you are nothing and no one . ’ |