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 . ’
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