Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And where would I most like to spend the rest of the day ? |
| 2 | Should I rather have brought with me the cross from the altar ? ’ |
| 3 | I better knock knock |
| 4 | Oh I better start getting the dinner ready for tomorrow . |
| 5 | I was upstairs bleeding the radiators , all air hisssss air whooshing out everywhere I thought I better check to see when I come in , that thing was full of water ! |
| 6 | Can I perhaps offer to give give Mr a bit more thinking time and suggest that a local plan which did not contain something which was in the structure plan , as a proposal would not be in accord with the structure plan . |
| 7 | Yes , could I erm , I just want to take up some points raised by the panel . |
| 8 | She 's reading , can I just finish reading it ? |
| 9 | What , what , do I just have to sit and wait until it all gets accepted and they sit on it or |
| 10 | Why could n't I just have gone to the cops and reported my stuff missing ? 'Cos I was missing myself , that 's why . |
| 11 | Yes , I mean , somebody 's gon na , can I , can I just take say , two , three , and I 'll just photostat them and I 'll |
| 12 | ‘ Or do I just get rescued from a fate worse than death ? ’ |
| 13 | can I just ask did the chairman respond |
| 14 | Well , you could , no you can ask yourself , you can ask yourself , because you 've said to me very clearly that you do not regard yourself as ever speaking for yourself , surely you can now think , would I ever want to answer a question like that ? |
| 15 | " Why , " he thought , " in this country it is uncommon to see even one elephant ; how can I ever expect to find a hundred ? " |
| 16 | ‘ Why on earth would I ever think to question your ability ? |
| 17 | How can I ever stop loving him when he 's always here ? ’ |
| 18 | In no way could I ever have imagined that this poem could have done anything but rouse the Church to action . |
| 19 | How could I ever have trusted her ? |
| 20 | How could I ever have thought La Tartine d'Albertine would make a good title ? he wrote . |
| 21 | When did I ever ask to see the Chief Rabbit before ? " |
| 22 | How will I ever get to sleep tonight if you keep on mussing up the bed like this and wandering about ? |
| 23 | I ca n't ever remember being more than healthily hungry , nor can I ever remember coming home from school or play when my mother was not there to welcome us . |
| 24 | Shall I ever dare to find out ? |
| 25 | I THINK I MAY BE EXEMPT , DO I STILL NEED TO PUT MY NAME ON THE CANVASS FORM ? |
| 26 | do I still have to pay for these on ? |
| 27 | How could I possibly have neglected to think about her when a few weeks ago I could think of little else , in lubricious detail ? |
| 28 | ‘ How on earth could I possibly enjoy working for someone who crushes my creative instincts in the way that you do ? ’ |
| 29 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 30 | Because I ca n't I honestly have got a I do n't know what 's happening . |