Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I much regret that I will be unable to attend that conference because of my forthcoming visit to southern Africa . |
| 2 | So say if I said to you , well if and I said to you , Well what could I do ? |
| 3 | I merely say that I think the question might be expected to interest your readers , but I am by no means confident that they will care much about the matter . |
| 4 | I was so overcome that I approached Shell and offered to buy it . ’ |
| 5 | I merely hope that I will not be a Charles talking about the fire cover again for today and er perhaps in future times for the simple reason that it is one thing to make a budget , it is one thing to do a . |
| 6 | ‘ Only wait till I 'm safely dead first ! |
| 7 | That 's something I do n't sa , not so matter that I could have told him ! |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the process started at Bristol was a beginning and has since been continued so nobly by Jo , that there are occasions now when I not only know that I am good — getting close to the shining white — but even a benefit to society ! |
| 9 | ‘ I only know that I 'm an ordinary person , living an ordinary life . |
| 10 | I only know that I was never allowed to sing them at home . |
| 11 | I only know that I did n't . " |
| 12 | I only know that I want you — all of you . |
| 13 | ‘ And Ianthe and Mr Stonebird ’ — ‘ Rupert ’ did not quite come out-'live so near that I dare say they can escort each other , ’ said Sophia . |
| 14 | I only ask because I have had educational advantages , courtesy both of Cambridge and the fresh , clean-limbed members of Her Majesty 's prison service , that may have been denied to readers who , while possessed of many excellent and succulently moist personal characteristics are , perforce , less verbally erudite than moi . |
| 15 | When ordering my lunches these days , I try to avoid the use of the term ‘ packed lunch ’ and merely ask if I can be supplied with certain items in a bag to take away . |
| 16 | It makes me so cross when I see so much imported fruit and vegetables in the shops when we have as good , if not better English produce on hand . |
| 17 | So do as I say : get on to Doctor Rice and make an appointment . ’ |
| 18 | I entirely agree and I do not exclude them wholly . |
| 19 | I did not mean to say but perhaps it is better I should , therefore only remark that I will speak on the subject in my next , but do not suffer alarms on my account — I am in better health than I have been for years and I hope to get to Sydney and get comfortably settled in good time … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll get a long , long rest when I get in me box , miss . |
| 21 | ‘ And I only wish that I was family and so could be of help to you and had some rights to see you . |
| 22 | I only wish and I mean this very sincerely I only wish we could spend as much time and as often as is spent discussing fox hunting on the county 's homeless , on abused children , on the handicapped , on the increasing crime and on unemployment and I only wish that the media and the public and even members of this council would take as much notice of that as they do about this debate on fox hunting . |
| 23 | Actually , I chew on a piece of mozzarella and merely wish that I 'd thought of bringing a silver pistol , because , let's face it , Dudley Moore played Patch the Elf in the 40-million-dollar Santa Claus — The Movie which unlike say Ishtar or Hudson Hawk , is consistently unbearable for every single one of its sad seconds . |
| 24 | However much of a challenge the town presented , I figured I would cause less stir if I went in on foot than in a four-wheeled horseless vehicle . |
| 25 | So I calmed down see and I was alright after about ten minutes . |
| 26 | By that I do n't mean he could n't have been responsible for their deaths , I just mean that I do n't think he 's on speaking terms with his conscience . |
| 27 | I just say that I 'm sorry go on do n't want to be dejective this evening but I mean minutes will be taken notes will be taken points have been raised I think that 's a very valuable point that you 've actually have raised . |
| 28 | part of it , have a look at it , Sandra , if you pa if you pass it onto each other and then just say that I think that 's worth getting cos we do have the money now er to start and look at things like that . |
| 29 | Well just say and just say that I had a bit of a ba an and I 'd like a check over that 's all just say that to them if you want alright ? |
| 30 | Oh I do n't think that I can help and just say and I yen I went to get one in |