Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not , miraculously , through any major blood vessels , or I would by now have bled internally to death . |
| 2 | I 'm an actress , or I used to be . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm a model , or I used to be until I married . |
| 4 | ‘ I work out with weights — or I used to . |
| 5 | Erm this whole problem does give ministers erm a great deal of tension and heart searching erm and er we 're in the throws of , of , of looking for a leaflet that 's gon na help ministers faced with er parents who come and have to be turned away because we feel embarrassed , we feel erm the weight of our , our turning away people and our inability to minister the grace of God to them , although I 'd of thought gravity of but er anyway erm er but we have this problem and erm it seems to me that one way out of it is to pick up on what our brother from the Church of England said and look at new rites , and new ways in which we can open our arms to a public out there which is desperately in need of rites of passage . |
| 6 | I found myself thinking affectionately that I ought to be straightforward with him ; the English liked that . |
| 7 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 8 | Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . |
| 9 | Well again that may be that erm the evidence will be such that I think that I ought to erm give the decision on it . |
| 10 | ‘ I still feel that I ought to — ’ |
| 11 | The notion of difference of level between quite different programming languages can equally well be expressed within a single language : at a single level of language , say of the programming language LISP , one normally defines a function in terms of sub-functions , so that I might for example write a function WALK(x) ( where x ranges over walkers ) whose sub-functions ( to be executed in order ) might be some form of LIFT-RIGHT-LEG ; FLEX-RIGHT-FOOT ; and so on ( I am not suggesting that sequence would be even remotely plausible in fact ) . |
| 12 | my Lord , this is a problem which erm your Lordship 's had submissions from both parties and of course it goes to specialist separates , first of all one identifies , one takes one and strikes out the defending clauses within the agreements that infringe article eighty five on then applies the , the test of severance to see whether the residual agreements remain or stand , but we certainly have not depleted that the entire arrangement avoid but we pleaded the restrictions are avoid , my Lord er and that 's important because it could lead to consequence and we 're pleading it that and if for example er power in the erm standard form agency agreement was rendered void because it was an unlawful restriction , it does n't mean to say that erm an agent er a name might not of instructed an agent to write business , what we 're saying is they may not have instructed him to write all of the business that he did in fact did er write for example L M X spiral and , now if , if a particular defendant can say well have I been well you know proper position that I would of been and the restrictions not been in place I would of instructed the agent to do precisely what he did , then of course he has no defence , that 's a que that 's a point , if he says well erm I , the facts suggest and established that I would never , ever have allowed the agents to underwr to write L M X spiral business and , and the only reason he was able to do that was because of the restrictions then he can escape liability for that part of the business underwritten |
| 13 | Did n't know whether to , er did n't really see anything , you know that , that I would of |
| 14 | What we 're are saying is , There are the sites , they do n't have the development constraints that I would to the extent erm that you believe erm they have , and Skelton and the two objection sites are very well located a whole range of service facilities and employment opportunities , and development on those sites would fit squarely within local plan policy . |
| 15 | If I were playing an indisputably virtuous character , then cliché dictates that I would at least be spared death , imprisonment or degradation . |
| 16 | I might even be able to think of a n interesting way to make a larger profit that I would by tamely handing or over the Fraxillians . |
| 17 | I 'll have to tell him that I 'll post the card on to him . |
| 18 | The registrar was saying that I must at least remember the year . |
| 19 | " I really have n't any particular interest in the sale , except that I want to do the best that I can for this retired artist , Sam Mills , " he said . |
| 20 | I froze not because I am not proud to have worked for my company , and indeed consider myself fortunate to have done so — and not because I do not admire my company and put everything that I can into serving it . |
| 21 | Oh I think I 've told you about all that I can about the glen . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I can at the moment , ’ I said apologetically . |
| 23 | I must have studied her with attention for I find that I can at this moment , however reluctantly , see her face before me as distinctly as though I was still sitting in that coffee bar with a quarter of an inch of the brown dregs left in my cup . |
| 24 | And it is through my understanding of drawing , control of the pencil , and study of design , that I can at least set out my figures well . |
| 25 | The judge held : ‘ It seems to me , doing the best that I can in elucidating the meaning of section 1(1) ( a ) , that a second computer must be involved . |
| 26 | ‘ It seems to me , doing the best that I can in elucidating the meaning of section 1(1) ( a ) , that a second computer must be involved . |
| 27 | Their loyalty has stayed with me because , despite the disappointment of relegation in 90/91 and our meteoric plummet through Division Two last season , they know that I can in no way be held responsible . |
| 28 | In 1779 Boswell wrote : ‘ I was quite enchanted with Chester that I could with difficulty quit it . ’ |
| 29 | I hated it , and Dr Kelleher got some of them taken down so that I could at least see the daylight . |
| 30 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |