Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yeah , by the Shrimp I could of got pregnant ! |
| 2 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
| 3 | But of course I ought to . |
| 4 | Cost a lot of money I would of thought . |
| 5 | Yet I tried and tried for over a week thinking I ought to for his sake . |
| 6 | Only then , Wolfprince , only when you are cowed and submissive , only when I have drawn from you every shred of defiance , when I have extracted every sliver of pleasure I can from your predicament , shall I take your soul . |
| 7 | You see if I had the original identification I could at least match it up against a description . ’ |
| 8 | Before my marriage I used to be very active and very talkative but after my marriage , when I went to Pakistan — there you have to wear the Burkha . |
| 9 | and then only had it four years , but I used to it was , it 's such a waste that washing machine , I think maybe I 've done a few shirts hand washing and all the water , whereas in the twin tub I 'd of done the light weights , heated the water up done the shirts and , erm , got the put in , maybe towels and then I 'd put , re-heat the water if , if it was n't really soiled and I could do either all the dogs stuff or , or my dusters |
| 10 | I listened carefully as I want to learn all the green I can in case Maggie comes our way . |
| 11 | they 're still on that issue I would of thought |
| 12 | Her only way of coping with her over-identification with my situation was to try to reassert control over the child I used to be and prevent the cycle repeating itself . |
| 13 | ‘ I intend leaving this the first moment I can for Sydney hence to Hobart Town to see you , although it will verily interfere with my pursuits . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | However , the whole incident was witnessed by another driver who took a note of the car number and in turn , of course , reported it to the police and eventually Mrs was interviewed on the eleventh of August of this year she agreed that she was the driver at the time and she replied it 's okay , but if the little had stopped after the accident I would of sorted things out I could n't do anything after she ran off . |
| 16 | they 're only a plastic job I would of imagined |
| 17 | Though not with the confidence I used to . |
| 18 | I used to be , but I have n't been for a long while I used to we ca n't say that I was there last year but |
| 19 | well one , one a day I should of thought . |
| 20 | From a swift glance at the back of a person 's head I can at once estimate the intelligence and sexuality of that person . |
| 21 | Although it is traumatic , having one 's life turned upside-down like this , discovering I 'm not the person I used to be . |
| 22 | If you had n't of pulled my jacket I would of known that you |
| 23 | You think that because I can sometimes see what 's trivial and what 's important in art I ought to be more virtuous . |
| 24 | doctor if you do n't agree with what it says , erm , you can obviously mention that to and er er along speedily say in the course of this week , the matter can be mentioned in formal to me , erm one morning at ten o'clock next week I would of thought . |
| 25 | ‘ Since the INCUBUS investigation looks like taking some time to get off the ground I can at least devote my attention to this new one . ’ |
| 26 | Not being a drinker , I do an obligatory flip round the post-show party , consoling or congratulating and giving what little advice I can to grieving or glowing parents . |
| 27 | thought to myself , yes in a sense I could of done with that so far but I thought , no , I 'll stick up and |
| 28 | Oh I can on my potty I can on my potty . |
| 29 | That 's what I mean , when I go to bed I should in theory . |
| 30 | Not a word I would of thought it was worth finding out the meaning of . |