Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you would prefer me to drive I can drive , ’ said the man . |
| 2 | I suppose the , the sort of things that made me think I might be suitable for social work have been coming from working with the young . |
| 3 | He made me promise I would n't say anything about it . ’ |
| 4 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 5 | if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ? |
| 6 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |
| 7 | One girl was a hard , chain-smoking sales machine letting me know I could not set up a multi-national congress without multi-national advertising . |
| 8 | If you 'd have let me know I could have |
| 9 | The thing I most disliked was the disapproval of the dons because I admitted I would like to write ! ’ |
| 10 | If I fainted I 'd be rushed to hospital in an ambulance and they 'd summon Mum and Dad and as soon as I 'd got better they 'd start about Exams and Re-sits and Careers . |
| 11 | ‘ I regret I must leave you at the door , Lady Isabel . |
| 12 | I regret I can not give the correct pronunciation of the Gaelic names of the mountains : I never mastered them , adopting instead roughly similar English equivalents ; thus , for example , Ceathreamhnan to me was Chrysanthemum … |
| 13 | I regret I can not give the petitioner relief . |
| 14 | But I regret I can not agree with some of the reasoning in the judgments . |
| 15 | I regret I can shed little new light on the mystery of who blew the whistle on the celebrated dressing-room scene after Woodfull was hit . |
| 16 | Well no no but I mean , if we limit it to two for the first day , and a I mean I shall know by eleven o'clock |
| 17 | Well yeah but I mean I shall have |
| 18 | thing is I do n't think I can but er I mean I might be able to pop in for about half an hour . |
| 19 | I mean I might think of doing something like that , but I 'd never actually dare to do it … |
| 20 | Now with this one the one we 've just done you do n't really know how far to go I mean I might have been going to ask erm how long has he been travelling if he 's been riding for a thousand hours . |
| 21 | But yeah I mean I might talk to Adrian and say alright come and do something on on measurable training objectives for us . |
| 22 | they only need washing , I mean I might be wrong , they might have , they might have gone funny , but I doubt it they 've not been up there that long really only about two |
| 23 | I 'll see how the weather goes I mean I might hang it out I do n't know . |
| 24 | Yeah I might , I mean I might I might go in the best ones I can get . |
| 25 | I mean I might be wrong , I 'm . |
| 26 | I said to Bev erm do n't mean to say , I mean I might get home and find she 's got a phone call but she said to me yes I mean we , she did think of going out yesterday , and it was me that stopped it but if I feel so inclined today we 'll go down if she 's in |
| 27 | Well erm I mean I might have said |
| 28 | I mean I might I might do . |
| 29 | Cos I do n't , I mean I might be really putting my foot in it but I do n't think Foxy likes him that much and he said that he 's basically he 's a it is his bark mu his bark is much worse than his bite . |
| 30 | Well yeah , I mean I might I can probably get more advice on the R A F or Army than , than the Navy . |