Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | As I eat I can not help but notice the Frenchman attending to the pig ; he has now cut the animal 's throat and has set alight to the straw , the flames and smoke engulfing the unfortunate pig . |
2 | That 's fine I 'll give it you back I wo n't er I wo n't take it away from you ! |
3 | The moment I judge I can safely lower [ interest rates ] , I will . ’ |
4 | 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 … |
5 | I regret I can not give the petitioner relief . |
6 | But I regret I can not agree with some of the reasoning in the judgments . |
7 | No , I fear I ca n't help you in this search . ’ |
8 | IT frightens the life out of me because I fear I 'll never work again . |
9 | ‘ It frightens the life out of me because I fear I 'll never work again . |
10 | No doubt , since you fear I 'll maybe return to my painting before my plaster 's dry . ’ |
11 | ‘ I fear I can not help you . |
12 | ‘ I fear I can not help you , ’ the voice concluded smoothly . |
13 | You must forgive me , Mrs O'Dell , I fear I can not stay for coffee — I have many other calls upon my time . |
14 | And I fear I can not answer that question to anyone 's satisfaction . |
15 | Same way , one of the words about I mean I 'll just read it to you . |
16 | I mean I dare n't say anything |
17 | I mean I wo n't go into detail , but I mean she could do endowment , she could do it on a maximum investment plan basis , to back up her P E P , erm and save regularly through different funds . |
18 | So I mean I wo n't take them now if you have thought erm and if y if you have er decided on a name I wo n't erm make a note of it now , erm but if you can all remember that that we definitely need the confirmation names sorted out . |
19 | until I could see physically they have rebuilt it , I mean I wo n't even say yes we 'll do it if you do it , I 'm going to say you do it and we 'll give you a |
20 | you want to keep going back , but I mean I wo n't |
21 | I mean I wo n't even talk to myself am I ? |
22 | Mean I wo n't be able to enter |
23 | I mean I wo n't come and do the record . |
24 | You said it was completely confidential but I mean I would just say well it 's , it 's between Friends Provident and yourself end of story . |
25 | I mean I would n't change things for the world with him [ the child ] but how else can you do it ? |
26 | And she called him in on Sunday night , I mean I would n't have . |
27 | I mean I would n't want to labour that too much . |
28 | Stay with that a minute , erm , erm , I mean I would n't have thought we were in a position to give an assurance that er erm , that that no other complaints which appear to be outside the local ombu ombudsman 's restriction will be dealt with by support staff , I mean I should think we 're continuing looking continually looking for ways of dealing with complaints at the most efficient and effective way , and if that |
29 | yeah well I mean I would n't |
30 | Again we 're back to the the the same arguments on the capital receipt and I do n't intend to begin re-rehearsing those but quite frankly , I mean I would n't claim by any to have a vast or a a slightly deeper knowledge of housing finance but obviously since you 've been on the council the same length of time as I have , I mean you 've got even less . |