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 .
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