Example sentences of "[adv] i [modal v] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if I did n't know you so intimately I could be convinced , but I know your sexuality and your demands — ’ |
| 2 | But eventually I 'll be able to go to anyone I like if he 's cheaper I 'll have to get Dai Jones the carpenter from down the road instead . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps , as the poem goes on I shall be able to make various things clearer . |
| 4 | TSB has n't reached Oxford 's newsagencies yet , so if any kind soul could grab me a copy this Sat and send it on I 'd be grateful ( I 'll pay for it and the p+p of course ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Somewhere I can be sure you wo n't be in any danger . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If only I could be certain of that . ’ |
| 7 | Whatever I did I was convinced that people did n't like me , and that if only I could be slim and keep that way with sensible eating habits , they would . |
| 8 | If I sit down I shall be asleep so who 's chair 's this ? |
| 9 | But perhaps I shall be able to show them the best places for picnics and things like that . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps I 'll be unpopular here , but in fact until you think of a way preventing vandals from vandalising the toilets , as you know , I do n't think there is , nobody has come up with any other way of doing it . |
| 11 | But some day perhaps I 'll be able to tell you … ’ |
| 12 | Perhaps I 'll be able to show you the Real Truth . |
| 13 | Perhaps I 'll be able to find out what this is all about . ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps I would be able to conjure up his image while indulging myself with my pie and peas and a pint . |
| 15 | Perhaps I might be able to stop them by exposing them but I do n't think they will allow that to happen . |
| 16 | " You are not French , madame , so perhaps I may be honest , yes ? " |
| 17 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his opening remarks , after which perhaps I should be brief in answering his supplementary question . |
| 18 | Perhaps I should be charitable and put the omission down to some other reason . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps I 'd be able to contribute something if I knew what you were talking about . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Obviously I would be present at a party in my own home , ’ said Georg stiffly . |
| 21 | Er time is progressing erm and obviously I would be interested to hear the debate . |
| 22 | Obviously I 'd be delighted if you choose to come this direction but I understand of course that you have other options to look at . |
| 23 | Personally I would be pleased to find a driver that works with any variety of the printer I had — after a life of driving everything as an Epson FX-80 that would be progress ! |
| 24 | So personally I 'd be satisfied you are there or there . |
| 25 | And er I 'll be able to have more room to myself then cos David wo n't be there anyway so I might be able to have one of the bedrooms as like a sitting room to myself or study or something . |
| 26 | I , I put that as number four , rather than the first three , which I think are terribly vital , so I would be grateful if these sort of things were taken on board . |
| 27 | I informed Mr Kagan that I was something of a heretic so far as the minutiae of the Jewish faith were concerned ; on the other hand , I said , I had never concealed that I was a loyal member of the faith , and so I would be happy to have the boy to tea and talk to him about Judaism in general terms . |
| 28 | So I would be able to respond from information received one evening , be able to produce the press release , press a button and hopefully it will go down the line if the technology will allow that . |
| 29 | So I may be able to make a gif file or 4 next week when I have learned how to use the thing . |
| 30 | I 've lit this I 've got me dog so I 'll be alright . |