Example sentences of "[adj] i [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About half past eight I would feed my horse and then have my breakfast . |
| 2 | and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me . |
| 3 | And then , just as if in answer to her private thought , the pilot went on : ‘ I 'd like to kiss each one of you before I go , but as I ca n't very well do that I 'll give your Brown Owl a big thank-you kiss for you all ! ’ |
| 4 | I am , but in doing that I must retain my own effort , my own irony . |
| 5 | And I must not only sit here and endure all this I must read her account of it at the end of the day , and think of something polite to say about it before I find ways of rewriting and neutralizing it . |
| 6 | Are you afraid I 'll interrupt your steamy sessions with your secretary ? |
| 7 | ‘ But if you 're afraid I 'll lose my head once we 're alone together , by all means bring a chaperon . ’ |
| 8 | I was afraid I might lose my train back to Dublin . |
| 9 | ‘ Are you afraid I may burn my fingers ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Are n't you afraid I shall alert my neighbours ? ’ she said as , taking her key , he locked the door behind them . |
| 11 | I used to be frightened to fall asleep at night sometimes , afraid I 'd stick my head out from under the clothes while I was asleep and wake up to find my head in a dragon 's mouth , before I died . ’ |
| 12 | In warm I might give my hair a wash . |
| 13 | I found that by adding white I could achieve my desired effect . |
| 14 | And I have to practically get permission from the Palace before I can go to the bloody bog in the morning because Her Maj is petrified I 'll put my foot in it again and encourage the republicans . |
| 15 | To these I might add my own observations on working with groups : |
| 16 | It 's well good I can hear your voice . |
| 17 | I sought guidance earlier , Mr. Deputy Speaker , and was advised that one could speak on anything in the Queen 's Speech , but if that is incorrect I shall confine my remarks to the council tax . |
| 18 | It was an honest mistake and one that all of the current Leeds back four have been repeating frequently since then — however if I ever see Bredan ‘ F***k**g ’ Gormless I 'll kick his head in ( NOT ! ) . |
| 19 | Even when she puts an important and sensible condition upon her offers to do Wilekin 's will : ( " if your request is reasonable I shall do your will " ) |
| 20 | ‘ And I 'm sure I 'll have my eyes done one day . ’ |
| 21 | Platt said : ‘ As the season unfolds , I 'm sure I 'll get my chances to play and contribute to what looks like being a very successful season . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Whatever happens , ’ Brigadier Fowler-Thrown said , ‘ You may be sure I shall do my duty . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm , I 'm sure I 'd change my mind if I was burgled . |
| 24 | Even before I had learned to walk my eldest sister used to dump me in an orange box on the pavement next to Granpa 's pitch just to be sure I could start my apprenticeship early . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've got to weigh it up carefully and make sure I can justify my selection . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm not sure I can get my head round that . |
| 27 | I 'm not saying it like that , what I 'm saying is I would pref , yes , I would like them to be involved in it a as far as my subject reports are concerned I would like our reports that we do , we do involve the kids , I pass them out , we discuss them and I 'll re-draft but I would not , rather not have their written sample on that piece . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | But first I 'll ask our Finance Director to go into the figures in a little bit more detail . |
| 30 | ‘ First I must clean my cabin . |