Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had . |
| 2 | She 's elderly and , quite frankly , so bad-tempered I would n't leave her a cat . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm so sorry I would n't listen to you , ’ she said at last . |
| 4 | out , to say , I 'm sorry I ca n't feed that to , someone else is out what 's put in front of him , so that 's why now he eats fish fingers and now he eats pizza . |
| 5 | But sorry I ca n't show you any sort of programme , or anything , but that 's because it 's |
| 6 | I 'm sorry I ca n't give you that . |
| 7 | He squeaked out brief remarks then walked round shaking hands and wearing badges reading : ‘ Sorry I ca n't talk ’ and ‘ You did a good job . ’ |
| 8 | Sorry I ca n't do any better . ’ |
| 9 | And then you have a we sorry , I 'm sorry I ca n't do it that week , I 've got a weeks holiday . |
| 10 | Sorry I ca n't do these they 're off . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm very sorry I ca n't oblige you with cigarettes for her , sir . |
| 12 | Ah , I 'm sorry I ca n't comment . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry I ca n't serve you now but I 'll get back to the bar as soon as I can . |
| 14 | So I say , Richard I 'm sorry I ca n't make it this Tuesday , I 'm tied up , but I have got next Tuesday , if Tuesday 's the best night for you . |
| 15 | Sorry I ca n't stay , but then you 've already got company . ’ |
| 16 | Sorry I ca n't stay . |
| 17 | Sorry I ca n't agree with Mr erm planning policy guidance three quite clearly indicates that S S S I 's for example are a strategic matter to be taken into account in locating new settlements . |
| 18 | I 'm sorry I ca n't boil all this information down , but I hope it helps you prepare a brief for Peter Johnson . |
| 19 | I 'm sorry I ca n't help . |
| 20 | ‘ Sorry I ca n't help you . ’ |
| 21 | Sorry I ca n't help you more . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry I ca n't read that . |
| 23 | erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place . |
| 24 | People are ringing up and no I 'm sorry I ca n't come out because I 'm too busy . |
| 25 | Sorry I ca n't promise more than that . ’ |
| 26 | Say I 'm sorry I ca n't remember . |
| 27 | sorry I ca n't remember your surname and put to Glenys , on the si , I think it 's . |
| 28 | And then he was singing Frere Jaques right and I did n't know the words to it so I just sorry I ca n't remember the words and he goes . |
| 29 | Sorry I ca n't turn you up . |
| 30 | What help us , we we 'll go to we 'll direct the questions to different people erm and if you agree , just say you agree so that we do n't have er erm a session of people just rec reciting what everybody else has said , but if we start with you erm Jim , sorry I ca n't see the |