Example sentences of "[adj] i [modal v] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that I work for erm being the Q S has its main headquarters in Derbyshire , so it 's just possible I may be able to get some business contacts in Derbyshire . |
| 2 | If I wanted to make it rich I 'd be Private Eye 's libel lawyer . |
| 3 | I shall beam on him as I serve him lunch and if the old bastard is particularly unpleasant I 'll be able to reflect on how bad he 'll feel when he 's unmasked . |
| 4 | But even if I was wrong about Bryce , it 's impossible I could be wrong about Magee . |
| 5 | PAMELA : Indeed , sir , it is impossible I should be ungrateful to your honour or disobedient , but when your commands are contrary to that first duty which will ever be the principle of my life . |
| 6 | Contrary to John Pain 's comment , I have always been a reasonable swimmer , and was convinced I would be able to reach the coast which I could see . |
| 7 | There 's a blank page it 's okay I might be able to use that er as a structure for more for when you 've got ta run training courses at a lot of the time and sample three is just another side that 's erm that one of sample two is landscape goes across the page this is . |
| 8 | I said you watch me , how quick I can be ready . |
| 9 | Howells said : ‘ I 'm confident I 'll be fit enough to get into the frame . |
| 10 | While the coach waits for a satisfactory fitness test , Steadman , already out of tomorrow 's game with Wakefield , said : ‘ I hope to be ready for a reserve game on Saturday or possibly Monday 's game at Hull but I am confident I will be fit before Wembley . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure I 'll be able to find something to help you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You 're sure I 'll be able to see him ? |
| 13 | ‘ Are you sure I 'll be able to stand all this excitement in one evening ? ’ |
| 14 | Well , it 's very kind of you , but I 'm sure I 'll be able to find it in the car . |
| 15 | Eyeing the anaesthetic machine , she said , ‘ Are you sure I 'll be able to cope ? |
| 16 | Sure I 'll be able to come down , I 'm not gon na get told off or anything like |
| 17 | ‘ No , no , I 'm sure I 'll be fine . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sure I shall be delighted to make her acquaintance . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm sure I shall be equal to the challenge , though . ’ |
| 20 | I am sure I shall be able to bring up … ’ she nearly said ‘ John 's child ’ and then altered it to ‘ the child , without further assistance . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not sure I shall be able to come tonight , ’ said Juliet . |
| 22 | And though I am not sure I would be able to stand looking at it for the run of the show , William Holman Hunt 's hideous , hard-core Pre-Raphaelite head of Christ ‘ The Beloved ’ has the punch of a Gilbert and George . |
| 23 | I passed my June copy to a friend who lives in Norfolk feeling sure I would be able to replace it but without success , and I was away on holiday for the August copy . |
| 24 | I said bloody sure I 'd be willing to prosecute . |
| 25 | ‘ Lady , I 'd rather sleep with a nestful of vipers , though frankly I 'm not sure I 'd be able to tell the difference . ’ |
| 26 | McClair stressed : ‘ I 'm sure I will be ready to face the Swiss if selected . |
| 27 | You have taught me discipline and I 'm sure I will be able to serve her . " |
| 28 | Until she decides to have another ripping I 'll be glad next year when they go out in the garden again , do you know what I mean ? |
| 29 | It is unlikely I shall be able to attend , but I thought I would register my interest and ask for a copy of the conference report if it does n't cost too much . |
| 30 | No , no we 've got another office at Knebworth which is a village approximately six miles north of here , what I will also be doing automatically is passing your details through to the office so that as you 're looking for character property and village property they 'll be particularly appropriate okay , but also to make life easier we actually carry their details here so anything that they 've got available I 'll be able to give to you now |