Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ For good reasons which you may or may not understand , I desire to remain here in the wilderness away from those to whom I may inadvertently bring catastrophe .
2 I should rather keep company with Mrs Frere .
3 One thing I have learned is that I should never tell class members to lift their ‘ jambon ’ . ’
4 ‘ When I 've seen you safely on the train , I should still have time enough to get to the auction . ’
5 I should happily give way — if it were in my power to do so — to give them the opportunity to dissociate themselves from that appalling motion .
6 They have white filters , and I am concerned lest in this poor light I should mistakenly set fire to the wrong end .
7 I think he hoped I might eventually add distinction to the family name , of which he was intensely proud , and his initial interest in me also developed into affection .
8 Paula said slyly , ‘ I might just tell Mum what you and Edward get up to in the pictures . ’
9 Finally Mr Mayor I might just take issue with councillor .
10 ‘ But I might just feign insanity some day and come back for another cup of that damned fine coffee . ’
11 I might even give money to The Campaign for Heavier Helmets today .
12 ‘ So you did , and in that case , if you 're a very good girl , I might yet make love to you . ’
13 I reckoned I might still escape detection , however , if I ran on my toes in a sort of hearty limbering up exercise .
14 ‘ Perhaps I 'll even have time to persuade you not to run away from me after all , mus . ’
15 Let's straight into seventeen then , I 'll just remind committee that we need to move to the confidential section at five o'clock today in order to get it finished .
16 I 'll just bet modellin' is thirsty work . ’
17 Er I 'll just put Miss signal to probe into areas .
18 So I 'll just put prospecting .
19 aha , that 's , so I did , cos this week well maybe on a diet I 'll , I 'll just get salad stuff and , you know when you , I 'll just get the mince and er shops that shops that and I 'll just get me frozen stuff at the , you know , just at the
20 I 'll just have cream . ’
21 I 'll just have whisky and hot water then . ’
22 I 'll just have butter .
23 No , I 'll just have butter .
24 No , I do n't want one just now , I may have one later , not just now cos I 'll just have mineral water again .
25 I 'll also have honey , walnut and caramel ice-cream with a double sprinkling of ‘ fat in five seconds ’ , please . ’
26 I 'll soon have breakfast ready . "
27 ‘ Put it like this : if you ever leave me I 'll probably commit hara-kiri with a blunt penknife . ’
28 Yeah , well I 'll probably pay cash , it 's just that electric bill 's and gas bill 's in .
29 I 'll probably go gas , when they get gas down there the only thing that
30 I 'll probably get rheumatism in my shoulder and nobody to blame but myself .
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