Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If interest is earned in a separate account from the cheque account I would expect automatic transfers to keep the cheque account at an agreed limit . |
| 2 | Once the wind drops I 'll get you over to the mainland and get an X-ray done at St Mary 's . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If I ever get like that about a football match I 'll shoot myself . |
| 4 | I used what mind control I could muster to blot out the thought of what lay ahead — at least I 'd have food to eat — after the gauntlet was run . |
| 5 | In the wind and rattle sounds I 'd hear her start to cry and put my arm around her and lift her chin and say something that would calm her . |
| 6 | If I had a wedding ring I would give it back . |
| 7 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 8 | ‘ The study means I can conduct all the business here , ’ says Melinda . |
| 9 | " Who does not know " , said Alexander III in 1886 of Gorchakov 's successor , " that the pitiful Giers ( N.K. Giers , foreign minister 1881 – 94 ) is nothing more than an executor of my will ? " , while almost two decades later an even more self-effacing foreign minister had no doubt that " my duty consists in telling the emperor what I think about every question , and then when the Sovereign decides I must obey unconditionally and try to see that the Sovereign 's decision is executed " . |
| 10 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 11 | My stupid mind knows I can make dumplings , so why on earth ca n't it tell me who I am ? ’ |
| 12 | I would go at it like mad and when the middle bit came I would think , ‘ Thank God , I can have a rest , ’ says Charman . |
| 13 | On a personal note , could you pray for me as I am in the process of getting a job in Saudi Arabia myself and will need all the prayer support I can get . |
| 14 | And the bloke goes I 'll clean him up , I 'm , I 'm , I 'm really sorry about that and he |
| 15 | ’ I was thinking only the other day , ’ he went on , ’ that if I did n't have a wife and child to support I would throw in my resignation , take the voluntary redundancy on offer , sell the flat and go . |
| 16 | It 's a great help to know I can rely on you for such last minute needs ! |
| 17 | I mean as I say if the queen came I would talk how I |
| 18 | Dawn recalls : ‘ The consultant assumed I would terminate the pregnancy . |
| 19 | The Queen knew I would accompany you here . |
| 20 | ‘ True , ’ said Isambard , grinning at him , ‘ it 's a pity to think I might have been dead by this , and you ten miles away on your road home . |
| 21 | Once the pain and muscle soreness disappears I 'll have to try and restore any muscles that might be in danger — and in doing that restore the nerve routes — the circuits , if you like — that link muscle and brain . ’ |
| 22 | the Chancellor said I 'll deal with it then . |
| 23 | As soon as the boy left I 'd pull him into the alley and take it from him . |
| 24 | ‘ So I watched the screen with what programme-makers call mounting horror , knowing that somewhere behind all this smokescreen about gunfire and rioting was a little chirpy face I 'd recognize — ‘ ' |
| 25 | My teacher thinks I should get an A or a B in it . |
| 26 | Richard needs his nose wiped I 'll have to go upstairs and get some more tissues , who needs they 're nose wiped ? , |
| 27 | A slim attractive girl in jeans hovered near , her pose suggesting I could approach her ; but before I could do so Señora Sanchez accosted me . |
| 28 | He also had the cheek to suggest I should move into a flat nearer town . |
| 29 | Mark says that if it 's a fuel leak I can chuck down a lighted match , but I can tell he 's only joking . |
| 30 | It was a command , not a question ; or a refusal to believe I could refuse again . |