Example sentences of "[vb base] i [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.
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1 | Mibbe I should send it back . |
2 | for strength — I fear I shall find it difficult in the heat : |
3 | I du n no I mean I 'll mention it to the deputy again and say look we 're getting towards the end of a financial year , there will be some departments underspent because er suppliers ca n't meet deadlines and really you should keep in mind that w we have n't got er we ca n't just pluck five thousand pounds out of our budget . |
4 | I 'll see how the weather goes I mean I might hang it out I do n't know . |
5 | pound fifty or something for like a shampoo and rinse I mean I 'd use it if I go in there . |
6 | And this is confusing , I mean I must admit it is confusing and even , even s writers in the psychoanalytic literature get confused by this , because sometimes they , they er do n't see that to some extent the two systems are overlapping and to some extent they 're about di slightly different things . |
7 | I mean I must say it looks a bit bitty but erm er now you see up there they 've got the same , similar sort of style really to those houses . |
8 | I mean I can move it and I can make i but I , I do n't |
9 | I mean I can give it to you to take it in tomorrow morning |
10 | well no , I mean I can conceive it quite well |
11 | I mean I can understand it in this day and age , people trying |
12 | Mm but I , I mean I can use it as it is now but anything else on to it I would find it difficult . |
13 | That 's the point , I mean I could do it . |
14 | But it was I mean I could hear it over the telly . |
15 | ‘ I expect I 'll give it a miss , ’ said Hilary . |
16 | ‘ I expect I 'll survive it . ’ |
17 | I expect I 'll survive it somehow . |
18 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
19 | I say I will use it while I am here and give it back when I go . |
20 | Yeah say I can do it Wednesday nights , apart from that , you know it 's too bad sort of thing ! |
21 | I 've got a bit on that , if you want I could bring it up now while you 're talking about it , I will . |
22 | ‘ I hope I can carry it off , ’ Loretta said anxiously . |
23 | I only hope I can make it . ’ |
24 | Then I panic and think ‘ Eeh , I hope I can do it . ’ |
25 | At least I hope I can find it again . ’ |
26 | Yeah I hope I can get it chest of drawers , even if it 's rough I 'll paint it . |
27 | ‘ I have no axe to grind and it may be that the scheme would pose no hazard , in which case I would be happy to say so publicly , ’ he said , ‘ But if I learn that the route would expose local populations to field strengths greater than two milliGauss I will say it is potentially hazardous and will support my statement with a good deal of scientific information . ’ |
28 | Look I can do it . |
29 | finish I will make it up to you somehow I |
30 | N no , well see what happened to me , I mean this person came and she said er , Er if you like I 'll do it for you . |