Example sentences of "[that] i [vb mod] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | OK , I knew I was better than anyone in my school , but it never occurred to me that I might do it as a profession . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I had asked my mother one evening to cut my cheese entire , so that I might toast it , ’ he told Tom Poole : |
| 3 | As I screwed up my eyes against the dazzle , trying to see the creature so that I might describe it to Crispin , it vanished . |
| 4 | That does not mean that I would discard it as an instrument of statutory interpretation even were I empowered to do so . |
| 5 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 6 | She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I do n't continue , but the way I am feeling now , I do n't want to . |
| 7 | But she knew that in the last resort that if he did win that I would do it but he 's he 's paid off now . |
| 8 | You know that I would do it properly for if I had to . |
| 9 | Quite clearly , to the shame of local and central government , the homelessness crisis has been allowed to get to such a level that I would describe it as a national disgrace . ’ |
| 10 | He said he hoped that I would publish it ‘ as I know that people in general do n't understand the long term effects of child sexual abuse ’ . |
| 11 | I had said that I would find it easier on my own and she had been hurt , for normal mothers and daughters went together on this expedition , lunching in a department store and discussing the newly acquired contents of the carrier bags that lay at their feet . |
| 12 | All I know is that I 'll regret it all my life if I do n't do this now . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ As your agent , I should advise you against it — my cut will be so minute that I 'll lose it through a hole in my pocket . |
| 14 | Thank you chairman , I think that I 'll take it easy until the chamber empty and so . |
| 15 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 16 | Are you not afraid , my lord , that I shall use it upon my own occasions ? which may not always be yours ? |
| 17 | This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it . |
| 18 | Tell her that I shall keep it until I am an old man . |
| 19 | As such , I will realize that I must do it , whether I wish to or not . |
| 20 | Now I see , he wrote , that I must abandon it as I have abandoned everything else . |
| 21 | Indeed it was one of the most shocking stories of police corruption and legal incompetence I had ever read , and believing that I had the ability to rectify it , I decided , whatever my other commitments , that I must bring it to public notice as soon as possible . |
| 22 | I see now the relentless laying down of guilt , and I feel a faint surprise that I must interpret it that way . |
| 23 | I mean they 're the ones who are badgering me for , for qualifications , they 're badgering me for , I , I , I just told them straight that I will do it for them because I , I wo n't get paid for it |
| 24 | I know it is unlikely that I will see it , but just the thought that I might is enough . |
| 25 | So perhaps I felt I must tell you all this , now , before I know you better , so that I can tell it you without too much confusion . |
| 26 | Ten of that eleven people in the last two weeks , sort of , complaining about but they do n't always let me know so that I can document it , that 's the problem . |
| 27 | I should be grateful for a prompt reply so that I can present it to the Parish Council at their next meeting on 27th August . |
| 28 | And that it did n't feel it when she was sort of combing it , but now I 'm actually doing that I can feel it short . |
| 29 | The main thing is that I can do it through official channels . |
| 30 | However hard it is , however cosy you are in your chair , you must just say , ‘ I 'm going to stretch my legs ’ or ‘ I 'm going to walk down the passage just to show that I can do it ! . ’ |