Example sentences of "i [modal v] certainly " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must certainly look my very best then ! |
| 2 | Computer or no computer , I should certainly not have been able to handle the mathematics myself but John Cook likes that sort of thing and using the Mercury computer at Farnborough he was able to map the stresses very close to the tip of a crack which had a finite tip radius . |
| 3 | He had known where the coal was kept , and the Calor gas poker , and he had had a key — which , now that I thought about it , I should certainly have asked him to hand over to me … |
| 4 | Had I been at Spithead , I should certainly have joined the mutineers . |
| 5 | I should yawn my head off in a palace , and I should laugh during the most solemn ceremonies , and I should certainly beat my Ministers . |
| 6 | And I should certainly hope that it was false . |
| 7 | Except that we were never completely apart , my love , for you were always beside me , and you were always there , and I think that without you there there were times when I should certainly have been crushed by the weight of a Crown I did not really want . |
| 8 | I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt . |
| 9 | Er I think I should certainly have made a better nurse , yes , yes I think I should . |
| 10 | ‘ You may be sure , ’ said Jared Tunstall , ‘ that if ever I do go bankrupt I should certainly die of grief , or of mortification at such a turn . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend the Minister of State was very impressed by his visit to Basildon , and I should certainly be interested in visiting it myself if and when my diary allowed it . |
| 12 | I should certainly like to consider it . |
| 13 | I should certainly like to consider that suggestion . |
| 14 | I should certainly like to see the Bill amended to take care of that point . |
| 15 | Her opening words , which echo a pair of lines in Chaucer 's first fabliau in the sequence of the Canterbury Tales , the Miller 's Tale ( I : 3768 – 9 ) , invite a dialogue charged with sexual connotations , not only in the obvious case of " " ryse " " , but also in the detectable reference to a conventional love-sickness : The monk 's answer immediately confirms the sexual topic of the dialogue , and dispenses with any euphemistic disguises : This rapid movement to a contextually surprising level of familiarity on the topic of sexual intimacy is paralleled in the French fabliau Auburee , where the old bawd , Auburee , in procuring a young wife for a besotted admirer , visits the wife and moves smartly into the bedroom , declaring : ( " I should certainly like to see your bed : then I should know for certain if you lie in the same splendour as the first wife did . " ) |
| 16 | ‘ I should certainly hope so , ’ said Matthew . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , er , ’ said the vicar , ‘ I 'm not so sure about that but I 'll certainly ring the church bells . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ So I 'll certainly be using it . ’ |
| 19 | Oh boy , I 'll certainly be able to take it in . ’ |
| 20 | I 'll certainly ride during the winter , ’ said Piggott . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll certainly show you , but did n't you know about this ? ’ |
| 22 | Yeah and I 'll certainly and I we think are actually in process in looking at that lot as a rule that 's a very valid point . |
| 23 | er , so I 've a , is n't it , it 's a case of no news is possibly good news again , erm , I 'm trying to get in touch with the National Co-Organiser for Carl and John without er any success erm , I know he was going to the erm , the British Section just erm , he was gon na check on them and what actions were forthcoming but er , I have n't heard about that erm , I dare say there 's some on the way erm , the erm , the other few points were erm Jackie 's talk last month she mentioned that erm she was gon na give sort of the more forms sort of side presentation and stuff at their centre in North London , I 've got ta date for that now , it 's erm the eighteenth of March , which is a Wednesday so eh , I 'll certainly be going , if anybody else is interested that 's er , that 's the date er , it 's , it 's not entirely to do with but it , it has a link in , erm we were mentioning campaigns last month , I believe there 's a fourth coming one on , indigenous peoples , which , er , it 's , it 's all sort of triggered off by erm the er five hundredth anniversary of Columbus discovering the Americas erm , the erm cast and the whole of all the sort of the Region and Action networks and the Americas are , erm gon na have a big link in with that campaign so , erm , I , I 'd really like to see us sort of getting involved with that , yes , and , I mean , I 'll be involved to an extent anyway , cos some of the actions that I 'll getting will be sort of addressing the issue of indigenous people 's but erm , erm , they if , if nobody else is wiling to take it on , I 'll , I 'll , I 'd certainly be prepared to erm , sort of co-ordinate that campaign , erm , having said all that , erm I mentioned to a few people that erm , erm in the process of buying a house , so erm I could be moving in well hopefully as little as two months time so erm , I mean if er is as quite as it has been for the last few months , I probably wo n't have any problems , but erm , sod 's law it 's bound to pick up just as I 'm moving house |
| 24 | if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ? |
| 25 | Er , I 'll certainly pull a few changes and |
| 26 | I 'll I 'll certainly suggest it , it . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll certainly be questioning him . |
| 28 | I 'll certainly get that fixed up . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , I 'll certainly have lunch with you . |
| 30 | I 'll certainly remember this one . ’ |