Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please can you tell me where I may purchase some dog 's tooth violets . |
| 2 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 3 | Before the hon. Gentleman moves on from his point about the proposal to locate the health common services authority in the old BBC offices at Gabalfa , perhaps I may take some credit for that not having come to pass . |
| 4 | I congratulate Yarrow on its good fortune in securing a contract for three ships at once , but I must express some dismay on behalf of Vosper Thornycroft , Southampton , which has built many naval ships in the past . |
| 5 | I must express some surprise that such a notion should have prevailed . |
| 6 | I must have some art . |
| 7 | I told him this evening that I must have some daylight . |
| 8 | I thought I must join some service which is considered sufficiently hazardous , because when I am conscripted I can say I do n't wish to fight but I am ready to do my part in National Service . |
| 9 | I must get some work done . ’ |
| 10 | Right , I must get some literature actually from Barry because as you know , it , it , we ca n't get it all out of the now , |
| 11 | And I must get some Sweetex . |
| 12 | I think I must begin some charity . |
| 13 | ‘ I should carry some sort of health warning , should n't I ? ’ she said wryly . |
| 14 | Actually I should speak some Geordie with having a Geordie mother should n't I ? |
| 15 | I knew I should show some interest in Mrs Monro 's hedge-leaping girlhood . |
| 16 | Therefore , I suppose I should claim some credit for Graham currently being one of the best batsmen against spin in the world . |
| 17 | I think I should get some work done , do n't you ? |
| 18 | It 'll be a pot of potatoes but I should put some onion in there though . |
| 19 | ‘ He looked at me with one of those amiable stares of his , said I was overworked and I should take some time off . |
| 20 | This was surely the coldest and draughtiest station in the country , and I always had to wait there about midnight ; and I used to pray that the train would stop with a door opposite to me , so that I should have some chance of getting on at all . |
| 21 | I should I should have some idea about selling the house . |
| 22 | BELVILLE : Only I know that sparkling lustre , or I should have some fear for my Pamela as she grows older . |
| 23 | But I do n't feel right I might want some water . |
| 24 | I might do some shopping as well , get some food . |
| 25 | After that I might do some washing — I 'd rather do a little each day than a large amount at once . |
| 26 | I might find some excuse for myself , however inadequate . |
| 27 | I wondered as I thought of secrets if I might find some release in telling Lili the thing that festered in my soul , and I asked her if she would listen . |
| 28 | ‘ I should imagine that you are worried — worried that I might cause some sort of scene , humiliate you in front of this jetsam . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose , ’ she said , ‘ if I try very hard , I might recall some reference . ’ |
| 30 | If I do n't find someone to share my business lunch , I might have some cottage cheese , Ryvita or an apple . |