Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you would prefer me to drive I can drive , ’ said the man . |
| 2 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 3 | That makes me think he must have connections with the Jordanian Government — he probably works for the Jordanian Secret Service , either full time or in some ad hoc capacity . |
| 4 | Either way , the problem you describe , combined with the fact that this is your first dog , makes me think you should go back to the RSPCA and ask them to put you in touch with the most suitable , local training club . |
| 5 | But it made me think you must have been a friend of Hugh 's . |
| 6 | ‘ You do n't put an empty box in a safe ; there must have been something in it when it was put there and the lavender sachet makes me think it must have been something of sentimental value . ’ |
| 7 | I was careful to explain my own attitude to commissioned work — that in order for me to work it would have to be within the broadest of limitations . |
| 8 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |
| 11 | If you 'd have let me know I could have |
| 12 | He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon , but not just yet . |
| 13 | The thing I most disliked was the disapproval of the dons because I admitted I would like to write ! ’ |
| 14 | He passed on his concern in a letter to Prince , who , as the ever-nervous and expectant recipient , was clearly in a state of anguish about it : ‘ I regret you should have determined upon embarking any portion of your Property in V.D.L. because from the ignorance of the parties whose names you mention , I fear least they should turn out Sharks and it would be a source of deep mortification to me were you by these means to lose any portion of the advantages you have obtained by years of anxiety and deep mental study . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I regret I must leave you at the door , Lady Isabel . |
| 16 | I regret I can shed little new light on the mystery of who blew the whistle on the celebrated dressing-room scene after Woodfull was hit . |
| 17 | I declare she 'll outshine every woman in London and make you the envy of every man who meets her . |
| 18 | I think if , if they adopted a policy of erm of struggle last time , I mean they would get to land reform indirectly but I do n't think you can erm initiate it from the Party as such like because that causes all sorts of problems through definitions and things like that but |
| 19 | erm now what then is the position what is the nature of the criticism or the claims being made by the group of palaeontologists whom I 'm going to refer to , for reasons that will become apparent , as the punctuations — because I mean they would call themselves punctuations . |
| 20 | I mean they 'll do nothing about sex , they 'll just do all about morals , wo n't they , and decent , respectable people I 'd say and biology 's just cold and clinical . |
| 21 | yeah well I mean they 'll want to and they 've got |
| 22 | I mean they 'll go to a concert and make judgments about what they hear quite happily … they come back and moan , ‘ We ca n't judge composition , how do we know what criteria to use ? ’ |
| 23 | I mean they 'll knit this Arran and . |
| 24 | Well they 're some of the best in the land , greyhound punters , I mean they 'll come they like their greyhound racing , real erm diehard people and erm they 'll come in any weather , I mean , the other Thursday when we really had a load of snow down , I mean no-one would come , you would n't even get off your couch for that , but erm we still had three hundred people attend which was erm even though as I say , we lost money on the erm meeting . |
| 25 | The other , the other weakness it possibly turned up is that , my experience is that , unless something bad there , the press do n't really want to do anything about it , if you 're just trying to sell your wares and say how good you are , and then hide a bit behind , I mean they 'll turn around anyway the circle , must be something . |
| 26 | Where yo where you are I mean they 'll have nothing . |
| 27 | I think that 's where they meet , I mean they may come from all the place but it 's the Judges Guild and I 'm due to speak to them tomorrow night . |
| 28 | Oh well I mean they may have been adjourned or a |
| 29 | So tha tha at that time , I mean they might get as much as three pound for mooring one ship up . |
| 30 | I mean they used to take things er the wedding ring , the jewellery if they 'd got any , towels , sheets , er suits , shoes , er did n't did n't want to sell them , did n't want to get rid of them , they just wanted to borrow money on those , and he used to charge you interest and ticket money when you took it in , and then you 'd got to pay interest when you took it out as well so it was , they were on a good thing . |