Example sentences of "they [verb] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I put out the flags — let them see I 'd come back . |
| 2 | I talked too much to the other girls over coffee , I went on and on about Eliot 's Chinese jar moving perpetually in its stillness , how ironic , and you could hear them wishing I 'd stop and somehow I could n't . |
| 3 | If I see them collecting I 'll ask . |
| 4 | They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’ |
| 5 | Did they think I would loosen Ralemberg 's tongue or stir his memory ? |
| 6 | While I was on bail and Stephen was still with foster parents , they promised I could have Stephen for Christmas . |
| 7 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |
| 8 | They say I must come and see them on their new organic farm — more land , less house , says Johnson . |
| 9 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 10 | They assumed I 'd go to Chislehurst with them , but I said I 'd turn up later on my bike ; I 'd make my own arrangements . |
| 11 | I did n't think anyone was aware of my leg ; I do limp , but for all they knew I might have just tripped over a plug or something . |
| 12 | They knew I would guess they killed Sabine . ’ |
| 13 | They thought I ought to see the doctor . |
| 14 | But no I think er they thought I could speak English better than some of them themselves so they sent me off to English universities or wherever to put across our problems . |
| 15 | Pam was a very down-to-earth person and they thought I 'd get on well . |
| 16 | But then they bring up the story of a great uncle who was infected with French ideas and took to drink , and so they insinuate I shall do the same . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ They think I will waltz through their house saying ‘ Get rid of this , buy that ’ . |
| 18 | I do n't know why they think I can help . |
| 19 | Calling all pensioners … with a message from welfare officer Sheila Redmond : ‘ If any retired employees are in need of advice or help that they think I could offer , they only have to ‘ phone me on . ’ |
| 20 | Because I 'm not flat-chested , they think I should hide my body underneath a big black dress or something . |
| 21 | Once they 've I 'd get a little tray in here overnight , I reckon . |
| 22 | And at school they said I would make a good teacher . |
| 23 | They said I would become the responsibility of the local county and they would not help me . |
| 24 | They said I might have to go down to the police station and be interviewed there later in their inquiries . |
| 25 | ‘ At about 6am they said I should eat something and if nothing had happened by 8am they 'd ask a doctor to break my waters . |
| 26 | ‘ They said I should have been killed in a crash ’ |
| 27 | I cleared that and fixed the vice up and they said I could do that and I used the and that in their place and er then they had to quit the premises completely , did n't they ? |
| 28 | I used to go to Sunday school all the time before and they said I could go free . |
| 29 | They said I could claim for my dog . |
| 30 | They said I could work just in termtime as long as I give them notice of the definite weeks a month in advance . ’ |