Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must do just a few more menial things before I go to bed ’ or , more oddly , ‘ I was nearly run over on my menial way this morning . ’ |
| 2 | I must sit here a minute . |
| 3 | During the course of my working week I must see quite a number of society magazines . |
| 4 | Yeah , so I should think quite a few . |
| 5 | " I should sit there a bit longer , " one of the policemen said . |
| 6 | But I feel I should return just a moment to the matter of my father ; for it strikes me I may have given the impression earlier that I treated him rather bluntly over his declining abilities . |
| 7 | to delegate yeah well I mean that 's this is why I think I should bring forward a supervisors course for , for , for , for |
| 8 | I have been told by fellow enthusiasts that the original 2.6 litre petrol engine was a very thirsty unit and they suggest that I should install either a diesel unit or a V6 petrol . |
| 9 | I should ask only a smile in return … ’ |
| 10 | It was arranged that I should have only a very small amount of money for the next couple of weeks That was the point : to pretend to be poverty-stricken , to see how we would manage . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought I might go upstream a bit and wash off some of this dirt , ’ she said evenly , fingering her hair distastefully . |
| 12 | ‘ I might get only an hour , or perhaps only half a game from him . |
| 13 | I 'll do just a few observations on the match . |
| 14 | ‘ If I ca n't get in by asking nicely , ’ she had said , ‘ I 'll blow apart a set of doors . |
| 15 | Oh I 'll sit here a minute ! |
| 16 | I 'll bring home a few big boxes tomorrow to put |
| 17 | Well it 's a certainty that I 'll get either a red or a blue . |
| 18 | If I say , I 'll bet you I 'll get either a red or a blue . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll spend quite a lot on , say , a Mondi jacket , but will wear it with cheaper skirts from Marks & Spencer and Principles . |
| 20 | I 'll take quite a lot more interest in this competition now , and perhaps Sebastian here will get out of bed to train before school without being called six times — he only starts running practice about ten days before a competition , you know . |
| 21 | I 'll take quite a few egg sandwiches . |
| 22 | and a tidy pull oh I 'll have just a quick go of it |
| 23 | Here , I 'll use quite a few more , get your clothes on , you 'll get cold . |
| 24 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 25 | I developed so much skill that I could put together a 50 or 60 break and when I moved to York I played for the local Conservative club and reached the final of the York and District competition . |
| 26 | If necessary , I could put together an intriguing article on how I solved a vital problem for the police … |
| 27 | Er I myself went for the nearest exit which was out a window , I assume everyone else erm panicked and I could hear quite a few people running running down the corridor from the first floor . |
| 28 | We found then that the bigger the objective lens was the more light could be got and the bigger you could make it , so as I got bigger and got er the chance of making my own lenses and building up lenses of various kinds , I found that I could get quite a good magnification . |
| 29 | If they did locate then I could get quite a good membership |
| 30 | well I thought if I could see just a little bit of er |