Example sentences of "i [modal v] get [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If I climb up I may get him , ’ Penny said to herself .
2 ‘ That 's why I must get her back . ’
3 I must get her back ! ’
4 I must get them together again first .
5 But evidently he is n't , and I must get him back . ’
6 This can find expression in ‘ I must get him to make a will before he dies ’ — a basic desire to get things sorted out — and may extend to attempts to resolve family quarrels , an anxiety that the sun should not in this case go down fur ever on wrath .
7 Oh God , colic , thought Perdita ; perhaps he 's eaten something he should n't , I must get him home .
8 I must get him alongside this time , he thought .
9 I let him have his pet , but in the end I went and tried to be nice to him ( because I knew I must get him to send that letter ) .
10 ‘ Oh , ’ she replied , ‘ I must get it out of the library ! ’
11 I must get it fixed before the winter . ’
12 I thought , I must get it cut — and then I remembered that I had no money to waste on that sort of thing any more ; it would just have to grow , or I 'd have to cut it myself .
13 Now I must get it out . ’
14 Yeah , I must get it done .
15 I must get you your soda water . ’
16 I must get you to a doctor .
17 That 's right , and she , she retired Friday so she said I must get you in before Friday cos I 'm going round Thursday morning
18 I should get her registered as soon as possible if I were you . ’
19 I should get her some lacy .
20 I should get her the ballet shoes cause it was a ballet dancing that would be very appropriate and I 'll get her some flowers .
21 I think I should get him something else .
22 I thought the erm , I should , I should get it
23 Perhaps I should get you two together .
24 When I kissed you that first night , and accepted that I desired you , I knew then that with the situation so volatile I should get us both out of there and back to Mariánské Láznë . ’
25 I might get them jeans .
26 ‘ I thought I might get you to play for your own sake , because you enjoy the game . ’
27 I might get you a couple of rooms — but then again , at some point I have to be in the rooms to do that . ’
28 ‘ Sweet darling , ’ he murmured , and kissed all hurt she had felt away before , shaking his head , he said self-mockingly , ‘ And I thought that by taking myself off to Prague I might get you out of my thoughts . ’
29 wan na make a good effort so I might get you know take it .
30 Of the sense that perhaps everything needs rethinking , that perhaps next time I might get it right .
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