Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
| 2 | And then in the last sort of seven to eight years , it starts to decline quite rapidly because you 're actually paying off the capital at that stage , and th that 's where I may meet somebody at say fifteen years , they thought their mortgage would run to age sixty five and they actually retire at sixty , they 've got five years left and they 're about there . |
| 3 | If you do decide to keep this fish , and have difficulty obtaining stock , then I may know someone who has one or two to spare … |
| 4 | If I do n't want anything I , I just go in there and I think well I 'll just go and see I may see something which catches my eye . |
| 5 | I am certain , I may have one before I go over , be real naughty . |
| 6 | No , I do n't want one just now , I may have one later , not just now cos I 'll just have mineral water again . |
| 7 | I may have something for him . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But I 've been wondering whether I ought to consult someone professionally about it . ’ |
| 9 | However there are plenty of useless stereotypes around and since they influence the way anthropologists write up their monographs I ought to say something about them . |
| 10 | Erm as we 're on Greater York I feel I ought to say something having a s small part of the Greater York area within Hambleton . |
| 11 | Do you think I ought to take anything or ? |
| 12 | Erm I ought to thank everybody erm , officers , members , head groups , service groups , unionists , petitions and all who 've written to us . |
| 13 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I ought to do something , ’ Dickinson said , ‘ but I could n't think what . |
| 15 | I ought to do something about it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I have this feeling I ought to do something . |
| 17 | I ought to do something more . |
| 18 | I used to think that I ought to do everything and then at least I could n't blame myself for not having done enough . |
| 19 | I ought to feel something for her now that she 's gone , but I do n't . " |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose , ’ she felt bound to say , ‘ I ought to have one . ’ |
| 21 | In fact technically I ought to have someone else here as well , but I thought that as the sergeant knew the facts of the enquiry ( in fact he was instrumental in getting the information we 'd like to question you about ) , it would keep it in the family so to speak if he acted as my amanuensis , that 's the word , is n't it , Sergeant Pascoe ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I must tell someone . |
| 23 | I must tell someone . |
| 24 | ‘ I feel I must show somebody the parcel I 've just had , ’ she said , greeting Ianthe on the doorstep . |
| 25 | ‘ I must confess something to you , ’ he said . |
| 26 | This year has been the most difficult and disturbing of my 40-year reign , but it has brought home to me that I must do everything I can to continue to carry out that duty . |
| 27 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
| 28 | She thought , I must do something , I must see to myself . |
| 29 | ‘ I know , but I must do something more creative . |
| 30 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |