Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I try , then , to describe to you what I believe made my father thus distinguished , I may in this way convey my idea of what ‘ dignity ’ is . |
| 2 | When I go on half term I ought to all things . |
| 3 | I ought in all fairness to acknowledge that no American fault comes up to the revolting habit … of dropping or wrongly inserting the letter h . |
| 4 | I climb up to my room from the small courtyard by a steep wooden ladder and stoop through the doorway , as I must through all the doorways here . |
| 5 | And , I suppose , if I 've been dethroned I must at some stage have been enthroned ! |
| 6 | However , I must at this stage part from Amendment eleven on the method of their selection for two reasons . |
| 7 | I must of this |
| 8 | ‘ But I must in all honesty say says Howard very quickly , jutting his chin out and smilingly blinking his eyes , ‘ that I still think there are a number of things in the universe which really need seriously looking into . ’ |
| 9 | Erm and much of the point he 's making I think he 's covering , if you look closely , the resolution that we put , I should at this stage say I do accept the er the Charles suggested to start with into the first two lines . |
| 10 | I should in any case have answered Elizabeth 's kind little note , but a reference to Ivy at once warmed me towards her . |
| 11 | My wife began , I know not whether by design or chance , to enquire what she should do , if I should by any accident die , to which I did give her some slight answer , but shall make good use of it to bring myself to some settlement for her sake , by making a will as soon as I can . ‘ |
| 12 | I might at this moment be living in anguish with Peter Datchett . |
| 13 | These copies are staple check and you are the one which you 've gone back for apply erm I , I 'll with that one . |
| 14 | I 'll with that is it on ? |
| 15 | Well I 'll post that tomorrow . |
| 16 | So I did n't join any of them I kept independent while I could at any rate and then . |
| 17 | I did all I could for that plant , but while my White Poplar in the garden went from strength to strength , sprouting new branches and hundreds of suckers that came up like a forest over all the lawn , the fern bought on that memorable day when the second deluge had fallen just faded away before my eyes . |
| 18 | I was put off at Smith field and asked to get to the Strand as best I could for another bus . |
| 19 | So it was all a hotchpotch , it was all and I had to do the the best I could for those who showed fish and that was the only way I could do it . |
| 20 | I 've done as much as I could with that one but |
| 21 | Could I I could from those statistics could n't I tho Or or have n't we sold anything to this year ? |
| 22 | ‘ as if I could in some way decide for those leaving us what they will go on to do . ’ |
| 23 | I used to that , I used to see the old fellas doing |
| 24 | Well I used to this was two ribs . |
| 25 | Just as I would with any other male acquaintance . ’ |
| 26 | I mean , if our Whisky died , I would n't be as upset about it , as I would about these . |
| 27 | This phenomenon is almost impossible to illustrate in a monologue , and I would at this point have issued a handout , if the talk were not being recorded , for it is very easy to see a sentence in progress when the turns in the dialogue are written down . |
| 28 | I said well I would of that 's the whole point . |
| 29 | Er in the context of bulk transfers would you like to comment on the Good Committees conclusions on the bulk transfers of members between schemes and how they operate , and do you think that er there is widespread abuse or do you think er on balance your experience has been that where bulk transfers have taken place , they have taken place responsibly , but I would in that context ask you to comment whether there has been an unreasonable time delay where you have experienced bank bulk transfers between the transfer actually taking place in terms of employees being transferred from an undertaking to another undertaking and the actual transfer of their pension funds . |
| 30 | Be assured however that if I can in any manner contribute to the success of your efforts , either by the proposal of questions for discussion , or subjects for Papers or giving my opinions on any part of the Veterinary Art which you may think proper to investigate I shall at all times feel myself honored by the request , & I am persuaded that Mr Sewell will be most happy to ( ? add ) his exertions in any way congenial to your wishes . |