Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I better tell dad . |
2 | Then one day I had to go to the Post Office for something — one of them forms I daresay — so I thought I better wrap up , I better take care , you 're very vulnerable after a long illness you know , and I put my old long mack on and one of the kids ' mack hats and Wellingtons and I went out in the rain , feeling , in a depressed sort of way , ‘ Well , if I get ill again , what can I do ? |
3 | There the I better grab hold of it . |
4 | I better get hold of him . |
5 | Can I , can I just draw attention to an error under paragraph one nine two , the date at the beginning of the second line should be first December , sorry first October , nineteen ninety three , not tenth of December . |
6 | Er I think Michael has made the point er but could I just draw attention the regional erm the strategic and sub-regional policy point that erm I wished to emphasise er and I would refer to the Greater York study w e e of sixty one . |
7 | Er , colleagues , before we turn to a period of , er , rule amendments and general motions , could I just advise congress that a pair of spectacles have been handed in er , Vision Express , look like , well they could be ladies or gents , multi-sexual these days , colleagues . |
8 | Colleagues , could I just advise congress at this stage what we 're , we 've got ta do erm , and I think this will form the basis of what we 're trying to do to expedite business during the course of the week . |
9 | Could I just conclude Moderator by saying that those who are engaged in ACTS the churches which are participating members of this action of churches together in Scotland are engaged in a journey together . |
10 | Can I just say sir , we are , er , the manager is preparing a report , tonight plans a report for the February the twenty-second meeting of policy resources committee , on the first , well it 's not the first year , first tranche of the F M contract , and dealing with these points of the |
11 | Could I just say sir , this is the re report which is , is made er each year to this committee , to inform the committee of of the work , and I hope members are pleased with the er wide range and volume work which has been carried out , and note in particular the involvement of this service with the public , and the er pleasure of the public and those have made donations , the fact that over eight thousand people have visited , and the number of people who 've erm received lectures and have benefitted from that . |
12 | Can I , can I just say chairman , finally for point of clarification in case there 's any doubt about it I 'm not looking to turn it into the , into an absolutely like efficient business you know and everything succumbs to that . |
13 | Could I just say Chairman ? |
14 | Can I just get clarification here ? |
15 | Can can I just add sir o one point I I in my in my preamble I said that we were sometimes able from a local point of view to take into account information locally that perhaps you would n't have got from further afield . |
16 | ‘ Nor can I ever lose sight of that flood of tears which then poured from his eyes , when reluctant nature was constrained to resign a beloved child to the cold arms of death . |
17 | Will I ever find peace such as I found in your arms again ? |
18 | can I still have treatment at a local hospital ? |
19 | Can I also say Chairman that there is now a possibility of implementing a semblance of a federated provision er which will take into account and recognise the very important needs of that particular area . |
20 | Right , colleagues , could I now advise Congress as to how we 're gon na proceed from here . |
21 | So n can I now call motion three nine four , representation at Labour and T U C conferences , G M B Scotland to move . |
22 | Could I now put number , deliverance number two to the general assembly . |
23 | Could I please draw attention er you already chairman have , but it 's important from where I stand to draw attention to the words of the second criterion of the P P G. Which says that the proposal is a clear expression of local preference supported by the local planning authorities . |
24 | Would I please see Deputy Head before dinner . |
25 | Can I can I informally move section B on the policy and resources put forward . |