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 .
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