Example sentences of "[subord] [vb mod] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he sent a telegram to his wife saying : ‘ Am in Market Harborough — where ought I to be ? ’ and she , being a practical woman , sent a terse telegram with one word : ‘ Home ’ . |
| 2 | The issue here is not only Where do I locate my response ? , but Where ought I to locate it in order not to be misguided , or plain wrong , or reveal my ignorance or blindness ? |
| 3 | my daddy goes erm where will you be so I can in touch with you by phone laughing cos they were shouting at me and then he said to me and then I told him it was n't and he goes so why do you go |
| 4 | it may sound impossible to many that a sergeant or a young junior officer coming straight from the Empire Training Scheme either in Canada or Rhodesia , was a far better prospect than shall we say a group captain or a wing commander , or even a squadron leader , who had spent the entire war in the training machine . |
| 5 | Mm you 'd want more than would you ? |
| 6 | Rather than will you attend Convention 1993 what about Which conventions have you attending since joining or in the last ten years 1983 [ ] 1984[] 1985[] 1986[] etc etc |
| 7 | A beauty in her youth , her ‘ false curls and false eyebrows … her false teeth , set off by her false complexion ’ , and her juvenile dress can not disguise her 70 years , any more than can her talk of ‘ Nature ’ and ‘ Heart ’ obscure the heartlessness that makes her see her beautiful daughter as a saleable commodity . |
| 8 | The present drought is already one of the worst to affect southeastern Australia in that time , and if it persists until May it will match anything in the record . |
| 9 | I mean if could you take the mothballs off and dust it off and it would work ? |
| 10 | Can I ask to share cos can you just share one for signed copies . |
| 11 | I was gon na ask Sue if can I |
| 12 | When you have considered the brief provided can we please discuss the detail and objective to allow me to expand on any points before you make a response . |
| 13 | Yeah erm , the reason I want to follow it up is because would you not agree er with a number of major companies in this country and in a time of recession rather than cutting back on your marketing and advertising you should in fact be increasing it in fact when the marketing |
| 14 | Are you buying from anybody else because can we do a deal on the whole lot ? |
| 15 | Well actually I feel a lot happier if you say that , because can I actually one of the first questions you asked , which I never got a chance to answer , though Terry did , was which what sort of criteria one would use to say that a Prime Minister 's good and erm I was sort of thinking of that as Terry was answering and I think the thing I came up with is you want somebody who represents , or is sensitive to at least , a very wide swathe of views across the population , but also someone who 's intelligent and caring enough to take into account the minority views , and you want somebody who 's aim is to make most of the people happy most of the time , sort of thing , erm but who 's also prepared to take unpopular steps erm if he believes it 's necessary . |
| 16 | I 've drawn that up from the information I was given , I do n't know whether could you pass that on |
| 17 | Would n't wear it after would you ? |
| 18 | As early as May it had become clear to the RIBA 's commercial companies that the effect of the recession would be drastically to reduce their profits . |
| 19 | Shame on me for this is the first issue of SR I 've ever read ( Nov ) , but I hope it will not be the last , for may I say , I think I may have at last found a space where I can be heard — most women 's magazines shun the type of letter I submit — not cosy enough for their letters pages , I suspect . |
| 20 | In fact , it might be worth having an ante-post bet before he runs here for should he win or figure promisingly , the 33–1 currently on offer will dry up quickly ! |
| 21 | Best single by a British artist went to teeny-bop idols Take That for Could It Be Magic and Tasmin Archer took the best British newcomer award . |
| 22 | As will he presently discussed , this enlarges the notion of obstruction further than is warranted . |
| 23 | ‘ As will I be , George . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ As will yours . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Though will you be all right driving back on your own ? ’ she fretted . |
| 26 | His version of the Three Degrees ' ‘ When Will I See You Again ? ’ is wonderful ; affectionate , warm and direct . |
| 27 | Never though can it have housed a greater galaxy of scientific and industrial leaders than on that Thursday last month . |
| 28 | ‘ It ca n't make much difference to us here though can it ? ’ |