Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Me mum said I should do a show concentrating on Paul 's work , ’ says Paul ( left ) . |
| 2 | I 'll have to go down there on a Saturday , my mum said she 'd take me down there . |
| 3 | Well , my mum said he should put them through the letter box . |
| 4 | If my , if my Mum comes up , if my Mum comes I 'll put the phone down , right ? |
| 5 | Maureen , of Mendip Grove , Darlington , said : ’ As far as I know he does n't have to do much on stage and I 'm keeping my fingers crossed he 'll behave himself . ’ |
| 6 | My sister thought it must have been a mistake , and kept the pound notes in case he came back for them . |
| 7 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 8 | As you will recall , I have persistently warned you all about taking promotion for granted and I am sure if you read back over my programme notes you will find I have not once alluded to it . |
| 9 | — My Auntie said he would go far Apparently |
| 10 | If in the event there were plenty of ideas then my plan to seek them would become redundant . |
| 11 | ‘ Now my parents realise they may have to go to help with identification . |
| 12 | My teacher thinks I should get an A or a B in it . |
| 13 | The real world has long left behind the age when old so-and-so could decide ‘ I rather like this slogan ’ or ‘ My constituents think we ought to do such and such ’ without that ‘ feeling ’ being backed up by professional research and experience . |
| 14 | He was and because he was getting on in years and er did n't get out as much as usual , my husband said we 'd get a television for him and we had a black and white television |
| 15 | My husband feels he ought to have someone else on the side . |
| 16 | and my husband decided he would like to come over then . |
| 17 | Well we had er , we took out all the gear for that , so I knew a lot , being a crane driver I 'd know what gear I wanted but a lot of these stevedores what are on there now , they were lorry drivers and they ai n't got a clue what they do , so there part of my job meant I 'd go round and give advice . |
| 18 | My gran reckons we should try to break it up somehow , but the question is , how do we go about it ? |
| 19 | My hairdresser said He could sort out my |
| 20 | So my predecessors said we must face the sad business of obliging people to return home . |
| 21 | I 'm just a counterman , and if my boss knew my wife worked I should get the sack , because people would think he did n't pay me enough ’ . |
| 22 | My supervisor suggested I should ask Hermann Bondi to be one of them . |
| 23 | ‘ But my father says you would love me best if you were my wife , so that would be better . ’ |
| 24 | I said that we would make the trip to Montparnasse one night and sing around the " Coupole " and the " Dome " for Reggie , my parents and their friends , but my father said he would pay us a lot of money to stay away . |
| 25 | When the doctor would n't make the night call , saying it could wait till morning , my father said he would shoot him if my mother died . |
| 26 | I believe my father hoped we would stay longer . |
| 27 | my paper says I ought to vote Tory . |
| 28 | ‘ My surveyor says you 'll have to move some of those bushes , ’ said my neighbour cheerily . |
| 29 | It broke my heart to leave , but my daughter said I ought to take my chance . |
| 30 | If my friends knew they 'd shun me and my boy-friend would leave me . |