Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who knows if I may not have need of you by to-morrow ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 3 | I must not give way to it , because it is so unlike me and quite causeless . |
| 4 | ‘ I should rather keep company with Mrs Frere . |
| 5 | I should n't put words in your mouth , |
| 6 | I do n't see why I should n't look people in the eye ; I 've as much right to walk the street as they have , have n't I ? |
| 7 | ‘ Having obtained mama 's permission , I should forthwith change places with Joan — and none , I dare say , would notice the difference ! ’ |
| 8 | They have white filters , and I am concerned lest in this poor light I should mistakenly set fire to the wrong end . |
| 9 | I think he hoped I might eventually add distinction to the family name , of which he was intensely proud , and his initial interest in me also developed into affection . |
| 10 | Finally Mr Mayor I might just take issue with councillor . |
| 11 | I might even give money to The Campaign for Heavier Helmets today . |
| 12 | ‘ So you did , and in that case , if you 're a very good girl , I might yet make love to you . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If I 'd known my score was 4998 not 496 I might not have runs at all . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll even shake paws for a biscuit , ’ Wayne had said . |
| 15 | When I find a guitar I like I 'll just buy multiples of that exact one ! |
| 16 | you sit here , you sit still for a minute and eat , eat your sandwich and I 'll just put Joseph in the car oh what |
| 17 | Okay , I 'll just put Bernard in a minute . |
| 18 | Would you hold on a moment I 'll just get Margaret to the phone cos she really deals with the bookings hold on a second ! |
| 19 | You 're to me as my own and I 'll not stand cheekiness from either . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll not take orders from you ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But if they take 'er I swear I 'll not lose sight of 'er . |
| 22 | ‘ Put it like this : if you ever leave me I 'll probably commit hara-kiri with a blunt penknife . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll probably get rheumatism in my shoulder and nobody to blame but myself . |
| 24 | I 'll gladly accept responsibility for this single mistake , although the essence of the paragraph was not lost because of it . |
| 25 | She said : ‘ I 'll always find loads of material on High Row . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll always have memories of her , of course , but she 's in the past now . |
| 27 | At the same time yes I I 'll happily give way to the honourable gentleman . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll never set foot in this bloody flat again . ’ |
| 29 | Or I 'll never eat dim-sum with you again . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll never understand men like Steiner . |