Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who knows if I may not have need of you by to-morrow ? ’ |
| 2 | I must not give way to it , because it is so unlike me and quite causeless . |
| 3 | ‘ I should rather keep company with Mrs Frere . |
| 4 | They have white filters , and I am concerned lest in this poor light I should mistakenly set fire to the wrong end . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Finally Mr Mayor I might just take issue with councillor . |
| 7 | I might even give money to The Campaign for Heavier Helmets today . |
| 8 | ‘ So you did , and in that case , if you 're a very good girl , I might yet make love to you . ’ |
| 9 | You 're to me as my own and I 'll not stand cheekiness from either . |
| 10 | ‘ But if they take 'er I swear I 'll not lose sight of 'er . |
| 11 | ‘ Put it like this : if you ever leave me I 'll probably commit hara-kiri with a blunt penknife . ’ |
| 12 | I 'll probably get rheumatism in my shoulder and nobody to blame but myself . |
| 13 | I 'll gladly accept responsibility for this single mistake , although the essence of the paragraph was not lost because of it . |
| 14 | At the same time yes I I 'll happily give way to the honourable gentleman . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll never set foot in this bloody flat again . ’ |
| 16 | Or I 'll never eat dim-sum with you again . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I 'll certainly have lunch with you . |
| 18 | But even I could n't will wakefulness with complete success , and the events of those nights soon began to affect my day-time behaviour . |
| 19 | because I could n't speak English at all , I speak the , I could read a paper or a book , I du n no what is all about , but I used to get because you got on it for instant like mm |
| 20 | His lips moved , and some noises came out but I could n't make sense of them . |
| 21 | He said something and I could n't make sense of it |
| 22 | I could n't leave Elinor on her own . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |
| 24 | Oh I could n't eat chocolate in bed . |
| 25 | ‘ I went from feeling useless because I could n't get work to feeling defiant . |
| 26 | I could n't get hold of Desmond Ingard , then I remembered Andrew Stavanger , whom , I must say , I trusted a good deal more . |
| 27 | Yes yes of co of course I was , but i could n't get hold of Dr and I thought well we 're gon na have to try it this way anyway at some stage . |
| 28 | I could n't get hold of him yesterday ! |
| 29 | " But I could n't take responsibility for them , " Mr. Mendez said . |
| 30 | ’ At first I felt I could n't take care of my own life , ’ she says , remembering a rocky past with its broken marriage , drink and drugs . |