Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As my hair turns grey and falls out I must also put in a plug for senior sailors with earlier retirement |
| 2 | There is nothing I can do about that for he harms himself , but I must still behave like a dutiful son and observe a son 's obligations . ’ |
| 3 | Yet in the next sentence he says , " I should strongly object to a bar being placed on the employment of women " . " |
| 4 | ‘ If I might possibly butt in a moment … |
| 5 | Much as I might personally long for a world where sun and moon danced together and all the trees clapped their hands , it remained intangible . |
| 6 | Secretly , I might still yearn for a bumper-sized twelve-inch member . |
| 7 | That 's so funny on the , have you seen that erm advert on John Smiths where he goes , , not me I 'll just settle for a can of John Smiths , and dandruff |
| 8 | Group pick up , which I 'll just mention in a second , and call forwarding . |
| 9 | There 's no point in phoning , nobody else 's mother will be phoning , they 're all allowed to stay without any of this fuss , I 'll just look like a complete idiot , and anyway , what do you think 's going to happen , we 're not going to have an orgy or anything . ’ |
| 10 | fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping . |
| 11 | I 'm not sure that I could even rise to a little gentle scepticism . |
| 12 | ‘ I could just do with a cuppa , ’ he said brightly . |
| 13 | I could just do with a drink . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If I could just come in a minute — ’ |
| 15 | Though I could probably squash in a crème caramel . " |
| 16 | ‘ I could only speak with a muffle . ’ |
| 17 | I could then apply for a position in the South with more certainty of success , with perhaps a choice of ports . |
| 18 | I could certainly do with a drink . |
| 19 | I could hardly wait for a return match . |
| 20 | I could really do with a bit of a sit down and summat to drink , so I go down the driveway into the station . |
| 21 | I wish I 'd got some cos I could really do with a hot drink . |
| 22 | Well perhaps I 'll have a look in town next Friday then , I could definitely do with a pair |
| 23 | The courage the British captain had shown on numerous dangerous patrols into enemy waters and the havoc he had wrought against shipping there was something I could never match in a hundred years . |
| 24 | It 's a form of monologue , of course , and I could never stand before a learned judge and be cross-questioned by counsel and state upon oath all that that tree says to me . |
| 25 | ‘ I could never go into a home , ’ said Aunt Louise quickly , and with such authority and finality that I dismissed homes from my mind . |
| 26 | ‘ I could never go into a home , ’ she said . |
| 27 | And the one thing I could never do as a viewer of ’ University Challenge ’ I could never answer the questions . |
| 28 | And the one thing I could never do as a viewer of ’ University Challenge ’ I could never answer the questions . |
| 29 | I could never work with a man like that and I told him so . |
| 30 | The Def Leppard singer , at No 10 with Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad , admits : ‘ I could never get into a plane and smash things up like some stars do . |