Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if you 'll excuse me I 'll just take a little nap . |
| 2 | The doctors told me I would never have a child of my own . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I 'd still like to get married , but if someone actually proposed to me I 'd probably run a mile from that as well . ’ |
| 4 | He told me I should never use a leash . |
| 5 | Instead I have to start by describing something of the unease I feel about its use and study within the literature , and gradually move toward a position from which I can either offer a definition of labourism or construct boundaries within which it exists and operates . |
| 6 | In my observatory I have a 39-cm reflector , with which I can often use a power of × 600 . |
| 7 | But as we walked further the noise we had heard , which at first might have been taken for wind and rain , began to break up into shouts , cries , calls , over a ground-bass which I can only call a sigh : a deep sigh , repeated over and over , as if the wide world itself were sighing . |
| 8 | •There 's a mass of companies out there selling PCs which you can simply plug a network card into . |
| 9 | She had experienced mounting terror at the thought of a new role in which she would certainly prove a failure — a woman who could not do her work , could not save her father , could not love her mother , could not satisfy her man , was most unlikely to make any sort of mother . |
| 10 | Wild animals are used for food but at a level at which they can still reproduce a similar surplus a year later . |
| 11 | On the twelfth floor of the hotel , from which they could just get a view of the distant river , they were delighted with their prosperous-looking aunt . |
| 12 | Mr Ballantine received a prison sentence of 18 months ( of which he will probably serve a year or less ) , and a five-year driving ban . |
| 13 | right , but we 've never covered all this see , you 've picked bits up as you 've gone along and another thing you should never give a choice of something and nothing you should always give a choice of something and something else |
| 14 | ‘ Just promise me you 'll never handle a crossbow whenever I am anywhere near you . ’ |
| 15 | But he had made the gesture : these were people for whom you could safely slaughter a sheep . |
| 16 | So if I were you I would just have a word with your insurance company and make sure that everything 's okay but you 're obviously , they must know that you 've got to leave your er fridge-freezer switched on , so you 've got to have your mains electrics on . |
| 17 | Just , if I were you I 'd just do a little on it , every time you practised , and then put it away . |
| 18 | Mind you they 'd probably get a hundred thousand for theirs I should think now . |
| 19 | I promise you it 'll only take a minute . ’ |
| 20 | I mean , I , I was very much got the impression from her I , I 'm sorry I did n't get a name , the chap I was speaking to , but erm it , he , he was very distinct that we should get a letter from I S and that have conformation and , and , er and send it on , you know , that , they all should also should get a copy , so it , it strikes me we should perhaps write a write to I S and perhaps send a copy with a covering letter to British Section |
| 21 | That whole shopping trip was something I 'd rather draw a veil over , not because it was mildly larcenous ( okay , illegal ) but because my street cred would be severely dented if the saga got out . |
| 22 | There were no brothers and sisters for me to play with , and the only one I could really call a playmate was Derek Brown who lived just ten minutes away from Low Birk Hatt at Blackton Farm . |
| 23 | And erm when I 'd finished with him I 'd perhaps get a two or three specked apples or a banana or something like you see . |
| 24 | If you are behind him you can sometimes catch a glimpse of little bits of him because all the smoke is being blown out in the front . |
| 25 | But they you 'll also get a list a computerized list of these advertisers and the name to whom we sold |
| 26 | Undeterred by an evasive reply , he told me he could even provide a reliable guide who would conduct me across the border . |
| 27 | When she asked me it would almost bring a tear to my eye . ’ |
| 28 | and when you 've finished it you can then do a picture about your |
| 29 | It closes off the street half way and you know George Street is a commercial street erm delivery lorries will go up and not know where to turn round and come back or what entrance or exit they can use , and also because traffic ca n't use it it will simply put a terrific amount on another of the main streets , namely Beaumont Street . |
| 30 | He got so good at it he could actually produce a thought-bubble ! |