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Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He stood , hearing the picks ring on the rock and watching the spoil fly from three hundred shovels , and he would realize that perhaps , even at that very moment , a papermaker in some small East End papermill was drying the very sheet on which Chambers or someone would write the final , damning words , ‘ insufficient funds . ’
2	I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax .
3	I realised my elbow was throbbing painfully where I 'd hit the stone floor .
4	I sit on the wooden floor for a moment to gather my strength , also to decide exactly where I should take the relics to dispose of them .
5	At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems .
6	Anyway the second school favoured scarlet cross-overs , the lady in charge directing me to a local wool shop where I could buy the yarn and a ( hand knitting ) pattern .
7	I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge .
8	I have come across the meadows to the place beneath the willows , where I will find the brook .
9	I will be visiting Community and Recreational Arts in Barnet in March , where I will have the pleasure of attending the official opening of the Tedder lounge , which has been extended to include a wheelchair accessible art room .
10	Or I might give the job to someone else . ’
11	Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’
12	‘ Just stop what you 're doing or I 'll set the police on you . ’
13	‘ Now be off , or I 'll set the Romans on ye . ’
14	You must n't ever try to talk to me about her or I 'll leave the home . ’
15	‘ Get inside , the lot of you , or I 'll call the police , ’ shouted the prebendary , foaming at the mouth .
16	Go away or I 'll call the police . ’
17	‘ Get his boots off and get him below or I 'll sail the lot of you straight into the reef . ’
18	‘ Open up in there , you lousy crook , or I 'll bust the door down . ’
19	‘ Anyway , ’ he said , closing the book , ‘ I suppose I 'd better get on with my work now or I 'll get the sack .
20	‘ I 'd best get what 's left of my milk on the road , or I 'll have the Guv'nor after me .
21	Like sparks or I 'll have the hide off you . ’
22	‘ Or I 'll have the ale-masters down here ! ’
23	Or I 'll have the supervisor after me . ’
24	Gentlemen : It is with great regret that I see so many students labouring day after day in the Academy , as if they imagined that a liberal art , such as ours , was to be acquired like a mechanical trade , by dint of labour , or I may add the absurdity of supposing that it could be acquired by any means whatever .
25	Or I will call the captain ! ’
26	I can cover the front of the house , or I can cover the back .
27	I think I think I go back to this point about I think in concept anyway I 'm not happy about er a proposition that er that function is performed or I can see the disadvantages significant disadvantages in having the traffic er for both the A sixty one er and the A fifty nine c and its links into Harrogate and Knaresborough , concentrated on that er on on inner northern line .
28	Or I could tell the story behind the papers , a chronology in which I described the sequence of experiments as we actually conducted them .
29	Nevertheless , such is human weakness and the pull of gluttony that when no one was about , or I could ride the chiding of my family , I would creep into the kitchen , cut a slice of butter and then find a crumb or two to go with it .
30	This would end with a " Hallelujah " wind-up , or glory march where someone would take the flag and lead a march round the hall to songs of victory and praise .