Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 2 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 3 | Or I might get some card and stick to it . |
| 4 | it , or I 'll change that display decoder first , I mean that 's been reset now , forget that , er |
| 5 | Once everybody else has gone off and done their bit , I 've either got a job I 'm in the middle of doing or I 'll plan some work for another time . |
| 6 | If so , can you please send to his new address 121 Gilbert Road , Cambridge ( 0223 ) 353341 , or I 'll get some bumph from Optica direct . |
| 7 | Well , so do I. I want to know who you are and who you 're working for , and do n't fuck me around or I 'll have this train stopped . |
| 8 | BELVILLE : Only I know that sparkling lustre , or I should have some fear for my Pamela as she grows older . |
| 9 | ‘ But they 're going to be dead by dawn tomorrow , so I do n't think the General or I will lose any sleep over it . ’ |
| 10 | Or I can get some paper and put it over |
| 11 | Entering the Portal will transport you back to the five doors where you can visit another country and city . |
| 12 | Well it actually does n't very , it does n't touch the actual fence it erm all along the concrete poles they 've got holes through them where you can put some wire different higher of fence you see |
| 13 | Also listed are some other places where these services may be provided , or where you can get more information . |
| 14 | At the same time that personal computer technology is moving to centre stage for corporate applications , ‘ it is moving down into what you might call the intelligent television , where you can select any type of movie to see , or shop , or interact with information , ’ Gates said . |
| 15 | ‘ Father Abbot , you were not with us in Gwytherin , or you would recognize this wonder . |
| 16 | You may forget about this entirely , or you may spend some time exploring possibilities in a rather inconsequential way . |
| 17 | ‘ Well do it , and make sure you satisfy Herr Christanssen , or you 'll get that whipping I promised you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Or you 'll find this time that you will be court-martialled and end up in the gaol you were originally intended for . ’ |
| 19 | Very much easier to produce , these weeping standards consist simply of an easily struck rambler cutting with only the one single strongest shoot allowed to develop into a whip and stopped off at the desired height — or you can throw all convention to the winds and simply use a short pillar , fix an umbrella into position , and let a normal growing rambler fall over it . |
| 20 | Or you can read some source of information that predicts the future . |
| 21 | Or you could stay another year at school or college and re-take the subjects you failed . |
| 22 | If an idea originator takes the idea to management prematurely , he or she may get little action . |
| 23 | on the release of a writer 's first album , it is unlikely that he or she would have enough qualifying works to become a publisher member of PRS ( see the ‘ Copyright and Performing Right ’ article for details on these qualifying requirements ) . |
| 24 | If the engineer agrees the claim , he or she will determine any extension of time under Clause 44 |
| 25 | On receipt of a bill , the charge payer is given a specified date by which he or she should pay each instalment . |
| 26 | If person A is given an overdraft and then draws a cheque on the account and pays it to person B , person B's bank account has been credited and he or she can draw this money even though person A never deposited the money in the first place . |
| 27 | The CAB welfare worker can not predict exact dates but by looking at a client 's circumstances he or she can give some indication . |
| 28 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 29 | ‘ Is there anywhere near here where we could get some bread and cheese ? ’ asked Breeze , thinking that at this moment she could eat a dog-biscuit with gusto . |
| 30 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |