Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a sober note , I should also like to echo what the right hon. Member for Worcester said about Alick Buchanan-Smith . |
| 2 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 3 | They may not have made him the finest British light comedian since his hero David Niven , but at least they rescued him from an uncertain future in Britain where he may have ended up as a cross between Roy Castle and Ronnie Corbett . |
| 4 | all the time , and eventually , I 'm not using that , and he 'll just start giving you the answers , and when he does start giving the answers , keep on , let him get a lot right . |
| 5 | six thousand seven the average number is a six thousand seven hundred and seventy four it 's actually erm financial highlights and I 'll just check give you the exact figure six seven seven four |
| 6 | I 'd not have given you the task otherwise ! ’ |
| 7 | She could easily have given me the push after her dad died , and taken on somebody … well , more presentable , like . ’ |
| 8 | Once he frogmarched a knocker out of a press conference , although it transpired that he could hardly wait to see what the victim wrote next . |
| 9 | ‘ Naturally , but you 'd still have to say what the story was before you were offered anything for it . ’ |
| 10 | I know I could n't begin to give you the kind of life you 'd have with Dunbar , but I 'd do everything in my power to make you happy . ’ |
| 11 | If I 'd known you were prone to nightmares I 'd never have told you the story ! ’ |
| 12 | Several minutes later he added : ‘ But I would not like to give you the impression I have worked for either of them yet . ’ |
| 13 | But Det Chief Supt Barry Stewart , head of Northumbria CID , said : ‘ We are treating the incident as a crime but I would not like to say what the nature of the crime is at this stage . ’ |
| 14 | I would not like to think what the wrong type would do to , say , the bacteria in your filter ! |
| 15 | She was less close to Gildas , whom she regarded with some slight awe , for she feared his irony and his sharp tongue , and would not have allowed him the slightest ‘ liberty ’ had he not cleverly , for he was very clever , ‘ set up , a conversation which led her , through a series of exchanges , into the danger area . |
| 16 | St Paul was not ‘ ordained ’ — and would not have known what the term connoted . |
| 17 | These were the only wickets Martin took in the match , but his allround contributions would probably have earned him the Man of the Match award had such been on offer in those days . |
| 18 | You reckon Hatton would also have told him the river bed was full of stones one of which would make a suitable weapon for knocking off his informant ? ’ |
| 19 | This will help you decide if you would really like to do what the employer has on offer . |
| 20 | Erm , and I , I think it 's quite beyond belief that these sort of accidents as well as the major road accidents are n't taken into consideration for our S S A , and particularly in a county like Shropshire , where there 's very little but grain in a lot of places , and that erm , money has to be found But , I would , I would really like to hear what the Officer |
| 21 | I would n't like to say what the impact will be on my business |
| 22 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |
| 23 | I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old . |
| 24 | I would n't have given you the mark for covered . |
| 25 | But I ca n't help wondering what the owners do with all that spare time in the winter , when they could be making our sandwiches and drying off our boots by the fire . |
| 26 | I would never have given him the sweet if I knew there was acid in it . |
| 27 | The extent of these signal displays depends on the model , but with the help of the instruction book you will gradually learn to recognise what the signals mean and how they can help you to operate the camcorder to its best advantage . |
| 28 | I strongly recommend that we leave such arduous duties to your two companions , who will undoubtedly have asked themselves the same question . ’ |
| 29 | You will therefore need to know what the value of your pension would be if you stay in SERPS or your company scheme , whichever is applicable . |
| 30 | You can only begin to guess what the ancient Greeks would have made of that , and the subsequent impact on Renaissance sculpture . |