Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv] [coord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the following four sections we shall examine five different habits used by animals to avoid being eaten : potential prey may actively flee their predators , or they may stay still and try to be invisible , or they may stuff themselves with sickening chemicals and advertise their unpalatability with bright ‘ warning colours ’ , or they may mimic the warning colours of others , and finally , in some circumstances , an animal may make itself less likely to be eaten by living in a group . |
| 2 | You referred to the ex-parliamentary stars , President the budding prima donnas well I should , I would suggest that they ought to go away and look at their roots . |
| 3 | It turns out the inventor by then had come to the conclusion that ‘ I really ought to go off and look at something else now . ’ |
| 4 | Glass , however , may crystallize out or devitrify in the solid state if it 's left long enough , with myriads of tiny crystals forming and making it opaque . |
| 5 | If I ought to pay a fair price for what I buy then I ought to come back and add to the agreed price . |
| 6 | Note , users must log out and log in again for the new quotas to take effect . |
| 7 | So if you ca n't be more positive — ’ she folded her napkin and threw it down like a gauntlet on the table between them ‘ — then I do n't see why I should stay here and listen to you . ’ |
| 8 | Because I felt extremely low , and needed company , I telephoned Esme on Wednesday evening , the day Father died , to ask if she would come out for a canoe ride from the Aquatic Club to River Park , but she said she must stay in and practise for a forthcoming piano recital . |
| 9 | Having chosen your leather corals carefully , and provided them with a good aquarium environment , they should grow steadily and live for a long time ( ten years has been reported ) , and possibly even reproduce . |
| 10 | The trainee , together with the in-bureau tutor , should work out and carry through a tailor-made course of study . |
| 11 | As a good leader should , his father was making sure that no one was left in its path ; that no man , taking a last wistful thought to a neglected fishing-boat or a skiff or a hoard of nets he had forgotten , should dash back and drown for his folly . |
| 12 | From now on smokers must clock out and go to a special room for each cigarette break . |
| 13 | What is , what is happening at the moment is although they ca n't afford the money for the full , for the full treatment they are making an allocation of money to improve matters round , round that area , which will be er , cos I , I told them that some of the pensioners were , w walking round by the bankment , it 's pouring of rain , which is perfectly true and that er the engineer should go round and see for himself and plus the fact how many of these people ever travel by bus , or do they always go by car , no , and also I brought up about bus shelters and all those sort of things , but any way , there will be some improvements for the bus station in the future . |
| 14 | I think we should go back and look for it . |
| 15 | And , quite frankly , I think that that women these days have very little time in which to indulge themselves in their own hobbies and interests , and I think women should stand up and say to the government , no you will not inflict this responsibility upon us ! |
| 16 | But to believe it , you really must go there and see for yourself . |
| 17 | You must go back and change into something dry . ’ |
| 18 | But now , I must go back and sit with her . ’ |
| 19 | ’ She should come here and see for herself what 's going on . |
| 20 | Whatever the reason , the mothers often told their daughters that they should come home and look after them . |
| 21 | Was she going to ask that the ‘ Grace of Our Lord , Jesus Christ ’ should come down and settle upon me ? |
| 22 | That 's what the section committee is there for and the C E C after balancing these arguments decided that with all of the limitations , with all of the stretching of points and so on , on that basis , we should come down and recommend to you that only people who work in the section should be eligible for election . |
| 23 | The Prime Minister said that he had the resignation of his Cabinet in his pocket , but the King replied that he trusted there was no question of the Prime Minister 's resignation : the leaders of the three Parties must get together and come to some arrangement . |
| 24 | ‘ I must get back and see to the washing . |
| 25 | Then you must come over and stay with me and tell me everything that 's happened . |
| 26 | I think the main software houses should get together and agree on an industry standard memory configuration to which programmers should limit themselves . |
| 27 | I think I should stroll across and talk to Kellard . |
| 28 | Although it may cry for a short time , it should settle down and sleep before long . |
| 29 | When you are dealing with statements , you must start off and go through it step by step and not leap ahead . |
| 30 | When Mr George was said he did n't want to give evidence , the judge , Mr Justice Auld , said he had a duty to give evidence … he should sit down and prepare for it . |