Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [pron] be [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you must know what 's in it . |
| 2 | He could n't resist mentioning the television series , just in case anyone should forget he was in it . |
| 3 | One of these days I 'll go out like this and scare the whole population , 'cos they 'll think I 'm in me bare pelt . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I expect you 'll wish I was with you — or at least I hope you will , ’ said John at last . |
| 5 | Well , you could see it was worth it . |
| 6 | Before she could recover he was upon her , his ale-scented breath almost making her retch when his mouth crushed down on hers . |
| 7 | But he knew he would not see them here — they were much further north and anyway he would know he was near them when the crows gave way to a different more sinister corvid-the hooded crows , the vicious crows whose kind had once nearly succeeded in killing Minch when she was trapped near Callanish . |
| 8 | One , make sure I have every afternoon , Monday to Friday , free in case she will let me be with her . |
| 9 | ‘ My cousin will say I was with her . |
| 10 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |