Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You mean I might win this afternoon ? |
| 2 | ‘ I expect you would like some brandy . ’ |
| 3 | They say she will need medical help and counselling to overcome the tragedy . |
| 4 | Well somebody else told me that I mean er er the wine connoisseurs say who would drink that stuff you ca n't drink red wine . |
| 5 | But you ca n't guarantee that , er , and once the supermarket developments er , have gone , then you 'll drop off down , down again , and again you 're affected by the rece recession , whereas people wo n't replace things like weighbridges , er , automatic weighing machines that sort of thing during the recession , if you come out of recession , then you might get , and you say you might get some increase in fees in that , that area . |
| 6 | Still to come a look at the opening shots in the Independent Enquiry into the fate of Rover 's Cowley works and the questions that Bicester 's friends of the earth say you must ask any candidate in the local elections . |
| 7 | I say you will live one day like a duchess , because this is what you deserve . |
| 8 | ‘ You say you can remember that photograph being taken . |
| 9 | So I 've got some bleaching yeah smell you can smell that bleach . |
| 10 | ‘ It is the last place you would expect this kind of thing to happen . |
| 11 | A glance at the g-meter again revealed the problem : if your feet weigh three times what your muscles expect they will take more effort to move ! |
| 12 | But the main opposition party say they may take legal action because they suspect fraud . |
| 13 | Hypergames analysis explains why they do this even though both sides say they would prefer peaceful coexistence |
| 14 | It comprises a cash alternative worth up to 23p a share and 43p per preference share , but irate shareholders say they would get more money — 46p a share — if the company went into voluntary liquidation . |
| 15 | But the big record companies say they need elaborate long term contracts to invest in new talent . |
| 16 | Detectives say they 'd have more chance of solving such cases if a national register of DNA samples was set up . |
| 17 | Detectives say they 'd have more chance of solving such cases if a national register of DNA samples was set up . |
| 18 | Boots have stopped selling car seats but say they will offer further information to people who 've bought the Rainbow seat . |
| 19 | Once the initial product is out , the firms say they will add more connectivity options for Sun workstation users . |
| 20 | But , privately , the Italians say they should receive some understanding for their previous efforts to disengage from Libya . |
| 21 | His shoulders suggest he can paddle all day . |
| 22 | Now doctors say it 'll bring severe health risks … most seriously for asthma sufferers . |
| 23 | ‘ They say it could come any time — calling up . ’ |
| 24 | But environmentalists say it will do some harm . |
| 25 | They say it will delay global warming due to the greenhouse effect for several years . |
| 26 | ‘ Mr Boulez has been associated with the project from the very first days so I say he can consider this house his home . |
| 27 | And they say he will fashion any spell so long as someone will pay him enough . ’ |
| 28 | The North Korean government on Jan. 30 signed a nuclear safeguards accord which would allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities . |
| 29 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 30 | I hope I can get plain sewing work enough where I need not spoil my fingers , but if I ca n't , I hope to mae my hands as red as blood pudding and as hard as a beechen trencher to accommodate them to my condition . |