Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [noun prp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of you may know Ivan already . |
| 2 | She must know Nigel well , thought Juliet , watching them and feeling excluded . |
| 3 | Kierkegaard interpreted the parable to mean that we should trust God unconditionally . |
| 4 | It 's an excellent idea , and sadly one that only custom builders — and one must include Jackson here , as Jackson include the feature on their ‘ custom ’ guitars — seem to have the time to implement properly . |
| 5 | She insists that we should see God primarily as all loving , and claims that ‘ ’ Love is his meaning'' and that we are all enfolded in that love . |
| 6 | He thought , I must keep Marcus away from this high-temperature religiosity , it will waste his time . |
| 7 | I must see Daphne today . |
| 8 | It is appropriate that , through the medium of Medau News , we should thank Rita very warmly indeed for all the dedicated work she has done for the Society . |
| 9 | Theo should try Balzac again , he thought — Père Goriot , for instance . |
| 10 | Never mind the inconsistencies of using the tools of free trade to secure human rights ( nobody is trying to deprive Iraq , for instance , of its MFN status ) : Congress thinks China should have MFN only if it treats its people better . |
| 11 | ‘ Then I must take Donald home . ’ |
| 12 | Paradoxically , Labour should wish Major well in all his efforts to get Britain out of recession and to decrease unemployment , as this will unleash other pressures that could help the party . |
| 13 | ‘ I think you should take Darius home . |
| 14 | Taylor believes he must protect Gascoigne just at a time when he seems to have shaken off the horrific knee injury that has kept him out of football for 17 months . |
| 15 | It was unthinkable that they should leave Fenella here at the mercy of the giants . |
| 16 | ‘ He says you should leave Masailand now . |
| 17 | Suppose they should encounter Lotta again ? |
| 18 | They must carbon-date it and put it under the microscope , and we must examine Aziz carefully and get him to say where he found it . |
| 19 | They say that ‘ nothing happens to the bad ‘ uns ’ , but it seemed unbelievable that misfortune should strike Arthur yet again directly after his triumphs at the Horse of The Year Show . |
| 20 | ‘ That I should fail Undry so ! ’ |
| 21 | In a secret notebook , the 15-year-old girl wrote of the mischievous 12-year-old : ‘ I must love James more . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You should interview Chamorro instead . ’ |
| 23 | On Friday Daaé must sing Margarita again . |
| 24 | But they must find Shetland pretty inhospitable , with no trees to support the grubs which is their normal diet . |
| 25 | he says that we should say God please forgive us as we forgive others . |
| 26 | You should really , you should find Jim tonight and record yourself |
| 27 | It 'll make Matthew really jealous . ’ |
| 28 | I think I 'll make Mr positively the last one before lunch . |
| 29 | Almost as critical as the prospect of another ‘ smoking bimbo ’ popping out of the Clinton closet is the probable wild-card candidacy of the pint-sized , populist , anti-politics Texas billionaire , H. Ross Perot , who might hurt Bush harder than he would hurt Clinton . |
| 30 | She wants me to go to the theatre though , I do n't think she 'll enjoy Chekhov very much . |