Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should not our efforts be put into improving the mechanisms and practices of co-operation between the Twelve ? |
| 2 | Much as she 'd liked Josh , she could n't be sure Marianne was n't right — and if Dane could let her down , then why should n't his playwright friend ? |
| 3 | And said that really should n't our cabin staff announcements be changed to say , that the use of portable telephones is not permitted on the aircraft . |
| 4 | If the words are fixed once and for all , on the page , may not their meaning be fixed also ? |
| 5 | For soon enough their scholarly owner grew bored with his dragon studies — as well he might since his samples were such Poring dragons — and decided to investigate the secrets of the turbine jet engine instead . |
| 6 | As Cobbett said afterwards , the people had wanted the Act " that it might do us some good ; that it might better our situation … and not for the gratification of any abstract or metaphysical whim . " |
| 7 | But , so far away , might not her anxiety lighten , take on some perspective ? |
| 8 | What machinations might not his rivals — other MPs and would-be MPs in his constituency — engage in behind his back if he allowed himself to be so absorbed in parliamentary affairs as to be negligent in the continuous wooing of his voters ? |
| 9 | Might not my pocket be picked , my person assaulted ? ) |
| 10 | Equally citizens ' advice bureaux may be able to assist with advice and information which may further your case . |
| 11 | I do n't really care if he was a homosexual — though I 'd rather his taste were for adults . |
| 12 | He was invisible ; and at need he could better their speed . |
| 13 | But no-one could better my kingfisher . |
| 14 | soc : But you could back my project ? |
| 15 | Well before I got married I had this I had this fucking dream that we could n't get our hairs done , all the girls could n't their hairs done because nowhere was open . |
| 16 | ‘ Could n't your father come down with you ? ’ |
| 17 | And having l your mother and father left er , your parents had left you with such low money in the early stages you could n't In any case you could n't My friend was a nurse , but you 'd got to have a special background . |
| 18 | No I could n't my money all the time . |
| 19 | ‘ But why could n't my mother or my brother say those words to me ? ’ |
| 20 | With crumbled Bread I thicken 'd well thy Mess . |
| 21 | It 's not often they come back from work she said they feel I ca n't , not yet , she said I could never my housework and that 's too much yeah she likes to do |
| 22 | they , er , they may well my Lord |
| 23 | His mother Angela had risked legal action by blocking radiation treatment — saying she would rather her son died in peace at home than suffer in hospital . |
| 24 | Many clubs , of course , would rather their players were n't involved in this match at all . |
| 25 | I guess Colonel Goreng would rather his wife had been less unconventional . |
| 26 | Perhaps it was that , or frustration , or , more probable still , a queer kind of prudery — he would rather his mother thought him a brute than realize what we had been up to — that made him hit me . |
| 27 | ‘ At a time when Scotland 's supply of quality players is limited , McCoist can make this tie less of a banana skin than it looks , ’ said Roxburgh , who freely admits he would rather his team were playing Germany , Italy or the Netherlands . |
| 28 | Would not their votes tend to cumulate not so much on the best candidates as on the best-known ? |
| 29 | Would not my observations indicate that Denis Faul is partisan in his condemnation of the techniques used by the RUC in their attempts to protect the population of Northern Ireland from terrorists . |
| 30 | ‘ Would not your children like a nice pet to take back to England ? ’ |