Example sentences of "[verb] [vb mod] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think being in love is let's call it the mating instinct , is being in love merely the mating instinct operating , button one for yes and button two for no , let's er , let's seal that little lust abate there , well forty seven say yes basically I suppose basically being in love is lust , fifty three say no and what about that , that other point , I mean should you marry for love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , should you marry for love ? well what very modern people you are , cos eighty two of you said yes , fifteen said no , who said no ? |
| 2 | Together they sat on one of the deep and wide settees in the room , and , though there was room enough to spare should they wish to spread out , Leith opted to sit up close . |
| 3 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 4 | I flash upon my own family ; the way I have to think a moment before deciding who to include in my family , whether to include the step-parents or the siblings on my father 's side whom I would not know should I see them on the street , the hastiness of Mom and Larry on Sunday swirls between galleries and sushi , untapered by excess or sentimentality , busy with books and foreign films and the Sunday supplement of the New York Times , the wisdom of Ivy Leagues and schedules too dense to live by , to wake by , to sleep and breathe by . |
| 5 | It does not take much imagination to conjure up the kinds of arguments that EDF will introduce should it wish to inhibit serious competition to itself . |
| 6 | I 'm not stopping people doing it , because people ring me up and say should I do it ? |
| 7 | I mean if you want could you say I want the same as fourth year job ? |
| 8 | And if anybody had got a cow and it calved , we used to go to him and say could we have the beastlings , please . |
| 9 | Right , if I say could you summarise the plot of Revenge of Khan could you do it ? |
| 10 | The charter has dare I say it , got the green light , yes , yes alright . |
| 11 | You 'll ruin my life if I have to live with this tearing need I have for you ! |
| 12 | The teacher that reads your review that wants to know shall I buy that review , hi hire that video rather or , or what , am I going to use it for my class , they are going to er want that information and they do n't want er concepts introduced which they do n't understand what is meant by it , so be careful in that er erm , we have species of bird , the brambling , which I , I think is a pub in |
| 13 | D' ya know would you believe that she 's only been laid twice . |
| 14 | let me ask you one final question and its a cheeky one and er , I want to know whether you drink and drive , I 'm not going to , we have n't got any time for debate , I 'm just interested to know would you say that you drink and drive ? , this is not policy any more , button one for yes , button two for no , your told it as a simply for a , a kind of statistical er oh , er some of you are being rather coy and not voting |
| 15 | would you credit that lot eh , I say would you credit that , now they 're gon na send me another bill for six pound odd for them and two pound , another two pound postage |
| 16 | He was the person , when you go away for a vacation , that you leave the key to your flat with , that you say would you water my geranium ; that is the historical sum of William Shakespeare , it 's the truth . |
| 17 | I do n't know whether , whether it sort of erm rang any bells with you but normally if you 're in a house people do n't offer you dri they usually say would you like a cup of tea or a cup of coffee and I just wondered , perhaps it 's my suspicious nature , whether this guy 's got a drink problem |
| 18 | Yeah , if they come up to you with a microphone and say would you like to say a few words for the television programme yourself |
| 19 | No I say would you like to feed the birds ? |
| 20 | WHAT CAUSES WOULD YOU SUPPORT WITH YOUR MUSIC ? |
| 21 | I 'm dying will you help me . |
| 22 | I always say will you do me a favour and they shove it in box . |
| 23 | I think I 'll write to Krona and say will you send a . |
| 24 | I tell you summat I 'm getting fed up because every time I do n't feel absolutely great , and I go over there and say will you stand in for me , I do n't feel well , I do n't want to . |
| 25 | Just say will you accept three fifty ? |
| 26 | Shall I phone them up and say will you accept four fifty ? |
| 27 | Phone them up and say will you accept three fifty ! |
| 28 | Well y y you know you sometimes say will you mind turning the wireless down , an I remembered that it was on . |
| 29 | Oh it 's terrific you know it 's a great building I like it I like what 's going on and you say will you come back again ? |
| 30 | And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out . |