Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I want to allow a bit more time for questions so I 'll just end if I may with a funny story which , did n't happen to me , it happened to a colleague of mine , erm a young lady , who went to give er a talk like this to group of adults like yourselves and at the end of the meeting the treasurer went up to her and said do we owe you any fee or expenses ? |
| 2 | I must as a matter of honour remove all possible ambiguities of expression , avoid any taint of pretence , or dishonesty , or literary sleight of hand . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll post a guard . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll in a minute ! |
| 5 | I 'll in a minute . |
| 6 | If it had been impossible for one reason or another to use a boat on the water I would have done the best I could with a plummet and noted what I could see from the banks . |
| 7 | Cos I could with a bit . |
| 8 | By the way , this was the period when I could to a milk shop for a hape'orth of milk , but it 's not the halfpenny that people think now , cos the currency 's been altered quite a lot , it was very trifling , but it 's true . |
| 9 | I did the best I could in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 10 | I used to a lot . |
| 11 | I 'd never bet on any ra I 'd never gamble , I mean , I would as a joke , but like not serious . |
| 12 | I would as a joke . |
| 13 | I mean I would , I would I 'd stick a needle in their bottoms just like I would for a dog that had gone b , gone bad , I 'd say poor creature ca n't help it |
| 14 | And er now it 's accepted I suppose and young firemen joining now would n't , would n't know any different , and they 'll probably be able to manage much better than I would on a fire station . |
| 15 | I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 16 | Because I find that er I can talk to people now , we chat away as I would in a pub , or in someone 's house but then this is the bit that worries me . |
| 17 | Yes and I said I would in a minute darling alright ? |
| 18 | Ooh it 's this spot , I shall in a minute you have n't seen a leaflet Dave , for Debenhams have you ? |
| 19 | ‘ I will in a while . ’ |
| 20 | Oh well I will in a minute . |
| 21 | I use them wherever I can as a flattering background for later-flowering plants . |
| 22 | ‘ I get involved in many different projects and I can to a certain degree prioritise what I want to do . |
| 23 | I can with a few deft strokes build myself a crenellated castle with coloured windows , or a maze of evergreen , or a field of rippling corn , or a fat blackbird with bright eyes picking at a cluster of red berries . |
| 24 | Removing all I can with a salt bath , and using various propriety parasite treatments have had no effect , the leeches just keep coming back . |
| 25 | yeah quicker than I can with a key ! |
| 26 | Now you may as a manager think well you do n't have to do it all yourself , you can use senior people within your section who have the knowledge or you can use training officers or you can use people like ourselves at the training centre or the C B T or the I Vs or it could be that you bring the marketing department to help you out . |
| 27 | You ought to a told her we 'd bought one . |
| 28 | Explain the problem if you must as a difference in approach to the job ; if you denigrate a previous boss the interviewer will assume that you will do the same thing next time around . |
| 29 | Do not be afraid to ask questions , particularly , perhaps , questions as to why things are done in the way they are — though you should for a long time be very restrained in any suggestions you make for improvement . |
| 30 | No , you should in a chance with that , that 's really good I thought . |