Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it 's true that you were so keen to meet me I might satisfy your curiosity completely by reversing my rule to only date brunettes — ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why does everybody tell me I ought to watch my drinking when they 're all so busy watching it for me ? |
| 3 | " Since you have been so kind to me I 'll tell your fortune for you . |
| 4 | But if yer do n't believe me I 'll take yer tomorra to see 'er , ’ I told him angrily . |
| 5 | He told me I must open your mouth . ’ |
| 6 | " Please excuse me I must begin my work . " |
| 7 | My abuelito tells me I must call my baby Constanza if it is a girl . ’ |
| 8 | He told me I 'd lose my job if I go . ’ |
| 9 | As the girl dances close to me I can smell her perfume and all that has gone before is completely forgotten ; the slit trenches , the mosquitoes , the wounded and my dead comrades . |
| 10 | Yes my aunt was Mrs David , and goodness me I can remember her having the laces pulled in . |
| 11 | Also , if you purchase a machine from me I will do my best to help you find some new sites . |
| 12 | If you free me I will acknowledge my debt and keep going . |
| 13 | ‘ I would n't seek him out , but if by mischance he should loom up before me I should waggle my fingers at him . ’ |
| 14 | Against : almost nothing I can put my finger on , except that it 's a darned expensive guitar and I expected it to justify its price by being inspiring — which , for all of us who tried it , it somehow failed to be . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , physically there 's nothing I can put my finger on . |
| 16 | I picked up a pair of combat boots from a pile in the corner , found some laces , and looked at the other people wondering with whom I could swop my uniform . |
| 17 | I sat in the café as the rain showed no sign of letting up and drew up a short list of people I had met with whom I could air my perplexity . |
| 18 | It is a terrible , solitary kind of life , whereby I can not for instance have people with whom I can discuss my writing , unless I leave the country and meet people like Bessie Head , who died , or Buchi Emecheta and Ama Ata Aidoo . |
| 19 | Since I 'm obviously the cause of them I 'll do my best to keep out of your way . ’ |
| 20 | She said , I I 'll abort your baby for you . |
| 21 | An and I I 'll keep me mouth shut . |
| 22 | Well I I I would express my support for Mr and for Mr on widening the scope erm to include because clearly national policy talks about public transport generally and not just rail . |
| 23 | Er but obviously I I would need my own transport . |
| 24 | No I I should say her solicitors has told her you , you know , you 've got to tread carefully |
| 25 | I thought that at last I 'd found someone I could share my life with . |
| 26 | Tell 'er you 'll cut 'er throat if she do n't come up with it . |
| 27 | It was yet another of the advantages of belonging to the working class , like always knowing someone who would send her son round to unblock the sink , lay a carpet , get the cat down from the tree , lend you a van for the evening or sell you trainers and tracksuits cheap . |
| 28 | She sat on the hard hall-stool beside the telephone , safe in the semi-darkness and waited for Dorothea and her friend Florence Ames who was a nurse , someone who would recognise her condition instantly , who would be on hand should emergency treatment be required , who was trained and capable . |
| 29 | Someone who could draw your attention without being seen . |
| 30 | She did not add , He would jump at the chance of someone filling that post , so that he would n't be asked to take the children off Rose 's hands until she is once more fixed up with someone who could manage her unruly crowd , as well as herself and the house . |