Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was that a group of them should take back the second of the Shahs planes to Teheran , contact those military commanders known to be most loyal to the Shah and convince them to hijack Khomeinis plane when , as the assumed he would , he flew back to Teheran from Paris . |
| 2 | I think I may start up a course . |
| 3 | I 've got a tutorial shortly , and I ought to sober up a bit betweentimes . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm counting the calories — I must slim down a bit . ’ |
| 5 | Before addressing it , I must set out the facts , which are not in dispute to any significant degree . |
| 6 | I will consider these issues in turn , but first I must set out the Parliamentary history of sections 61 and 63 by reference to which the case was argued before us . |
| 7 | " To make sense of it all , I must go back a bit in history , " he said . |
| 8 | He should be here , thought Taliesin again , but since he is not , since he is forever inside the Prison of Hostages , then I must carry out the quest for him . |
| 9 | ‘ I must send out the invitations . ’ |
| 10 | I must fill up the list though because there 's a lot of things coming up . |
| 11 | Mr Whitehead of Withington wrote , ‘ I must point out the startling resemblance between your advert and the basic storyline of the James Bond film Goldfinger . ’ |
| 12 | Somehow I must get up the Library steps , for if I can get in there before they reach me , they wo n't be able to duff me in . |
| 13 | ‘ I must get back the sack . ’ |
| 14 | but I think that , that with what it is you know , but then I say she 's got that anyway , she 's not as , as tough as what she makes out , but er it would be worth having a look you never know what 's in there , and I say I must pick up a couple of paper towels |
| 15 | ‘ I must put out the candle or it will burn itself out . ’ |
| 16 | I suppose I should warm up the audience with a few Hound of the Baskerville howls , send Rainbow 's eyes swirling round like Roman candles , and cause fruity Yiddish curses to croak and gibber from her mouth . |
| 17 | If you wish to establish an Amazonian aquarium , I should leave out the Clown Loach , because the originate from Sumatra and Borneo . |
| 18 | Thus it was that I decided to give Edward Young a greater part to play in At Home in Thrush Green for , having burnt down the rectory in an earlier book , it seemed only right that I should hand over the job of replacing my act of arson to the architect I had created . |
| 19 | Maybe I should stroll out the front door and take a walk . |
| 20 | I 'm going to wait to see how some other injuries settle down before I decide whether I should bring in a replacement . ’ |
| 21 | I then said I was a friend of Sir Randolph Routh and that if the agent was not immediately taken in charge for assault , I should send in the strongest adverse report on his conduct of this entire vile business . |
| 22 | I imagined what would happen if I should tear the sleeves out , or cut it up , or run to the kitchen for the tomato-ketchup and pour it all over the bodice ; if I should rip out the collar with my teeth . |
| 23 | I might carry on a bit tomorrow . |
| 24 | I might bring in a note tomorrow saying I 've got make an appointment |
| 25 | I might start off the day with lots of intentions and by the end of it I 'm so fagged out I just collapse . |
| 26 | ‘ Sometimes , I might follow up a tape with a phone call . |
| 27 | It had n't occurred to her that I might take up the blackmail where Jack Mahoney had left off . |
| 28 | ‘ For another , if it is n't too far ahead for you to enquire into this , Harry , then I might take up an invitation I 've received to attend Newmarket races at the beginning of October . |
| 29 | For a moment I considered bolting , but I noticed that a young reptilian reception-clerk was watching me narrowly , as if he thought I might roll up a carpet and try to carry it out under my arm , and I became instantly obstreperous . |
| 30 | You never know , through you I might found out the mistakes I made . ’ |