Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The first question which should be asked on this subject is why use microcomputers Is the starting point for the selection of software either ( a ) because in this technological era everyone should know about microcomputers or ( b ) for sound learning aims and objectives ? i.e. do school librarians and teachers start from the skills and processes or because of the existence of software ?
2 ‘ I feel that nothing should come between brothers in a way that our situation is at , ’ Justin said .
3 ‘ I think I may dream of leprechauns , with blue eyes and raven-black hair .
4 I may share with others the sense of wonder that none of us could have believed in 1987 that the most significant international changes would take place .
5 I may agree to decisions which are quite contrary to my own standards .
6 Having said that , I must apologise to members of the Midlands and Southern Divisions for not being able to ‘ land on their patch ’ .
7 I am a biologist not a chemist , and I must rely on chemists to get their sums right .
8 Further to your report in the June issue entitled Deal struck over Range West , I must draw to readers attention that the position regarding access remains in the balance , and the final outcome is yet to be determined .
9 ‘ Yes , so remote , that I must live with friends wherever I am — Rome , Naples , even here , in Florence . ’
10 Anyway I must box on chaps .
11 I must deal with baits first , for baits specially for carp have become a totally separate entity from baits for any other species .
12 I should refrain from attempts to exercise your brain if I were you , ’ he advised her tautly .
13 Can I can I say that in my opinion that the county council 's current budgeting strategy which effectively imposes a two percent efficiency saving which I might add in figures come to something like one point five million erm is , is of concern but what is of greater concern is the further possibility of a four percent er reduction which is being sought in blocks of three percent and one percent next year for ninety four ninety five which is to the amount of two point eight million at the current prices will in my opinion decimate the present level of service provision in policing .
14 The central statistical office er show regional G T P figures for Cornwall in nineteen ninety one that put Cornwall so badly off er that our G D P is in fact just er seventy three percent of the national average , whilst Devon 's figures are eighty seven percent and I might add in terms of the different progress of the two , in nineteen eighty nine Cornwall 's G D P was seventy five point six percent so it 's actually fallen back whereas Plymouth 's was eighty five point five percent and you 've actually seen it grow .
15 I might agree in terms of lowland farming where farms are more often controlled by investment groups than by single families , but hill farming has always been , and still is , a hard and often heart-breaking as well as back-breaking job .
16 I might sue for damages , ’ he threatened with vindictive relish , disregarding her complaint .
17 ‘ Then , then I think — I think that I might burst into flames . ’
18 I might burst into tears . ’
19 Well , I might know about owls but I would n't claim to know much about anything else .
20 I 'll talk about monsters in a minute .
21 And I 'll check about discounts .
22 ‘ I promise I 'll think of others before myself in future , ’ she said , and her Mum hugged her tight .
23 and if I ca n't get want I want at the Famlingham Textile Centre which is excellent when I next need fabrics I shall come up , I will come up to London and I 'll go to Libertys , but I will have measured first of all to within an inch as to what I want because
24 which we need to be and once we get into the rhythm I 'm sure it 'll all be a lot easier but you seem to have a calmness about your how you speak which is good and you know I 'm sure I 'll go to pieces but erm yeah it was just , and what I 've picked up on as you say where it 's er how did you come to Friends Provident bum de bum de bum , we 're going through erm a structured erm spiel if you like and then they 're saying well I do n't really wan na give you any you know , recommendations at this moment and erm what we should do there is , is I suppose apack that is n't it ?
25 puts the band before us , but er so I 'll go to Thursdays then on , on er
26 ‘ I suppose I 'll go into rivers , ’ says Howard .
27 I 'll stick to fellows who talk about ordinary things .
28 Then I 'll put in rawlplugs and hang it properly . ’
29 I 'll jump into things first and yeah and get bored half way through somebody else
30 ‘ I suppose I 'll come to terms eventually with the blank in my mind .
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