Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might wear trousers or , at the moment , a pair of loose-fitting ski-type pants . |
| 2 | But by then I might have children and all I would be saying was ‘ Sit still ’ , or ‘ Do n't eat with your fingers ’ , or ‘ Eat up all your peas . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll take francs or sterling . |
| 4 | I 'll find chives and parsley , ’ she added airily , making an effort to indicate that she also had forgotten the incident upstairs . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm so hungry I could eat flies and worms , ’ she said , intensely , and laughed . |
| 6 | I feel I could topple tables and chairs , Miss Honey … |
| 7 | I could learn procedures and facts for a short time and I knew how to regurgitate them for examinations . |
| 8 | If you can find someone with a key to let you in , the interior of the chapel is said to be interestingly decorated , but the one time I was in Harambels I could find cows but no people . |
| 9 | I could hear curses and grunts , clothes being pulled on , and the familiar twang as cheap bedsprings were relieved of their customary pressure . |
| 10 | I could name names and say because this is not a party decision , it 's |
| 11 | Below my blindfold I could see tiles and a toilet set in them . |
| 12 | I could fill pages and pages with lists of self-help groups that have grown out of this discovered energy . |
| 13 | Er , you there 's no offend that I can cover with you , I 'm just having a wee chat with you on it in general terms on it , but I mean I could fill pages and pages |
| 14 | ‘ The doctor said I 'd get sores and they 'd hurt . |
| 15 | I 'd have potatoes and cabbage and gravy . |
| 16 | ‘ At which point I 'd have hysterics and writhe on the ground ? ’ |
| 17 | I used to wear jeans and jackets and shirts but my parents burned them on the same day my dad beat me up , and after that I had to wear saris . |
| 18 | I used to love Eastenders but now |
| 19 | I used to weigh spuds and fill the shelves and all that sort of thing . |
| 20 | I used to do impressions and my granny , I suppose , was the first . |
| 21 | Later , at University , I used to do reviews and things like that . |
| 22 | I used to fill pages and pages to produce a very short poem . |
| 23 | I used to maintain radars and computer systems and stuff like that , I was an engineer . |
| 24 | So when we saw one go flapping by I used to shout thkarni and the Indians would all laugh . |
| 25 | I was playing last night Got ta learn this album I used to have ages and ages ago fucking . |
| 26 | I would wear rags and live upon rye bread and water rather than be a harlot to the greatest man in the world . |
| 27 | An eight year old , if I ruled the world , if I was in charge this is how I would organize things and then and I believe , what I believe in . |
| 28 | On trips into London after we 'd finally moved to Wales , I would raid skips and bring back the booty on the car roof-rack . |
| 29 | As , despite years of trying , I have not managed to find a plastic heater holder sucker that actually works ( and the rubber ones seem to have passed into oblivion ) I would attach heaters and the internal stat to the rear glass with blobs of silicone sealant . |
| 30 | I would hide stones and Bess would rout round with her nose , never giving up until they were found . |