Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everyone should restrict sugar intake generally , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I shall answer it as best I can , although I am afraid that I may burden Opposition Members with an answer that they have heard before . |
| 3 | Erm , I may have budget files , actual files , forecast files . |
| 4 | I may have minority tastes , but I came here to find out what the right hon. and learned Gentleman would say about the autumn statement . |
| 5 | The craziness of the theatre business was apparent from day one and about three weeks into my ten week contract , I thought I ought to give Peace Corps another try . |
| 6 | She liked to plan everything — meals , shopping expeditions — in painstaking detail ; she was — again like Sophie — an extremely efficient housekeeper , always turning mattresses and telling me I ought to starch table napkins and put fresh flowers in the hall every day . |
| 7 | ‘ And if I live in a factory town , I must speak factory language when I want it . |
| 8 | No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one ! |
| 9 | ‘ If you play tennis , I must play tennis back . ’ |
| 10 | If we do as the Russians want and hand over all these prisoners to them whether or not the prisoners are willing to go back to Russia , we are … sending some of them to their death ; and although in war we can not , as you point out … afford to be sentimental , I confess that I find the prospect somewhat revolting , and I should expect public opinion to reflect the same feeling … |
| 11 | I should tell Opposition Members who are giggling , and who will also benefit from this , that the council is also twinning with Cognac . |
| 12 | Ah I should think Fairy Godmothers put the ideas into somebody 's head , I would have thought . |
| 13 | But your Editor had specified that I should use shop prices , not even mail order . |
| 14 | It is typical of my childishness to suppose Pa meant that I should have ice cream — today . |
| 15 | Someone has suggested I should try potassium permanganate , but what quantities per gallon should I use ? |
| 16 | At least I you see , with the virus I was sometimes in such a state that I thought I might have bowel cancer |
| 17 | So I mean if I I might have magnesium carbonate and I drop hydrochloric acid on |
| 18 | ‘ Because I might get lung cancer ? |
| 19 | So for example , if I went on er a job on Monday I could possibly draw gun number three but the following day if we went on a similar operation I might get gun number six . |
| 20 | I 'll do afternoon surgery , so why do n't you take a few hours off ? |
| 21 | I 'll do business studies at night school . |
| 22 | I 'll do morning surgery . |
| 23 | I 'll ship Crevecoeur back myself if necessary . |
| 24 | ‘ And if not , I 'll leave Strike Force Three and join you here . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll eat breakfast dinner and tea and supper . |
| 26 | Maybe I 'll abandon cookery lessons if she 's not back in time . |
| 27 | So I 'll reach State Retirement Age we can , end up with virtually full pay . |
| 28 | We do n't have our separate stuff , sort of thing , my mother will make sort of , bulk of egg mayonnaise , like the other day , I thought , I 'll make egg mayonnaise now . |
| 29 | Follow me an' I 'll lead yeh right to it . ’ |
| 30 | And then I 'll get Christmas presents . |