Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
2 | And then in the last sort of seven to eight years , it starts to decline quite rapidly because you 're actually paying off the capital at that stage , and th that 's where I may meet somebody at say fifteen years , they thought their mortgage would run to age sixty five and they actually retire at sixty , they 've got five years left and they 're about there . |
3 | I may have something for him . ’ |
4 | However there are plenty of useless stereotypes around and since they influence the way anthropologists write up their monographs I ought to say something about them . |
5 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |
6 | I ought to do something about it . ’ |
7 | I ought to feel something for her now that she 's gone , but I do n't . " |
8 | ‘ I said to my wife : ‘ It 's crazy , someone ought to do something about this — there always seems to be an inadequate number of facilities for women . ’ |
9 | However , this issue can be looked at positively : perhaps someone may do something about their abuse as a result of Mr Rose 's coming forward — telling someone is one of the hardest things a victim can do . |
10 | ‘ I must confess something to you , ’ he said . |
11 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
12 | I 'm killing all these plants by taking my students to Land 's End , I must do something about it . |
13 | Before I do so I must say something about the way in which the U K economy has developed since the latter half of the nineteenth century . |
14 | This is not a book about theoretical astronomy , but I must say something about the way in which a star radiates , because it is very much part of the overall story . |
15 | Er but of course I I must say something about section eleven funding , this whole section under funding , er is er featured in , in , in this section and er , er I 'm not too sure what the Tories are playing at er , unlike Bob I am not going to condemn them out of hand now , being a Democrat I want you to hear what they have to say and then we 'll roast them this afternoon |
16 | I must get one for my er garage er , er a tape recorder , I 've got the wireless in there but oh you know er , most of the time it 's the noise is n't it , you know what I mean , get the odd programme you want to listen to , but a lot of the time it 's erm pop music and that which I ca n't , I ca n't abide and then your Jimmy Young and |
17 | We stayed on board and we went up on to every deck and there was even a gentleman , he showed us up on the bridge on that er on that and , and of course there was the little shop and I bought I thought I must buy something on the Queen Elizabeth and I bought a pen . |
18 | I should think something like that really . |
19 | ‘ Why , I wonder , do you suppose that I should know anything of your sister 's abductor ? ’ |
20 | My mates think he 's too young for me and that I should find someone of my own age . |
21 | He answered : ‘ The man told me that he was a detective , and that I should say nothing about him to anyone . ’ |
22 | Maybe not : but before explaining , I should say something about our definitions . |
23 | Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity . |
24 | I 'm wondering whether I should say anything to her about the police , and about the retired judge Jamieson being ‘ assaulted ’ , whatever that means . |
25 | I said , do you think I should take one on ? |
26 | London run the ball so I should have lots of opportunities . |
27 | Er , as far as I know all the forms that were allocated to me have been versioned and distributed out to everybody , so I should have lots of version forms . |
28 | She said , ‘ I think you 're trying to tell me that I should remember something of this . ’ |
29 | I might cook one on my day off . |
30 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |