Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If her car had broken down your Dad or me would have passed it on the road . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They were afraid I was going to do a hatchet job , being from the City , but I have n't found an instance where I would want to get rid of anyone . ’ |
| 3 | I would enjoy a job where I would have to talk , persuade or advise people |
| 4 | ‘ At 13 or 14 , I should have been taken away from my family and placed somewhere where I would have felt loved and like a real person . ’ |
| 5 | A major installation of Beuys , ‘ Arena ( where I would have got if I had been intelligent ) ’ , created in 1970–72 ( see The Art Newspaper No.16 , March 1992 , p.6 ) , remains on exhibition at the Dia Center for the Arts until mid-April , while the MoMA exhibition travels to the Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles ( 30 May-15 August ) , the Philadelphia Museum of Art ( 10 October-2 January 1994 ) and the Art Institute of Chicago ( 15 February-25 April 1994 ) . |
| 6 | I think they go for more sorts of jobs , it 's difficult to list them , but a lot are going into computing and electronics today , but we have people — we had one student who 's gone into accountancy , Royal Navy , weapons research , gas board , chemical side as opposed to physical side , video discs , hospital physics , where I would have thought the chemical aspects would be of use to them as well as the physics . |
| 7 | Here , where I could 've done better , if only I 'd understood , if only he 'd helped me ; if only this , if only that . |
| 8 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 9 | Or I might go telling that young man where you found your young Miracle-Worker . |
| 10 | At least they had told me of their bad luck already or I might have succumbed to the old tales of women on ships and the bad omens they can bring . |
| 11 | ‘ Patrick weighed 8lb 7oz — ‘ I 'm lucky he was a big baby , or I might have ended up having him even more quickly . |
| 12 | look , you 're going to have it on the floor , will you hold it up straight please or I might have to scream , shall I scream ? , it 's alright Richard he did n't spill any |
| 13 | I want no more fighting or I might have to fight what shall I do with you ? |
| 14 | Perhaps you or I might have got fed up with all the attention and been tempted to tell the crowds to go home and leave us alone . |
| 15 | Maybe Dundee will be interested in players here , or I might have to break the club 's transfer record to get him . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't care ! ’ she said in a low , angry voice , ‘ Stop seeing her now or I 'll start seeing Tony . |
| 17 | ‘ Now tell me , for heaven 's sake , or I 'll start imagining all sorts ! ’ |
| 18 | Hurry up or I 'll start jerking you up and down and then your hair really will come out and we 'll have enough of it to stuff a sofa ! |
| 19 | ‘ Tell me , Rachel , ’ he said thickly , ‘ or I 'll start making love to you and I wo n't stop until I get the truth out of you ! |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you Zimberalda me , pal , or I 'll start flinging the china around the room ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ After twisting my arms , he pulled out a huge knife and said : ‘ Start speaking or I 'll start slicing ’ , ’ another prostitute told the court . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ If I 'm not successful at Highbury , I 'll leave or I 'll get pushed out , and that 's the way it should be . |
| 23 | ‘ You 'd better not tell anyone where you got this from , or I 'll have to move my business to Napata , ’ said Nubenehem seriously . |
| 24 | Well you have to have , you have to have a the only the trouble with it is , I 've got , I 'll either have to put them up here or I 'll have to scrape scrape some of the wall out I ca n't close the door ! |
| 25 | ‘ I thought , ‘ Either he 'll cook , or I 'll have to go in and get him ’ . ’ |
| 26 | And I 'm telling you , do n't speak to me in that fashion or I 'll have to have a word with your father . ’ |
| 27 | Or I 'll have to get hold of the police . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's Dai the Cop , open up , Hari girl , or I 'll have to break the door in . ’ |
| 29 | Speak up or I 'll have wolfed it . ’ |
| 30 | Or I 'll have to bash it with a rolling pin again . |