Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm , first twelve weeks pregnant so should I mark at the bottom when she types . |
| 2 | Why the hell should I look at the roof except to see if there was a satellite TV dish . |
| 3 | Robin Prince of Sherwood should I say at the tonight . |
| 4 | Should you arrive at a delicatessen counter when a salame is just being started or finished , you may be lucky enough to collect the end chunk which can be used to give extra flavour to spaghetti sauces or risotto-type dishes . |
| 5 | my Lord , er , er , in , in my submission the , the , the highest really could put their case is that if the matter were referred your Lordship simply did n't stay proceedings or permitted them for example to apply for interim payment or permitted them to take some procedural steps to pursue their action so that they were n't unduly delayed should they succeed at the end of the day and that would be a major concession because it would run against a normal rule cos on a reference the entire proceedings are stayed , that 's not a case just saying even if that is done , er that anybody is saying that particular measure is or is good is not good or may not be forced in the interim |
| 6 | Mrs St Albyn had before long heard the unpleasant rumours concerning the new tenants at Alfoxden , and ordered , in spite of Tom Poole 's intercession , that on no account should they remain at the mansion beyond the following midsummer . |
| 7 | But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges . |
| 8 | Organisers of the German tournament have kept aside a wild card for the American , who is suffering from tendonitis of the right wrist , should he decide at the 11th hour that he is fit to play . |
| 9 | ‘ Could I look at the equipment ? ’ |
| 10 | Could you look at the distribution of T okay . |
| 11 | Could you look at The Anniversary this is all in the Craig edition , okay ? |
| 12 | ‘ Could we start at the beginning ? |
| 13 | ‘ Could we look at the night of the murder , last Thursday ? ’ |
| 14 | Alison had rung to say that she was coming up to London for an appointment and could they lunch at a restaurant to which they had both occasionally gone when working at Brentwoods , if they happened to be feeling affluent . |
| 15 | ‘ Would ye look at the state o' this stuff ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What would you do at the end of that time ? ’ |
| 17 | Let me put it another way , if we lived in a magic world , and were n't having things like essays and package deals together , and any officer was being asked to forecast the money that would be needed for the sensible and , and virile implementation of five B , would you arrive at a figure of about thirty thousand pounds or not ? |
| 18 | The computer asks " What would you see at a football match ? " |
| 19 | ‘ Shall we meet at the same place ? |
| 20 | Shall we gather at the dentist . |
| 21 | Will you pay at the cash desk check out . |
| 22 | Will you call at the house ? |
| 23 | In that context , will she look at the pooling system that applies to GP contracts , because many GPs have improved their work in terms of cervical smears and other tests in preventive medicine , but have ended up worse off as a result ? |
| 24 | No longer will we look at a Heidelberg printer and say it will be worth 70% of its value in five years time , because it wo n't . ’ |
| 25 | The Elizabethan nobleman who defended the episcopate because , " As they shoot at bishops now , so will they do at the nobility also , if they be suffered " , was not wide of his mark . |
| 26 | Before I accept the Secretary of State 's olive branch and damn my political career in front of my colleagues on the Opposition Front Bench , will he clarify at an early stage in the Standing Committee the position about nurses in Wales , England , Scotland and Northern Ireland who take courses and then return to their own districts ? |
| 27 | Nor can I look at the way in which this view of faith and reason has influenced contemporary Christian thinking , both mainstream and among the evangelical or fundamentalist groups where it is most in evidence . |
| 28 | Can I look at the telly ? |
| 29 | Doubt can play a very useful role in resisting credulity and naivety , but to argue that only if you doubt can you arrive at the truth ( a position of scepticism ) is to disregard the question of what is to be known . |
| 30 | Can you park at the back ? |