Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , you could , no you can ask yourself , you can ask yourself , because you 've said to me very clearly that you do not regard yourself as ever speaking for yourself , surely you can now think , would I ever want to answer a question like that ? |
| 2 | " Why , " he thought , " in this country it is uncommon to see even one elephant ; how can I ever expect to find a hundred ? " |
| 3 | Because I ca n't I honestly have got a I do n't know what 's happening . |
| 4 | How in your wildest dreams would you most like to spend a day/night |
| 5 | Could she somehow have taken a wrong turning on the straight , unbranching surface ? |
| 6 | Did you just want to have a little wander ? |
| 7 | Would you just like to make a brief statement of clarification . |
| 8 | How could she possibly have foreseen a situation like this ? |
| 9 | Ah , here comes Sam now … | And one other thing — could you possibly manage to look a little less disgruntled ? ’ |
| 10 | And ‘ Did you always want to run a business ? ’ |
| 11 | Do n't you ever want to paint a different picture ? ’ |
| 12 | Should you ever want to organise a course on ‘ Cut & Sew ’ I can really recommend you have Pam to come and take it for you . |
| 13 | Did you ever contemplate becoming a doctor ? |
| 14 | Could she really countenance spending a night of long dark hours in this ruin , a ruin whose sole purpose was the gathering of ghosts ? |
| 15 | ‘ How could you even contemplate marrying a woman like that ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Will you please stop claiming a relationship that I consider does not exist ? ’ |
| 17 | Nor could she then justify employing a cleaner and the odd-job man who kept all the local gardens more or less under control . |
| 18 | However , should you accidentally try to print a 24 stitch punchcard from a 30 stitch design for example , the program will warn you that the design is too big for the template . |
| 19 | Will we not have to make a decision in advance of what the extent of the motorway 's influence has been ? |
| 20 | We could of , we , could we not have had a statement that er er er erm a certificate of conformity could be issued or will be issued ? |
| 21 | So , with all the emotional implications of colour , should we even try to encourage a specific response to our work ? |
| 22 | Might we indeed suggest adding a personal looseleaf comment and photograph or two within your copy for posterity ? |
| 23 | In Pomerania the general impoverishment and the already poor Pomeranian soil meant that very few peasants could gather together enough money to buy their own farm equipment — a necessary prerequisite for purchase of their land from the estate — nor could they ever manage to garner a purchase price that was often the equivalent of over 25 years ' rent . |
| 24 | Could he not have issued a warning ? " |
| 25 | Should he not have acquired a deep mental calm and certainty ? |
| 26 | And , if he had moved any farther down the course , would he still have had a clear view of Captain Brown waving his flag to signal a false start ? |
| 27 | Only with incredible luck , against all the odds , could he reasonably hope to make a safe exit from Russian soil and reach safe ground from which the Americans might be able to extricate him in one piece . |
| 28 | If so does it actually propose to bring a confession of faith er in modern terms and if so , can the panel give any idea what form that might take . |
| 29 | It does us great discredit to treat a defeated foe like this . |