Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here I must think Wordsworth is deeper than Milton , though I think it has depended more upon the general and gregarious advance of intellect , than individual greatness of Mind From the Paradise Lost and the other Works of Milton , I hope it is not too presuming , even between ourselves to say , that his Philosophy , human and divine , may be tolerably understood by one not much advanced in years … |
| 2 | ‘ I must say war is an ordeal , ’ Lord John smiled at the Duchess from the sideboard . |
| 3 | As for its meaning marriage … well , in fact I should think Giles is a pretty good catch for any girl — even a beautiful girl like you . ’ |
| 4 | You 're afraid , both of you , that I might discover Mom is n't dead at all , are n't you ? ’ |
| 5 | What I 'll do darling is that all the tiles will come through about there |
| 6 | The only time I 'll drink water is owt like this or if I 've one of them Mister Softee cornets . |
| 7 | I 'll say hypocrisy is vile |
| 8 | ‘ In your case , I 'd say y'nose is too near y'butt ! ’ |
| 9 | But I 'd say funding is tight ’ . |
| 10 | I get the chance to see people I used to race with.It is a fun day out . |
| 11 | The only one I would mention Chairman is not strictly accurate , we all did , lots of us anyway , the , the British Legion service on Sunday at the church and I just wondered if we could agree to send a letter to the president cos once again a lot of effort and time and organization went into it and I thought it was an excellent occasion and I think he might appreciate |
| 12 | The only way I would like Lucozade is with a gin in it . |
| 13 | The , the only thing that I would say Chairman is that erm planning and er er the role of planning is related amongst other things to development and every single solitary er element in development has an effect , maybe only small and it may be distant , but does have an effect on er water falling as rain and thereby on run-off . |
| 14 | What I would say Chairman is that I will defend the right of the tenant farmers to make their own minds up , just as much as I will defend the rights of council house tenants to say what goes on in their houses . |
| 15 | ‘ If you take sugar as having 100 per cent the right taste , then I would say sucralose is in the range of 70 to 75 per cent , with aspartame a little behind it , ’ Shaw says . |
| 16 | The only thing I would say delegates is that the we will also swallow the goldfish and there 's a message in that for all of us . |
| 17 | Because just as I was saying , that Freud 's view was that , okay , there 's the id and that may be Hobbesian , but there 's also the ego , which if you like is , is more kind of Rousseauness it 's pro-social , and therefore I would say Freud is not a pessimistic , or an optimistic social thinker , but something in between . |
| 18 | All I can suggest sir is the case is adjourned just have to arrange for a solicitor to be here . |
| 19 | I I was aware , when P C was saying it was a slight contradiction , all I can suggest sir is that er whilst I was putting the door in P C would have been controlling his troops |
| 20 | Er all I can say chairman is that the County Council is is working within the approved structure plan strategy which is based on restraint , based primarily on housing restraint but I think that 's what the County Council has done in its er employment land proposals is to set certain parameters which appear to us to really reasonably meet requirements of this authority 's resident population . |
| 21 | You may think Jamie is her closest friend , but that does n't mean she 's happy to be left with him and his mum . |
| 22 | When Rachel did n't immediately reply Nina peered over her glasses at Greg and said , ‘ I think you may find Rachel is the one person who may disagree with you . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You must appreciate Stephen is jealous and kicks up a fuss every time I even suggest seeing you , but I do n't intend to let that stop me in future . |
| 24 | You might think Pluto is cute ; they want to know which brand of dogfood he eats |
| 25 | You might say reality is stranger than fiction . |
| 26 | For this reason , if you are lucky enough to get the chance to become a PA , because of the number of people trying to get started , you 'll find pay is n't brilliant to begin with . |
| 27 | ‘ When you get to know me better , Virginia , you 'll know martyrdom is n't my style . ’ |
| 28 | And all you 'll get back is the £1.70 you paid on the first and second instalments . |
| 29 | Of course there has been inflation in the economy , but even so you can tell Wilko is a Yorkshireman . |
| 30 | In a Marxist context it , it can not because the only way in which you can make progress is through co class conflict . |