Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | I think maybe I should stop at a supermarket . |
| 32 | I had it in my mind to seek a time and place where I should meet with a man called mad by his fellows , for if such a man spoke strange things of me , none would heed him . |
| 33 | And there was one point on my form note which er , was because I 'm responsible for recruitment and training procedures , a lot of the documents which , related forms which I should hold as a decision , I should think more sensible for Elizabeth to hold masters of . |
| 34 | I wondered if I should climb into a barge and pole myself across but the mists still hung over the water , I was cold , frightened , and so , following Benjamin 's instructions , returned to my own chamber . |
| 35 | Giles went to the kitchen to make coffee , refusing offers of help — ‘ I should get in a fuss and make a fool of myself if watched . ’ |
| 36 | Erm he erm I should say at a rough guess there would be at least eight . |
| 37 | No I should say with a er you know , I mean you 've got ta er i if it 's tongue and groove or , or whatever but as I say , tongue and groove is best . |
| 38 | ‘ When Glyndebourne commissioned my Paraphrase for their 1992 Mozart season , it was they who determined which opera I should use as a background for my piece . |
| 39 | ‘ I do n't see why I should put on a show for the whole of Crane Beach . ’ |
| 40 | But Gould said : ‘ I knew the financial problems facing the club when I became manager in the summer and it was my idea that I should work without a contract . |
| 41 | Now , could someone give me one good reason why I should bow to a woman who , not long ago , was a junior publishing executive with a past spent as a member of a racy set of upper-class party-lovers ? |
| 42 | ‘ I might stop on a day or two . ’ |
| 43 | For example , I might think of a rather jolly idea for a cover story . |
| 44 | I might go for a stroll to get up an appetite — the exercise 'll do me good . ’ |
| 45 | And yet I risked everything I had worked towards , all the hope of what I might do in a position of real power , for something that was obviously doomed to failure from the start . |
| 46 | ‘ I think I should earn more as the WBC title is recognised as a better class than the WBO but I might come to a 50-50 split . ’ |
| 47 | Er I might come for a little while . |
| 48 | ‘ I 'm afraid I might behave in a rather cowardly fashion . |
| 49 | I had thought that I might ride in a carretta to the edge of the desert , and then walk away over the sand and into the sun . |
| 50 | Think I might put in a note actually . |
| 51 | I have been trekking in Nepal several times , and so I am acquainted with the conditions that I might encounter on a winter trip . |
| 52 | And then , you know you think well erm , this sort of the area we 're going , I might look for a person , you know , particular types of person . |
| 53 | I want to just go and have a look in them you see if you 've well anyway Well erm , I might get to a certain extent . |
| 54 | I 'll do without a swimsuit . |
| 55 | ‘ But if it 's for the good of the club , then I 'll pull on a shirt and get stuck in . ’ |
| 56 | I 'll swear in a minute |
| 57 | ‘ I 'll confess to a similar hope , Delia . |
| 58 | ‘ I 'll leave in a few minutes and be with you in about half an hour . |
| 59 | ‘ I 'll stay for a few days at least — if she can put up with me . ’ |
| 60 | I think I 'll stop on a stool , I 'd sooner stop on a stool . |