Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | wonder why you — But mibbe I should thank ma |
| 2 | I crammed my mouth with for fear I might give utterance to my anger . |
| 3 | Erm , I mean I could generate P H D theses for you by the dozen out of all this . |
| 4 | Er , you there 's no offend that I can cover with you , I 'm just having a wee chat with you on it in general terms on it , but I mean I could fill pages and pages |
| 5 | All right , Ellis , I expect I can find time this afternoon . |
| 6 | The Royal Commission on Legal Services considered a suitors ’ fund which would indemnify litigants against the additional costs resulting from a successful appeal , the death or illness of a trial judge and the determination of an unsettled point of law of public importance . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll take her to Elinor 's night nurse immediately — I expect she 'll give Annabel something to calm her down . |
| 8 | ‘ I expect she 'll make friends . ’ |
| 9 | I expect you can play tummyache while I do |
| 10 | I expect you 'd say Stratford on Avon is south . |
| 11 | I expect you 'd like coffee now instead of another drink . ’ |
| 12 | Substitution of I for E so instead of forget you know I for E So instead of saying forget you 'd say forgit . |
| 13 | Yeah , that unfortunately the majority of people say you 'll get money in a couple of days , then the person would start to argue , because they need their money now to go and buy their shopping . |
| 14 | No you do n't normally have , some people say you should have slip-ons |
| 15 | They say you can twist statistics to back up any viewpoint , but you can not argue with that record . |
| 16 | ‘ You say you can move mountains . |
| 17 | Well if you want you can add cake or anything . |
| 18 | When we start to take responsibility for our thoughts and begin to see that every negative thought has a negative return , we realise we can use life like a beautiful game . |
| 19 | I say if you want we 'll phone Leslie |
| 20 | You say we might have trouble in the States . |
| 21 | but two to ten shift they 'd have power cut |
| 22 | Bus company directors say they may withdraw services from an estate if plans to introduce sleeping policemen are given the go-ahead . |
| 23 | Twenty officers have been seriously assaulted there this year , and staff say they may lose control if urgent action is n't taken . |
| 24 | Erm sixty six percent of people believe that the people you vote for say they 'll do things for you but once they 're in they forget what they 've said . |
| 25 | ‘ They say they 'll kill Sam . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The date they say they 'll kill Sam , ’ explained Charlotte , ‘ unless the document is delivered to them . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ They phone and say they 'll accept £20,000 and two months later they 'll ring again and say £18,000 , ’ says Lisa Wilson , partner in Portsmouth-based Accountability Recruitment . |
| 28 | They phone and say they 'll accept £20,000 and two months later they 'll ring again and say £18,000 |
| 29 | A group of mobile cafe owners say they 'll fight moves to ban their vehicles from the roadside on a busy dual carriageway . |
| 30 | A group of mobile cafe owners say they 'll fight moves to ban their vehicles from the roadside on a busy dual carriageway . |