Example sentences of "certainly [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 He recognized that this was contrary to the opinion of the pope and others at the papal court , but he put it forward as his own : ‘ others certainly may have thought of it , but I received it from no one ’ .
2 you certainly may have some milk
3 But as soon as we have to commit this question to paper we discover ( or we certainly should discover ) that this is a difficult question to ask with absolute clarity .
4 Now that certainly should cater for all his requirements , the only problem that Alec will have to go through now , is that actually get all this information
5 After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war .
6 After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war .
7 Well Notts went wide of the target on eight minutes , it was er all really set up by Gary with a little header down to Paul , inside right channel , lobbed it on to , the defence was wide open and who had n't scored this season got the very goal that he 's been wanting to score to add to his match winning performance on Saturday , when he was made the patrons ' player of the match and er he thumped the ball in the net , it was quite a blistering effort and Notts should 've settled down on that and certainly should 've settled down on twenty one .
8 My Lord it may be that the , it certainly should say that Lawrence escaped , I in my photocopy caused the escape and who he escaped with .
9 Apart from having limited time to try and spread the gospel about the tournament in its magnificent venue , if , as should have happened , Jimmy Connors had played , if John McEnroe had survived his first round , if Pat Cash had looked better prepared and if , as certainly should have been the case , Jeremy Bates had taken the opportunity he had to upset Wimbledon quarter finalist , Thierry Champion , the whole picture may have looked so different .
10 Macca certainly should have a grey change strip all his own .
11 KEVIN AMOS sealed victory for Jed-Forest with an opportunist try four minutes from time in a match that the visitors could , and certainly should have won .
12 But at £3.75 for eight ( 47p each ) they certainly should taste delicious — as should the pies which won second-place , Harrods ' own-brand at £6.50 for 12 ( 54p each ) .
13 It certainly should get out today .
14 Then the voice said distantly : ‘ He certainly should know better .
15 They certainly must have thought Malcolm was fishy , dressed as he was in black leather from head to toe .
16 It is not entirely clear what its Darwinian purpose is , but it certainly must have one , for the beavers expend so much time and energy to build it .
17 Not apprehensive he was going astray , the took towards the river ; but having a high bank to mount , and being nearly exhausted with wandering and the effect of the liquor , he was most fortunately prevented from rising the mound , or he certainly must have precipitated himself ( as it was near high water ) into the Medway .
18 But however long or short it was , Nicodemus certainly must have learned a , a tremendous amount as he listened to Jesus .
19 That comes from Milton 's Latin Treaties on Christian Doctrine , and you can see he certainly must have felt he 'd found his subject .
20 It certainly might have helped Diana to listen and learn from counselling sessions , where other couples ' problems are aired and discussed ; but there is no doubt that by taking on the role of patron at a time when the world was prophesying doom for her own marriage was an exceptionally brave thing for her to do .
21 ‘ We always had a big crowd here in the old days , ’ said Father Anstruther , glancing round the hall , which certainly might have been fuller .
22 They almost certainly could go to the services of any Free Church and not be insulted .
23 Atkins interrupted and said that they certainly could make it stick .
24 Most of the points had been raised before and those which had not been raised most certainly could have been .
25 ‘ You certainly could have . ’
26 But you certainly could have saved the cash .
27 If God had so wished , he most certainly could have created duplicate worlds ; it is only that in so doing God would have acted without a sufficient reason , and this would be contrary to his nature .
28 ‘ Why , yes , it certainly could have been .
29 The yellow card for a foul on Jochim and but Laws will be relieved he certainly could have gone for that .
30 ‘ Oh yes — certainly could have been that . ’
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