Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Many academic research projects take years to complete ; a scheme designed to support them must thus be future-proof — and this in a world where technology continues to mutate at an alarming rate . |
| 32 | We can at least answer them could n't we . |
| 33 | Things that upset them could be an uninvited intruder through the cat flap , a row with another cat , even the arrival of a new three-piece suite . |
| 34 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ If you 've thought of me at all since we last met I 'd be very surprised . ’ |
| 36 | I had few friends , just one or two left over from school , but on the infrequent occasions when we met I could see from their faces that they pitied me , finding me foolish and Syl a bore . |
| 37 | I 've got ta be catched I wo n't actually do it I 'll just come in run a mo just give it complete customers and and help |
| 38 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 39 | I realized I would get no help from the Treasury and , indeed , I suspected that they could not understand why the department was wasting its time on this issue at all . |
| 40 | He understood how she needed me when war broke out and most of the men were away , he realized I would n't feel able to go back to England and abandon her . |
| 41 | ‘ He realized I 'd be knocked out and did his utmost to persuade me it was all for the best . ’ |
| 42 | Anyway I realized I 'd have missed you at the Club , so I turned round and set off back . |
| 43 | I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way . |
| 44 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 45 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 46 | However , when he heard my answers to his questions , he realized I must be alive , and he could not hide his astonishment . |
| 47 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 48 | I realized I could never become well-educated just by attending old Mrs Wopsle 's evening school , so I asked Mr Wopsle 's cousin Biddy to teach me everything she knew . |
| 49 | It 's a relief when the Terrorist Squad boys seem to lose interest but that still leaves all the rest and I ca n't think I ca n't think straight I ca n't sleep . |
| 50 | I I I would think I ca n't really see it being much else , I mean it compiles up . |
| 51 | And I do n't think I ca n't mind my mother away at all . |
| 52 | I mean you 've got to stop and think I ca n't carry any more . |
| 53 | I can remember doing my Mick again from The Caretaker and for Shakespeare I did an outrageous choice of Cardinal Wolsey from Henry VIII , which I do n't think I shall ever be suited to playing . |
| 54 | ‘ I do n't think I shall want to see Dorothy — sister though she is — for a very long time ! ’ |
| 55 | When he thought he had signed one player , he had a letter from him saying , ‘ Dear Sir , I do n't think I shall bother to turn out tomorrow . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ I do n't think I shall repeat it . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ I do n't think I shall ever marry and have children . |
| 58 | I do n't think I shall bear it if this does not work , thought Fenella . |
| 59 | I do n't think I shall love anyone else ; ever again . |
| 60 | ‘ I do n't think I shall renew it . ’ |