Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Some of them turned out to be not as indifferent to my plight as I 'd feared they all would be , and a few murmured that if I did really feel strongly about the way I had been treated , I should indeed take the matter up with the Senate . |
| 32 | That I should ever see the day … ’ |
| 33 | Perhaps I should always take the case for his solution as being 20% stronger than it would otherwise appear to me to be . |
| 34 | He told me I should never use a leash . |
| 35 | Without proof I should really lay the idea to rest . |
| 36 | I should definitely take the paste down . |
| 37 | ‘ Do you think I might eventually get a taste for alcohol ? ’ |
| 38 | He ended by stating , ‘ I might also include a quote from Shakespeare : ‘ Fools rush in where angels fear to tread . ’ |
| 39 | Perhaps I might just take the chance to say that if there is a local group that would like to hospitality to people from developing countries that are at the Institute , we always welcome that sort of opportunity and invitation . |
| 40 | If I get too tired I might just have a lie down and have a little kip . |
| 41 | I think I might just get a couple of nice hankies to go with them . |
| 42 | I 've got some catching up to do as well , but I thought I might just grab an hour , maybe late this afternoon when everything 's relatively quiet . |
| 43 | It 's hardly possible to hear , in translation , the way in which the increasing tempo from the initial individual raindrops on the windowpane , to the final , single sound of the rain striking the window , it 's difficult to convey the manner in which this is subtly rendered , I think , by length of phrasing , by using adjectives of increasing syllabic length , and so on , and perhaps just in this one particular case erm I , I might just read the passage , very quickly , in French . |
| 44 | Or , ’ she leans forward but only the beautiful hair shines , ‘ I might just buy a bomb after all — ’ |
| 45 | I might even have a go at Muslim fundamentalists and have a copy of the Satanic Verses there . ’ |
| 46 | The suite , everything had screw on legs and we bought erm a radiogram , that was a Pye , beautiful thing it was , it was ever so expensive then , I might even have the bill for that somewhere , we bought that at the town centre in Laytoners was it ? |
| 47 | Who knows I might even get a chance to try one of these days . |
| 48 | I might even get a couple of hours sleep before we reach London . |
| 49 | Hell , I might even get a lawyer . |
| 50 | I might even see the remainder of my old Hyundai back on my desk as a loaner while ADM irons out the inevitable bugs in this Frankenstein 's monster I 'm creating . |
| 51 | I realized that I might actually have a sin . |
| 52 | For an instant she told herself she had imagined the almost feral glint behind the long , dark lashes as Niall said casually , ‘ If I did n't know better , I might almost get the idea that you were jealous . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ Everest will always be there but I might never get a chance to play at Twickenham again ’ — WILL KEFFORD ( Harlequins and Middlesex Colts full-back ) who cancelled a trip to join his father 's Everest expedition to play in the Colts Final at Twickenham which Middlesex lost to Lancashire ( 19–15 ) . |
| 54 | For though when I say Gold is a metal , I say by implication that if there be any other metals it must resemble them , yet if there were no other metals I might still assert the proposition with the same meaning as at present , namely , that gold has the various properties implied in the word metal … |
| 55 | The closest he comes to it is , I think , in the passage quoted earlier in which he says that ‘ though when I say Gold is a metal , I say by implication that if there be any other metals it must resemble them , yet if there were no other metals I might still assert the proposition with the same meaning as at present , namely that gold has the various properties implied in the word metal ’ . |
| 56 | And then thought : I might still have a title . |
| 57 | Look , I 'll even clean the upstairs rooms after all if you want me to ! |
| 58 | ‘ I 'll just feel the cervix , ’ she said , and as Yvette became aware of the gentle examination , she opened her eyes and gave a doleful little whimper . |
| 59 | Yeah , I 'll just do an order for the stores . |
| 60 | OK , I 'm not doing those , I 'll just do the tea |