Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | I should definitely take the paste down . |
| 62 | ‘ Do you think I might eventually get a taste for alcohol ? ’ |
| 63 | He ended by stating , ‘ I might also include a quote from Shakespeare : ‘ Fools rush in where angels fear to tread . ’ |
| 64 | 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 . |
| 65 | If I get too tired I might just have a lie down and have a little kip . |
| 66 | I think I might just get a couple of nice hankies to go with them . |
| 67 | 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 . |
| 68 | 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 . |
| 69 | Or , ’ she leans forward but only the beautiful hair shines , ‘ I might just buy a bomb after all — ’ |
| 70 | I might even have a go at Muslim fundamentalists and have a copy of the Satanic Verses there . ’ |
| 71 | 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 ? |
| 72 | Who knows I might even get a chance to try one of these days . |
| 73 | I might even get a couple of hours sleep before we reach London . |
| 74 | Hell , I might even get a lawyer . |
| 75 | 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 . |
| 76 | I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … . |
| 77 | I might not fit the breed standard , but who knows ? |
| 78 | I might not get a chance this week to read of the collapse of reason , of the loneliness of standing for something . |
| 79 | ‘ At 71 I might not get the chance to go again . ’ |
| 80 | When she told me how she came to be a refugee , she paused reflectively before each statement , conscious that as a foreigner I might not know the history of Palestine before 1948 . |
| 81 | Sandy was already in the side , and I got talking to him again , Calero was struggling , and I said I might not have a bag for the Ryder Cup . |
| 82 | I realized that I might actually have a sin . |
| 83 | 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 . ’ |
| 84 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 85 | 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 … |
| 86 | 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 ’ . |
| 87 | And then thought : I might still have a title . |
| 88 | Look , I 'll even clean the upstairs rooms after all if you want me to ! |
| 89 | ‘ 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 . |
| 90 | Yeah , I 'll just do an order for the stores . |