Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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31 On page 13 MARY BAILEY already has the cichlids — but if she could just get hold of a six foot tank …
32 If she could only stop eating .
33 So I wonder whilst I do that er if you would just take note of the safety precautions here .
34 If you 'll only take hold of this damn bag so I can go I will .
35 [ We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter .
36 We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter .
37 We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter .
38 [ We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter .
39 [ We shall be grateful if you will kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter .
40 This whole idea of a subsistence economy is something I 'm not really , I 'm not really sure about it because erm what , what would exactly , you 're saying that if everybody was the same then erm then you 're somehow necessarily going to be producing at a subsistence level so erm so er and so it 's , so if you can only extract surplus by effectively taking it off something given to others .
41 ‘ It 's much easier if you can mentally align movement with lines .
42 If you could just get hold of say , the rainbow
43 It would make a wonderful return journey if you could now turn south and pick up a return road by the dark green waters of the Walensee , an attractive unspoiled shore unaffected by its growing holiday business .
44 So if you should ever doubt wonder what love is all about
45 ‘ But if you 'd rather do this-
46 If we can just identify Person Y …
47 There are even now other issues on the pensions debate we have employers like Telecom using pension funds to fund redundancies we now even have the government looking to see if they can get hold of pension fund money in British Rail and in the Coal Board to see if they can also fund job losses .
48 Cos they 'll still have electricity
49 erm , as long as , cos they can only claim benefit for a certain length of time ca n't they ? , then it switches from unemployment to Social Security .
50 Hank was fun , even if it did look as if he would never make Grade 12 and never earn much .
51 Now if he 'd just take cover and place some well-aimed bursts with his blaster …
52 He asked if he could also have bonus money for the people below who had also contributed to his efforts .
53 Unless you 'd rather play tennis , that is . ’
54 This may be a difficult question to answer , and indeed these techniques may not be comparable , unless one could simultaneously measure function and visualise the squamous columnar junction , which is very difficult .
55 I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion .
56 ‘ Fashion now is not boring for me , because I can still have fun , even if the money is made on the more classical items , ’ concludes Smith .
57 I 'm not really an emotional person at all , just because I 'd rather ignore emotion than confront it , so when it comes down to really heavy shit it kinda just breezes right by me .
58 ‘ And you 'll go back to work tomorrow , because you 'd never skip work , would you , Mister Reliable ?
59 Elizabeth listened intently , till she could practically see steam puffing out of the ears of Seumas Ban and Lady Bridhe .
60 It was a long time before we recovered from the loss , and I vowed never to have another dog because we could never replace Sorrel .
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