Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb mod] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | and ask for any help in doing his car do n't go to work or can he borrow this , just say no I 'm sorry you could n't help us and I 'm your sister so now I ca n't |
| 32 | Shall I have potato salad or shall I have a prawn salad , or shall I have a chicken salad ? |
| 33 | He considered the focus of the controversy to be the juridical effects of a stipulation made in favour of a third party , which he deconstructed into three questions : can a third party claim directly any such benefit or can it only be claimed through the auspices of a State party ; may the parties to the agreement amend or abolish the stipulation without the consent of the third party ; and need the third party accept the stipulation in order to be vested with the benefit in question ? 120 |
| 34 | Will you risk my dry Martini or would you rather stick to sherry ? ’ |
| 35 | written question or shall we give them a written answer ? |
| 36 | Those who ask for reports have no time to read long ones- nor will they take the trouble to unravel texts like the example given above . |
| 37 | the likelihood that should they ( or people they know ) become victims again , they would seek ( or advise others to seek ) the assistance of the police . |
| 38 | I 'll see this little bit then I 'll go and finish that ironing and would you record er Watchdog for me ? |
| 39 | In 1773 when raw silk was difficult to obtain , the owner of a throwing mill in Sherborne wrote : … having discharged many of my hands which are either starving , or are become burdensome to the town , others are incessantly crying for a little work and could they obtain but a morsel of Barley-bread they are happy , they very often go days with little or no nourishment … the continued cries of the poor people complaining for want of the necessaries of life as well for want of employment is shocking indeed … and what is worse the overseers are not so bountiful to the necessitous as I could wish . |
| 40 | Grateful to the minister for that reply but would he not agree with me that where local authorities erm local chambers of commerce and trades councils er and his own department of employment , are already working well together with good small initiatives , to put upon them English Estates , TECs , British coal enterprise er is in fact to do precisely what he does not advocate to make a mushrooming of bureaucracy and will he not undertake to evaluate these initiative to see if they really do work or whether they 're just providing jobs for the boys . |
| 41 | I leant out of the bedroom window and there was a man waiting there who said there had been a car crash and could he telephone . ’ |
| 42 | Now he told me he wanted to end it with Susan , and he begged my help and would I come down to New Orleans . ’ |
| 43 | Surely these workers are provided with Health and Safety equipment and should they not be made to wear them by someone in authority ? |
| 44 | Since that time bureaucratic foot-dragging and dare it be said ? politics have continued to delay the project . |
| 45 | How long do I want it to last my child and will it be sturdy enough to take the punishment a toddler metes out without keeling over ? |
| 46 | For a resident , little things become so big when your whole life can revolve round what 's for lunch and can you sit in your usual place or has someone pinched it ? |
| 47 | If I am to change it I feel that I might as well put a larger engine in it , could you please advise me what would be the best petrol engine and would I have to convert it to 12 volt ; which I do n't really want to do . |
| 48 | Can I use Carbonflo in this engine and would it have the same benefits such as lower fuel consumption ? |
| 49 | Therefore could you please tell me if it is feasible to fit this engine and will it prove to be too powerful for the IIA gearbox and overdrive . |
| 50 | Phil had the pen , Phil get the pen and will you add it up will you |
| 51 | It is an awful mess but will you not come and sit by my fire– ’ |
| 52 | May I I do not need an adjournment but may I back away from the microphone to take instruction ? |
| 53 | I 'm afraid it does n't fit unfortunately I 've lost the receipt but will you still change it ? |
| 54 | I have a 3500S 10.5:1 engine but should I use a Range Rover or SDI flywheel and what about the clutch/pressure plate assembly ? |
| 55 | Is there a limit to the grant and will I have to pay anything ? |
| 56 | When he was able to sit down for a brief breather , he received a telephone call from control saying that some twenty young bullocks had got loose on the railway line heading in his direction and would he keep a look out , with the thought that trains and cattle do not mix . |
| 57 | So once you know what it means it helps a little bit and can you think of a word that ends the same as that ? |
| 58 | I did well , I had hundred pound in me purse last night till Steve says can I have me pocket money and can I have me petrol and can I have this and I paid for coal and I 've got forty . |
| 59 | Clearly the minister 's response is inefficient , it 's it 's quite inadequate and what is required is a much more positive stance from the minister , and can the minister tell us whether or not he will be , he will be giving the opportunity to mature entrants to the apprenticeship scheme so that people that have been thrown on the scrap heap over this last fifteen years will have an opportunity and can he tell us whether or not he 's had discussions with British Coal enterprise to allow miners that have been made redundant to come into the new apprenticeship scheme so that they will have new skills which will help them to get new jobs . |
| 60 | Did she wade straight in with a blunt announcement or should she try to approach the subject from a more oblique angle which might encourage him to guess ? |