Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may is well place before the dog over there the message of God as before those hungry millions who have no lustre in their eyes and whose only God is their bread . ’ |
| 2 | Er the point I would like to make if I may is with er regard to the question of a a positive statement er that car dependency should be reduced and er more emphasis given to the availability and use of bus transport erm as well as t er rail transport . |
| 3 | Can I say first of all that er I support the general approach which has been adopted by Yorkshire County Council and the the other local authorities in the Greater York area , on the way in which they 've formulated their proposals for the York greenbelt after a fairly long erm and exhausting process , the question to which I want to address my comments first of all is whether the new settlement is an appropriate and justified planning response , and what I would like to do if I may is look at some of the reasons that have been raised erm in objection to the new settlement as a strategy , erm these issues have been raised by Hambledon District , York City Council , the C P R E , Montague Evans , in their written submissions to the examination of the . |
| 4 | Perhaps I could , but whether I should is a different point . |
| 5 | Perhaps I could , but whether I should is a different point . |
| 6 | I know it is unlikely that I will see it , but just the thought that I might is enough . |
| 7 | all I could is , I 'll get Tracy summat to wear and you got time , and she picks like a blouse , she 'd pay a hundred pound for one . |
| 8 | I will is it agreed we just put the names on ? |
| 9 | We have things like appraisals to do , she has e I mean I ca n't tell you , all I can is I 'm working at the side of her , she works all the time , she 's very fast , she 's very intelligent . |
| 10 | He said well from my point of view anyway at least he said just disregard that completely he said and we will do it on what you earnt , so he said all I can is erm just put in as many hours as you can to get your wages up on that side erm and then by the time we look at that he said , the end of February obviously you 'll have December , January and February which will be good months there , I said yeah so he said well then you know erm a hundred pound here and a hundred pound here he said , it all helps to keep the figure up for you so he s |
| 11 | So , I mean , what 's the point of you know making it look really , really nice and you know , all you could is just slap a coat of paint over it ! |
| 12 | The main questions you ask , the more he 'll believe , he do n't ask , it 's , it 's , it 's all about , this is what I 'm saying about erm reacting , eh when basically what you would is you 'd make a statement , tell him something and then ask him a question , which is what you did anyway , but I do n't know if you 're always aware of what you 're doing , you 're doing , you do it naturally , selling is about making statements and then asking questions , you do it when you telephone customers all the time |
| 13 | CATCH it while you can is the message for holidaymakers who have not experienced the alluring magic of Hong Kong . |
| 14 | I do n't think there is a super parent i , all you can is your be , do your best , and that 's the best type of parent , is you do your best , your best ch ability . |
| 15 | One way you can is that a juice bottle over there ? |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , I 'm quite sure I can , but whether you can is another matter . |
| 17 | The one area where we are not doing as much as we think we should is the Midlands ; that is why we are opening there . ’ |
| 18 | so if , if they , if sh- Jane come over she , we 'll is that it ? |
| 19 | Yeah we could is n't it ? |
| 20 | in another few weeks hard work and you 'll feel very What I 'll do is if I give you a note for a further two months , and we can Is your job safe ? |
| 21 | Nevertheless , what may encourage them to hold on as long as they can is the apparent split among the ‘ eight elders ’ over the whole question of reform and opposing Leftism . |
| 22 | Ever since we entered the training video market , competitors have claimed the only way we can offer training videos for less than they can is because we do not bear the full cost of production , by sourcing products from broadcast programmes . |
| 23 | One reason to think it may is that the new agreements have turned national tariff-cutting programmes into international commitments . |
| 24 | Then , given that the only way of being sure that your ad is communicating what your strategy says it should is to show the ad to people and ask what it tells them , it follows that the best way to write down the strategy is , as far as possible , in the language that consumers will use . |
| 25 | Another reason why coaching does not occur as often as it might is due to the time pressures which every manager faces . |
| 26 | Oh you just pick it and it 'll Is that Channel Four ? |
| 27 | The argument that he would is that the behaviour was tantamount to a statement ‘ I believe you are another homosexual , ’ which the average heterosexual would surely regard as insulting . |
| 28 | To suppose that it can is an assumption long ago undermined by Hume , that one can infer from ‘ is ’ to ‘ ought ’ from purely descriptive premisses to a prescriptive conclusion . |