Example sentences of "[vb base] [modal v] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I ask you , are you at all nervous about what 's happening in the Gulf in the sense I mean should we actually be there doing what we 're doing erm as part of the Allied Force , does that make you nervous ? |
| 2 | I , I mean should it not belong on the panel on worship ? |
| 3 | Do you think being in love is let's call it the mating instinct , is being in love merely the mating instinct operating , button one for yes and button two for no , let's er , let's seal that little lust abate there , well forty seven say yes basically I suppose basically being in love is lust , fifty three say no and what about that , that other point , I mean should you marry for love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , should you marry for love ? well what very modern people you are , cos eighty two of you said yes , fifteen said no , who said no ? |
| 4 | I 'm not stopping people doing it , because people ring me up and say should I do it ? |
| 5 | I mean if you want could you say I want the same as fourth year job ? |
| 6 | And if anybody had got a cow and it calved , we used to go to him and say could we have the beastlings , please . |
| 7 | Which is that if we take these cards , instead of dropping in one at here there and everywhere and I doubt if anyone will take much notice of one , maybe I 'm a bit personally interested in , if I say could we all drop them in at Prestos in Rougier Street ? |
| 8 | Right , erh what I 'd like to do then is er I say could you just introduce yourself or what you 're working on at the moment where you work and then the sort of presentations that you make er and then give us one of your objectives so that by the time we 've got right round the room we 'll er hopefully have everybody . |
| 9 | Right , if I say could you summarise the plot of Revenge of Khan could you do it ? |
| 10 | Please say could you ? |
| 11 | Doubtless many poets envied Duck , for whom the queen had ‘ Enlarg 'd thy Bottle , and enrich 'd thy Beer ’ . |
| 12 | I do n't know whether , whether it sort of erm rang any bells with you but normally if you 're in a house people do n't offer you dri they usually say would you like a cup of tea or a cup of coffee and I just wondered , perhaps it 's my suspicious nature , whether this guy 's got a drink problem |
| 13 | would you credit that lot eh , I say would you credit that , now they 're gon na send me another bill for six pound odd for them and two pound , another two pound postage |
| 14 | Yeah , if they come up to you with a microphone and say would you like to say a few words for the television programme yourself |
| 15 | No I say would you like to feed the birds ? |
| 16 | He was the person , when you go away for a vacation , that you leave the key to your flat with , that you say would you water my geranium ; that is the historical sum of William Shakespeare , it 's the truth . |
| 17 | Oh it 's terrific you know it 's a great building I like it I like what 's going on and you say will you come back again ? |
| 18 | And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out . |
| 19 | Well I would n't , I , I would recommend that you tell her to contact Jeffrey , say will you take this on for me please , and ca carry my car insurance for me in future . |
| 20 | I always say will you do me a favour and they shove it in box . |
| 21 | I tell you summat I 'm getting fed up because every time I do n't feel absolutely great , and I go over there and say will you stand in for me , I do n't feel well , I do n't want to . |
| 22 | Just say will you accept three fifty ? |
| 23 | Shall I phone them up and say will you accept four fifty ? |
| 24 | Phone them up and say will you accept three fifty ! |
| 25 | Well y y you know you sometimes say will you mind turning the wireless down , an I remembered that it was on . |
| 26 | Just before you go on , sorry erm er would an official of a township peasant association walk into the house of a rich peas peasant , register in hand and say will you please join the peasant association , how would the rich peasant answer . |
| 27 | I think I 'll write to Krona and say will you send a . |
| 28 | I expect can you ? |
| 29 | Well you ca n't just leave it and not bother can we ? |
| 30 | If we do n't get approval to increase the salary by the thirty first of January so I can have the two people I want can I appoint this lady and bring her on board cos I know she 'll do a reasonable job in a certain area ? |