Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are sentences such that everyone who understands them will agree on their truth value no matter what the circumstances . |
| 2 | I had few friends , just one or two left over from school , but on the infrequent occasions when we met I could see from their faces that they pitied me , finding me foolish and Syl a bore . |
| 3 | ‘ But I do n't think I would fit into his scheme of things for next season . |
| 4 | ‘ Course I will — what d' you think I 'd do with them , flush them down the loo ? ’ |
| 5 | I always carry some with me , but I hope I never have to use it because I do n't think I 'd get near him with the needle . ’ |
| 6 | Did you think I 'd plead with you to stay ? ’ |
| 7 | I do n't think I 'd take to it . |
| 8 | it , I did n't and I felt I 'd have no friends around where I lived and you know , I 'd always be alienated , I 'd always be home later and I said to my mum I do n't think I can cope with it , so she said right then you do n't go ! |
| 9 | But I do n't think I can rely on myself to take them everyday ! |
| 10 | What do you think I can do for you ? ’ |
| 11 | If they have n't dug anything out , what do you think I can do by myself in these few hours ? ’ |
| 12 | D' you think I should travel with him ? ’ |
| 13 | What do you think I should do about it ? ’ |
| 14 | But I do n't think I could cope on my own without my mum and dad even if I did have all that money . |
| 15 | I do n't think I could cope with your heartbreak . ’ |
| 16 | They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 18 | No well I mean I can pay for it , it 's just a question of getting it and sort of erm only we 're not often here on a Sunday , if Mr is here , is it |
| 19 | It was just , I wondered if , so if I get something along this line , I mean I can cope with something like this . |
| 20 | ’ I was thinking only the other day , ’ he went on , ’ that if I did n't have a wife and child to support I would throw in my resignation , take the voluntary redundancy on offer , sell the flat and go . |
| 21 | If a girl had exceeded the way she should behave I would send for her parents . |
| 22 | But if I did n't know I could count on you , I suppose you would n't be here . " |
| 23 | I promised , you see , I promised I 'd go to him if he asked . |
| 24 | I promised I 'd cook for them . ’ |
| 25 | If they know which party you are from and say , ‘ Oh I expect I 'll vote for you ’ , they probably mean ‘ I wo n't , but I want to get rid of you quickly because Dallas is just beginning ’ , or , I 've no idea and I 'm really not interested — politicians are all the same . ’ |
| 26 | I 've written about this before and I expect I 'll write about it again , because I get more frustrated knitters questioning me about this than almost anything else . |
| 27 | Having lost my own job , I found I could relate to everything in this honest and moving article . |
| 28 | It 's a great help to know I can rely on you for such last minute needs ! |
| 29 | All the vibrato I want I can do with my left hand fingers and I despise the sound of dive bombs and squeals . |
| 30 | D' you know you can talk to your dreams — ask them questions . |