Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adoption agencies in Britain take the greatest trouble to see that children are placed where they will enjoy a strong family background . |
| 2 | The range fire was stoked so they could have a Last Bath . |
| 3 | A jagged piece of rock , which looks like it could shear a boat in two , looms out of the spray , and disappears . |
| 4 | CLIFF Richard looks like he could use a Summer Holiday as he limbers up for his next sell-out UK tour . |
| 5 | I do n't know if we ought to put a timetable on that , on what 's going on , on this erm , eco-management erm , business , but also , I was wondering , could we not ask for a report to the March or April meeting of this committee , on what actions we could take to make progress on the recommendations of the district auditor in paragraph forty-four . |
| 6 | So I do n't know if I can get a . |
| 7 | I own an ex-Irish army Series III 1972 Land Rover , I 've recently fitted a Range Rover V8 instead of the 2,25 and would like to know if I can put a transfer box on to a 5-speed SD1 gear box . |
| 8 | I should not object if you could introduce a note of patriotism in the schools ’ , And then , with a grin … |
| 9 | It might help in advance to give certain additional information to each of the three groups independently of the others ( see above section on small group work ) : perhaps the Pied Piper is prepared to let the children free if s/he can get a good deal ; perhaps the mayor is unwilling to use any public funds to buy off the Piper . |
| 10 | This branch in its turn will not cooperate until he can produce a written request from you … . |
| 11 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
| 12 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
| 13 | But I need to know cos I 'll do a turkey if we 're staying home . |
| 14 | But Scotsman Billy said last night : ‘ My wife wonders if we should get a gun . |
| 15 | Your copy will say where it is , less likely to get lost , people will know because he 'll have a copy and can tell your beneficiaries to go an see a solicitor . |
| 16 | He consulted diviners when Anne Boleyn became pregnant , anxious to know whether he could expect a male heir . |
| 17 | ‘ Would you like to know whether I would find a tracing of your cock arousing ? ’ |
| 18 | She did n't know whether they could get a mortgage or not . |
| 19 | I do n't know whether I can take a male Prime Minister seriously , Bill . |
| 20 | Well I , I do n't know whether I should make a or |
| 21 | Ah it is it is , it 's terrible because I do n't think you can get , I do n't know whether you can get a , I could n't get one in my other washer but then |
| 22 | She did n't mention the word ‘ love ’ , because , after what he had said and seeing now in his eyes what he truly thought of her , she doubted whether she could love a man like him . |
| 23 | Only with Pilade did he act as she would wish a husband and father to act . |
| 24 | " The time has come when you should see a priest or a psychiatrist . " |
| 25 | It helped when I used to do a bit of coal-bag carrying in my spare time to earn some pin money . |
| 26 | * Reheating coffee is not recommended as it can develop a very bitter flavour . |
| 27 | These criticisms are , in many respects , justified although it would seem a bit far-fetched for historians to believe that the Labour Party , even in alliance with the Communist Party , could have forced a National government with an overwhelming parliamentary majority , to have capitulated to external pressure . |
| 28 | Listen , listen so you may have a right to defend at any cost which you think is privileged society the fact of the matter is people out there I received twenty seven letters in support against the fox hunting I did not receive a single letter asking me to support the fox hunting . |
| 29 | They 're waiting for that split second when all the backs are turned so they can slip a jacket or jumper in a bag and walk out of the shop . ’ |
| 30 | On the American side the multilateralists believed that protectionism in the United States might be weakened if they could win a demonstrable success against Imperial Preference . |