Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antonio 's mother said : ‘ They shouted that everyone should lie down on the floor , that anyone who looked around would be killed … they tied up Antonio and grabbed my youngest son ( 16 year old Jose Custodio ) . |
| 2 | Nowadays the attitude seems totally the opposite ; the modern-day prop appears to say : ‘ I may go down in the scrummage , but I will never go back ’ . |
| 3 | If I may hark back to the answer that I gave to the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) , one of the areas on which there has been a significant concentration by the Government and the security forces in recent years is the financial resources available to terrorists — I hasten to say on both sides of the community . |
| 4 | But this if I may pick up on the point Mr made , how then do you assess the environmental impact of what you 're proposing if you do n't actually know where it 's going to go ? |
| 5 | I ought to go down to the police station . |
| 6 | So for a change I thought someone should write in for the fans . |
| 7 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 8 | ‘ I must go on with the post , but I 'll send somebody to help you as soon as I can . |
| 9 | , ’ If the quotation is a common one you could acknowledge this fact but turn it into a plus , ‘ We all know the lovely poem by John Masefield , which you can never tire of hearing , ( Pause ) ‘ I must go down to the seas |
| 10 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |
| 11 | In the Cathedral and afterwards on a quiet walk outside , I knew I must go back to the hospital . |
| 12 | I must go back to the sea , she said . |
| 13 | ‘ I must go back to the Hall now , and I shall tell him immediately . ’ |
| 14 | Nor was the conversation doing anything other than drag down her spirits , so she brought it to a close by saying , ‘ I must go back to the office . |
| 15 | I must work round to the subject gradually . |
| 16 | That is one more reason why , across the south , there has been a greater swing to Labour than in any other region and why , I must point out to the hon. Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) , who seeks to speak for my native county , we look forward to a smashing victory in his constituency at the next election . |
| 17 | As the object of my attention I have chosen the character of Anderson in Tom Stoppard 's ( 1977 ) television play , Professional Foul , though I must point out from the outset that it is the dramatic text which is the focus of my attention and not the BBC Television production , and my comments will reflect this to a large degree . |
| 18 | ‘ Forgive me , I must get back to the hospital , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I must get back to the shop now . |
| 20 | I must get back to the hospital … ’ |
| 21 | I I think I must come back with the fact that I have n't denied we made made a mistake . |
| 22 | His widow , Margaret , said : ‘ Alfred told me that I should carry on with the case if he died , and that is exactly what I will do . ’ |
| 23 | And for this reason I should move up to the company 's Gold Card program . |
| 24 | I knew I should go back to the stockade now , but an idea came to me and I sat down to wait for darkness . |
| 25 | I should go back into the chair . |
| 26 | I should go out into the hall . |
| 27 | I should sit down to the job Tim and you wo n't fall over . |
| 28 | Okay , I think I should point out to the Committee , I think it 's self evident , that the gains will be dependent upon the budget , probably with regard to the position , and the vexing question of carry forwards . |
| 29 | The social worker said I should get out of the house , so I got enticed down to Age Concern and passed the afternoon there . |
| 30 | I had thought I might stroll out towards the famous Liseberg Gardens , but I got no more than a couple of hundred yards before I was turned back by the pitiless downpour . |