Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The status of the pupils in the activity can be raised and the value of their contributions recognised by suggesting that some of them may already possess considerable information and experience ( pp. 36–38 ) . |
| 2 | Doctors are themselves not immune from the disease of alcoholism and some of them may therefore give inappropriate reassurance to patients . |
| 3 | And I may well have some input files which you could u test with . |
| 4 | ‘ I may never see this house again ! ’ thought Melanie . |
| 5 | I may never see another movie for the duration . ’ |
| 6 | I may never have another chance to set up my own business … and it means so much to me … |
| 7 | ‘ I must just finish this letter , ’ says Rose . |
| 8 | IMPRESSED just this side of awe as I am by the Department of Transport and its fearless tackling of such problems as juggernaut lorries and EEC regulations , I must nevertheless confess some disquiet about a recent plan . |
| 9 | I must now bring this matter to a conclusion . |
| 10 | She circled three times , then thought to herself , ‘ Maybe I should just take any exit — at least I 'll be heading somewhere . ’ |
| 11 | Erm , I should also say that bit about some of us were even gods , erm that also is erm there are some options there on translation erm you could also say men who were different and particular , that is we were and erm particular humans and we were gods . |
| 12 | And should it have the misfortune not to please these stupid Frenchmen , all would be over — I should never get another commission to compose … the devil himself must certainly have invented the language of these people — and I fully realize the difficulties with which all composers have had to contend . |
| 13 | I should now clarify that statement by rephrasing it : I adopted the only strategy open to me in order to preserve any sort of identity , however precarious , and in order to believe in myself as an individual being , separate from both the family and the school . |
| 14 | Oh I think I might just put some petrol in over there . |
| 15 | Were it not so , I might well have more sympathy with an isolationist approach . |
| 16 | tell me about taking bearings , what do you do , let's give you an example , of some bearings to take , erm , and then you can tell me what you 're doing , so there 's a point there , and we 'll call that erm , P , just to be awkward , now let's say what we 'll do , this is what we 'll d , this is a typical problem in fact , erm , I 'll even draw that line on for you to start with , yeah , here 's the problem , a ship is sailing due North , okay , and when it 's at the point of A it takes a bearing on the lighthouse , so the lighthouse is somewhere , do n't know where it is , but bearing of L from A is forty five degrees , and the bearing of L from B , which is when the ship has sailed on a lot further |
| 17 | I 'll just drop this register in to Mrs Ellis and double check that address . |
| 18 | I 'll just dump this lot in the car . ’ |
| 19 | Elizabeth replied , ‘ And I 'll just pour this milk into the skimming trays then take my apron off and come with you . |
| 20 | I 'll just do one picture . |
| 21 | I 'll just do this crossword . |
| 22 | you did , yes I 'll just give this potty , move , oh I 'm gon na fall over your feet , I 'll just give it a rinse out and dry it |
| 23 | I 'll just switch that television off and you might pay some attention . |
| 24 | Yeah , I 'll just move that chair from out the front |
| 25 | I 'll just put poor health . |
| 26 | Right I 'll just put national account execs , key account execs , right okay |
| 27 | I 'll just put public transport , because it 's er , you , you 'll realise it means that wo n't you . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll just put some newspaper round them to keep them together , ’ said Perks . |
| 29 | Then she says , I 'll just clean this bit of tartar off . |
| 30 | No no I 'm no I 'm I 'll just get some cough medicine . |