Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only may a campaign raise public awareness of the issues involved and win you new supporters , but the sheer relentlessness of pressure and eventual embarrassment at being seen to do nothing may also prompt parliament or Government to introduce new policies . |
| 2 | Let's straight into seventeen then , I 'll just remind committee that we need to move to the confidential section at five o'clock today in order to get it finished . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll just have whisky and hot water then . ’ |
| 4 | But having I could just tell councillor that the main problems which he felt he had to bring into this debate , the main problem is parking across the driveways in Harvey Goodwin Avenue , both the residents get very fed up because the parking . |
| 5 | and so I could only have marmite or fruit to eat and |
| 6 | I could then buy food and give Mom the change , so ensuring we ate adequately . |
| 7 | I could never make head or tails of that . |
| 8 | I could never tell mother because she despises homosexuals . |
| 9 | But er I could always tell granny and granddad . |
| 10 | I should have reported it first , but I thought I could always plead urgency if I was disciplined again , and I could n't take the risk of being denied access . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm not really an emotional person at all , just because I 'd rather ignore emotion than confront it , so when it comes down to really heavy shit it kinda just breezes right by me . |
| 12 | Well I 'd rather have clover than bloody moss . |
| 13 | And I 'd rather have coffee than tea … ’ |
| 14 | I 'd even scrap Symphony and buy MS Works if it 's more reliable . |
| 15 | Ever since Cherith , I 've vowed that I 'd just take love as it comes — and as it goes . |
| 16 | Mind you the shit I used to get away with at school , you know , just winding the teachers up and like generally taking the piss , I 'd always pay attention and I 'd always , always get good marks but somehow I think they seem to take pissing about slightly more seriously here . |
| 17 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 18 | But however horrible the thought of lying sticky and crumpled , sleeping , or trying to , might be , the actual moment of departure is one I would gladly relive time and time again . |
| 19 | I shall gladly give way if he wishes to make an announcement — The Prime Minister simply smiles enigmatically but does not otherwise respond . |
| 20 | I shall happily give way if he wishes to intervene . |
| 21 | In reflecting on Basil as a person , I can only make comment as I knew him , over a dozen years or so and , during which time , I can not recall one unkind word or act he ever directed towards me . |
| 22 | I can only give evidence and if they do n't believe my evidence , he 's innocent . |
| 23 | I can still get training and get a job . |
| 24 | The British Section is making a major commitment to a new computer system , which should both improve efficiency and help us work more flexibly with the national membership . |
| 25 | " Give examples " ( or the related , " with reference to not less than two texts … " ) invites you to present concrete illustration , which should generally include quotation and paraphrase ( of episodes or incidents from the text ) to support the points you make . |
| 26 | The importance of good foundations is clearly seen when dealing with the growth process which must inevitably take place if marriages are to survive , let alone flourish . |
| 27 | If owing to pressure of other work in the office the ideal team is not available , senior management will need to pay greater attention to the job since either the line of delegation will be sparse at the top end , or well qualified and experienced surveyors will be forced to do mundane duties which could both lower morale and prove financially inefficient . |
| 28 | With more confidence , more people would be looking to invest in capital goods like office furniture , which could only help Project and its 450 Haverhill workforce , he said . |
| 29 | In one way or another a great many people owed much to this benevolent physician and he gave to Philip Miller an opportunity which would ultimately benefit botany and horticulture throughout the world . |
| 30 | Their history , the interests of their members and the circumstances of conflict in Northern Ireland do not permit the evolution of Orangeism into something which would still have meaning if it abandoned its evangelical Protestant symbols and stated beliefs . |