Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know that there 's men running clubs up there who would murder somebody like you or me would have a cup of tea ? |
| 2 | He stood , hearing the picks ring on the rock and watching the spoil fly from three hundred shovels , and he would realize that perhaps , even at that very moment , a papermaker in some small East End papermill was drying the very sheet on which Chambers or someone would write the final , damning words , ‘ insufficient funds . ’ |
| 3 | I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax . |
| 4 | I realised my elbow was throbbing painfully where I 'd hit the stone floor . |
| 5 | At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems . |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted him where I could keep an eye on him , ’ said Mr Malik through his hands . |
| 7 | Also , there was a pleasant inn about a quarter of a mile away where I could get a room if the tide — in the way of tides — served at some merciless hour of the early morning . |
| 8 | Anyway the second school favoured scarlet cross-overs , the lady in charge directing me to a local wool shop where I could buy the yarn and a ( hand knitting ) pattern . |
| 9 | I was told by the FO in London that I would be met at Johannesburg airport — since British aircraft could not land in Rhodesia while UDI existed — and would be conveyed to the British Consulate there where I could have a rest . |
| 10 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
| 11 | I have come across the meadows to the place beneath the willows , where I will find the brook . |
| 12 | I will be visiting Community and Recreational Arts in Barnet in March , where I will have the pleasure of attending the official opening of the Tedder lounge , which has been extended to include a wheelchair accessible art room . |
| 13 | For my own part , having a little woodland garden , this is one of the two plants which I am forever poking in where I can find a place for another . |
| 14 | Or I might give the job to someone else . ’ |
| 15 | Maybe I 'll get there one day , or I might take a day trip to EuroDisney sometime in the summer months . |
| 16 | You tell me now , or I 'll pull every hair from your head ! ’ |
| 17 | Or I 'll go t' foot of our stairs . |
| 18 | Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’ |
| 19 | Spend the day as you wish — but do n't go within a mile of Radcliffe or I 'll break every bone in his body . |
| 20 | You must n't ever try to talk to me about her or I 'll leave the home . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Get his boots off and get him below or I 'll sail the lot of you straight into the reef . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Open up in there , you lousy crook , or I 'll bust the door down . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he said , closing the book , ‘ I suppose I 'd better get on with my work now or I 'll get the sack . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd best get what 's left of my milk on the road , or I 'll have the Guv'nor after me . |
| 25 | Like sparks or I 'll have the hide off you . ’ |
| 26 | Or I 'll have the supervisor after me . ’ |
| 27 | As far as I am aware , there was good feeling between the candidates during the election , and I was somewhat surprised to read in Susan Crosland 's splendid biography of her husband that Roy Hattersley had told him I was angry that he was standing , and that he must give me his support before the first ballot or I would have no interest in him . |
| 28 | If there were some point under heated discussion , either he or I would write a letter to our own newspaper , using a Burmese pseudonym , and the other would answer it in the name of government . |
| 29 | Gentlemen : It is with great regret that I see so many students labouring day after day in the Academy , as if they imagined that a liberal art , such as ours , was to be acquired like a mechanical trade , by dint of labour , or I may add the absurdity of supposing that it could be acquired by any means whatever . |
| 30 | ‘ Promise me , or I shall have no peace . ’ |