Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now let's , so shall I do one more of those ? |
| 2 | Not only can I confirm my hon. Friend 's figures , I can go further and tell him that an additional £115 million has been invested by the three health authorities that his patients use in Cambridge , Peterborough , and West Norfolk and Wisbech . |
| 3 | I will say Well can I send you some information a letter and that sort of thing ? |
| 4 | Please can I have my twenty five I 'm owed for like two weeks ? |
| 5 | Q HOW should I revive my sickly Barberry bush ? |
| 6 | ‘ How could I do anything other than love you more as we grow older ? ’ |
| 7 | How could I tell him all the reasons for my unhappiness ! |
| 8 | How can I award it such heady status when there are railway links snaking between the mighty Alps that make the West Highland line look like Clapham junction ? |
| 9 | The limitations inherent in student work became overly familiar and he would ask , despairingly , ‘ How can I make them good ? ’ |
| 10 | How can I make it suitable to send out over the internet to anyone interested . |
| 11 | How can I feed her nourishing food when she will eat nothing ? |
| 12 | My dog is often ‘ caught short ’ , how can I keep my lively cat amused indoors ? |
| 13 | How can I remember it all ? |
| 14 | HOW CAN I INCREASE MY METABOLIC RATE ? |
| 15 | How can I get myself fit for Sunday ? |
| 16 | But why should I do her any favours and explain this , after what she 's done to me ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why should I do you any harm when it is you who are helping me ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why should I make it easy for you ? |
| 19 | Why should I want your filthy rotten possessions ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why should I leave my own house ? ’ |
| 21 | Why should I pay it all alone ? |
| 22 | Suppose an industrial salesperson working for an adhesives manufacturer is faced with the following objection : ‘ Why should I buy your new adhesive gun when my present method of applying adhesive — direct from the tube — is perfectly satisfactory ? ’ |
| 23 | Oh where shall I put my five hundred ? |
| 24 | And if I did , why would I send her all the way down to Somerset to take you to a cricket match ? ’ |
| 25 | The candidate whose immediate queries are along the lines of , ‘ When will I get my first pay rise ? ’ , or ‘ Will I be able to go on holiday in July ? ’ will probably not be putting the job first and certainly lacks the good sense and tact to make it appear to be the priority . |
| 26 | Never again will I make you unhappy , cause you anxiety , or do things which cause you upset and sleepless nights … ’ |