Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I ought to go and put them in the dryer a bit longer . |
| 2 | I felt I ought to try and phone him at home to tip him off — if I got the chance . |
| 3 | I was horribly afraid then that you must know and hate me for my disloyalty to Anthony . ’ |
| 4 | For what a horse does under compulsion … he does without understanding , and with no more grace than a dancer would display if a person should whip and spur him during his performance … |
| 5 | Bingley 's Richard Nerurkar , who finished second , should join him in the team , having achieved the qualifying time in the World Championships last year , but third-placed Paul Evans must decide whether to chase it in Europe before the team is finalised on June 28 . |
| 6 | With David Batty unlikely to be fit , Wilkinson must decide whether to replace him with David Rocastle or Eric Cantona . |
| 7 | In this case , the human indexer will be provided with the terms not recognized by the computer , and must decide whether to list them in the golist or the stoplist , or perhaps to leave them unlisted so that they will be output for human indexer consideration on each occurrence . |
| 8 | If you feel that specialist advice would be helpful for anyone in your care , you should try and obtain it through your manager or warden . |
| 9 | My health , I am feeling strong and looking confident on the outside , so you must try and feel it on the inside oh dear the planets are on your side this week for love , needless to say |
| 10 | I must go and break it to dear Dimity , and then we must clear up things here , and set off for Thrush Green without delay . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I feel I should write and thank you for the smooth transition and vast improvement to the standard of cleaning at our premises . |
| 12 | ‘ If this lady is having trouble she should come and tell me about it . ’ |
| 13 | You must come and visit me after the war and bring your Cornemuse . ’ |
| 14 | They say I must come and see them on their new organic farm — more land , less house , says Johnson . |
| 15 | But listen , you must come and see me after your journey . |
| 16 | Such theories , he remarks , ‘ are not centrally concerned with literature ; indeed , they may marginalize or abandon it as a category ’ , and he instances their source in such fields as philosophy , psychology , sociology , anthropology , linguistics . |
| 17 | So it 'll pause and show it on the screen . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought you might call and tell me about Donna , ’ Mrs Maybury went on . |
| 19 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 20 | Then I 'll try and fix it for you to have your roof-top ending . ’ |
| 21 | So if you sort of see something then say what the hell 's that all about , er , I 'll try and talk you through it , and take away any fears that there may be . |
| 22 | We 'll try and bring it to you later in the programme . |
| 23 | is what Thursday , Thursday , yeah , at the worse that will get there Monday okay , they 'll try and put it on risk for , or get something moving on that |
| 24 | ‘ Good show , then I 'll try and get you through as soon as possible . |
| 25 | We 're not talking to anyone who 's playing football cos they 'll try and get us in the game |
| 26 | We 'll try and get it with this . |
| 27 | I suppose they might try and sellotape her to the walls of their cells . |
| 28 | Oh I 'll go and choose it after school or something . |
| 29 | I was going to wash the pots I 'll go and smack him round the head |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll go and put it in his letter-box right away . |