Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [pron] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 You may need to adjust it at the centre on long pieces since the ends tend to pull rather tightly to start with .
2 You should have phoned us at the Club . ’
3 Dawn Allenby , a masochist if ever there was one , should have prostrated herself at the feet of Desmond Fairchild , a sadist in a trilby hat worn with the brim turned up all the way round like vaudeville comic .
4 ‘ You should have told me at the time ! ’
5 I should have told you at the beginning .
6 Er I should have reminded everybody at the beginning , when you wish when you start to speak , would you please introduce yourself , give your name and who you represent .
7 He must have heard her at the door .
8 You must have seen him at the pictures . ‘
9 Because if that 's it , you 'll have to warn them at the hospital , you know .
10 Oh it was a nice ball that by , shoots and scores , Notts get a second just moments after they might have conceded one at the other end , the referee unimpressed by the penalty claims but the crowd are there , with a really fine piece of finishing by Gary , nine minutes to half time and adds to the one that got in twenty four , and it 's two nil to Notts County against .
11 — as she might have said herself at the time ) .
12 We might have got her at the ferry . ’
13 But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ?
14 Last year and this year they could have upgraded it at a cost much greater than the initial expenditure and much less efficiently .
15 It is too late at the appeal stage to think about getting evidence which could have helped you at the beginning .
16 We 'd have seen her at the window long ago , and got her down . ’
17 Anyway I realized I 'd have missed you at the Club , so I turned round and set off back .
18 I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery .
19 And on this sir I , the way the discussion 's been going over the last couple of days , erm I would like to point you at the experience of the Nottinghamshire structure plan which I 've got direct personal experience , where there the panel was persuaded to commend locations that is n't right for structure plan but was a felt able to erm name a district or district council in whose area such a strategic site might be located .
20 Their one hundred and fifty ton heavy life crane would have coped with that job easily enough but I hastily declined his offer which , apart from any other consideration would have placed me at a slight disadvantage .
21 ‘ He would have seen her at the races , ’ I said , smiling .
22 For a new act , I would have to pitch them at the right venue for their type of music .
23 We would have expected them at the beginning , and as we are still at the beginning , they ought to be here .
24 In short , they should establish the kind of position in which they would wish to see themselves at the end of that period .
25 Quite simply , such an additional demand for the currencies concerned would help keep them at a higher level , with a consequent reduction in their export surpluses .
26 Erm , and we 've had , I 'm afraid to give protective notice to six members of staff , it 's about er , discussions with the erm , Tech , are not successful , then they will have to leave us at the end of this programme year , which is the thirty-first of March .
27 The Government will have to defend itself at an international legal inquiry against allegations that the SAS operated a shoot-to-kill policy .
28 You can knit row one at the usual cast-on tension , but I prefer to increase the tension to three on one of the carriages .
29 ‘ Well , if I ca n't come here , Linton can come to visit me at the Grange , ’ suggested Cathy happily .
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