Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little shop had been arranged as what I have seen described as a mini-hypermarket , so I found a basket and busied myself with collecting what supplies I thought I might need for the next couple of days . |
| 2 | I 'll see how the weather goes I mean I might hang it out I do n't know . |
| 3 | If a fault develops you know you can contact us 24 hours a day , 365 days a year … and we 'll get the problem fixed within 24 hours . |
| 4 | If he loses I hope he would accept it with equal good grace and if he wins I will be a good loser and help him out in the general election . ’ |
| 5 | She says I think everyone should have the freedom to be able to travel as and when they choose , not just the people lucky enough to be able to afford a car . |
| 6 | Coming down here this week , I came a week early actually , I , I used a week 's holiday as well , and er my lady friend says I think we 'll buy a house in Goodwood . |
| 7 | Yes , yes , just disappeared , yeah , right , right , well I 'll ask Alistair , oh well uhum , I would n't hold out a lot of hope , huh , somehow , his uhum , he puts in an appearance at the summer fair for half an hour and looks round , says I think I 'll go now , , I 'll leave you to it you know , keep the children , , that 's it , is n't it , his taken our Clare in to buy a tennis racket . |
| 8 | And when the girl came with them I says I think I 'll take them all if you can them . |
| 9 | you know she told me about it , she says I think I must mention it and I said okay I wo n't do it any more and she said oh please do it , we need you to do it she said especially the letter formation , she says what just try and encourage him to write any old letters , just to make sure that he can form them without copying them |
| 10 | ‘ We should have beaten them a couple of weeks ago when we finished all square and I have every faith in the boys , ’ asserts Nelson , ‘ Since then we went very close against Tipperary and given the self-belief the team now possesses I think we can give a very good account of ourselves on Sunday . ’ |
| 11 | She says she hopes they can put the whole affair behind them . |
| 12 | She says she hopes they can put the whole affair behind them . |
| 13 | ‘ Aunt says she hopes you will dine with us soon . ’ |
| 14 | She says — she says she thinks she could get well again if children believed in fairies . |
| 15 | do n't fit she says she says we 'll have it . |
| 16 | I says she says I 'll do sandwiches you 'll go up and get ready cos we 're sat there telling tale |
| 17 | Mrs Langley says she wishes you would go . |
| 18 | and then that was it and then a bit later on , that was all they said about me haircut and then during the break somebody else said , there 's something else gone as well and they could n't make out what it what done mine in , my musical director he come , he says you know what will look nice now with that haircut do n't you ? |
| 19 | He says no , he says we 've thought about it , I says well you really ought to have it I says if you 're dial dialling a lot of erm , cos they dial a lot of these insurance companies and er mortgage lenders , the head offices , they 're always out in Ottingham , I said the Mercury pin number only cost you seven pound fifty a year , I says you think you can save that in a week so er ha so erm he was on about it , he says who 's the cheapest for that ? |
| 20 | So anyway we had us dinner so he says he said it 'll take thee half an hour to get ready wo n't it ? |
| 21 | Laurie Bruce , who was delighted , says he thinks they must have had something of everything ever recorded , from slimming exercises to the finest classical music , and jazz , and some very interesting ‘ 78 's too . |
| 22 | He says he thought he 'd give it a try , but he got stuck . |
| 23 | IF the Health Service were to be given all the money it says it needs we should need to double every worker 's NHS contribution . |
| 24 | He says it means they 'll have to start again and buy straw in for the winter . |
| 25 | I had to find out what commissions she had which would have to be cancelled . |
| 26 | They say anyone who thinks they recognise him should contact police immediately . |
| 27 | If he lets me go he 'll have to trust me . |
| 28 | So he fought with him and and took his stick from him and gave him a whack on the head and he dropped , and the story goes he says we 'll go home now lads . |
| 29 | One of his mates thinks he said he might go up to the Common . |
| 30 | the way Val talks I think I must have been at something else . |