Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So may I enter a plea for simplicity , homeliness and humour , in the teaching of chemistry ? |
| 2 | Not only must one formulate a model of the entire economy , but one must be able to calculate the effect of a change in some parameter , say a tax rate , on the whole system . |
| 3 | So should we have a phrase in this procedure ? |
| 4 | Just as we like to define a grid across the page so should we define a grid down the page . |
| 5 | If so could we have a proposer and a seconder that it been accepted . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not a Catholic , so could you say a prayer for her ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , so would I. Like a shot . ’ |
| 8 | So shall we have a bit of tidy round here , say if we go in about hour ? |
| 9 | JP : ‘ I wrote to them and said ‘ I ca n't afford to buy your records , so will you take a couple of ours and swap ? ’ |
| 10 | Not only will you feel a sense of achievement but you will have re-educated your way of eating and the way you think about yourself . |
| 11 | At one point , Dole said : " How long can you support a country — 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 , 50 years ? |
| 12 | One of the tenets of the semi-literate is that not only can you tell a book by the picture on its cover but there should be a lot more pictures like it inside , and not much else . |
| 13 | So can we have a decision in principle whether we 're going to do this or not ? |
| 14 | No longer could I detect a whiff of stale odour , but the pleasant aroma of his aftershave . |
| 15 | Only thus can we construct a constituency whose natural home is Labour . |
| 16 | The only snag was — how close could you keep a scorpion — without being fatally stung ? |
| 17 | You may throw cells together at random , over and over again for a billion years , and not once will you get a conglomeration that flies or swims or burrows or runs , or does anything , even badly , that could remotely be construed as working to keep itself alive . |
| 18 | How quickly can one learn a language ? |
| 19 | Now can you imagine a circumstance where the moon in it 's journey around the earth the moon is directly in the way of the sun yes ? |
| 20 | There 's a spider on the page , now can you see a spider in the picture ? |
| 21 | So when would this be then roughly can you have a stab at it ? |
| 22 | Please could you give a ruling . |
| 23 | Please could you take a look at the enclosed details of the PC Insurance policy and advise on whether it is O.K. |
| 24 | Please could you recommend a book on horse anatomy for the artist , rather than the vet ! |
| 25 | Please could you recommend a book on horse anatomy for the artist , rather than the vet ! |
| 26 | Please could I have a lock of hair ? |
| 27 | Well shall we have a vote on those two figures then ? |
| 28 | Well shall we have a cup of coffee before we go out ? |
| 29 | Well will you have a slice of low fat cheese ? |
| 30 | They leave a list with that the surgery and say please will you compile a list of businesses |