Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Leave go I say or you 'll send us both below to crack our skulls .
2 The data we have at the moment suggest that we should reach our targets about 80% of the time , but our aim over the years will be not only to reach the targets in a higher proportion of cases but also to make the targets more difficult .
3 I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore
4 Formally but icily they replied that they " do not desire to interfere with any views which he may have towards improving his position in life , but they expect that he will give them six months ' notice of his intention to resign the mastership of the School " .
5 The Government wish that such increases were not happening , but realise that they can do nothing about them .
6 When I say that parents will receive this information , I must make it clear that it will not be available on application to those parents who realise that they can obtain it .
7 He sued to love the sun and it seemed to give him life but now as they drag his limp body into the sun they realise that nothing will wake him , not even the sun .
8 Morally , that is a vastly superior case to the one produced by the Government — and , alas , supported to some degree by the Opposition Front Bench — who say that we should fritter our resources so massively on something that we could never use .
9 They say they ca n't afford it , we say that we must afford it .
10 He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr
11 It follows that I am not using language properly if I say that you ought to do something , unless I hold by some universal principle from which this prescription follows and all other implications of which I would be prepared to endorse , most notably those which would prescribe under certain circumstances that I do something .
12 One minute they say you ca n't eat , and then they say that you can eat it !
13 Just say that you will marry me . ’
14 Say that you will accept it , ’ Zurachina prompted .
15 People say that I can handle myself , but they have no idea what some of us went through .
16 It was unlike any kiss that she could remember him giving her before .
17 and then the phone number then all you 've got to do is press send and it 'll ring it .
18 exactly what I 's expect and you may find they actually sort of are on a down-slope still .
19 The idea of the tour is so that they can actually er listen to it , but they can turn it off whenever they want and they can use their guide book to see what is in each room and if you look at the guidebook as we go round , you will find that that the things are illustrated , you know the pot .
20 When you are ready , go back as far as you want and we will pick it up from you . ’
21 In the past the attitude of the majority of teachers has been one of ‘ tell us what you want and we will provide it ’ .
22 Give them what they want and you will get their support even in these difficult times , ’ was Chapman 's eternal advice , and it still rings true .
23 You tell me how big a ground you want and I 'll tell you what you 're gon na pay for it .
24 Well you can get what you want and I 'll get what I want .
25 I remember once we were going to have a lot more crocuses on the way up the drive , and he said , ‘ Look , you decide what you want and I 'll order them , ’ so I decided what I thought would be good , because I knew I had to put them in .
26 Tell me what you want and I will do it . ’
27 ‘ Do as they say and they 'll release me .
28 If the Commonwealth War Commission do n't know how to get hold of the War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission can give us the information we want provided we can give them the christian name of the person and the regiment .
29 You 're a good judge of character , laddie , and as I 'm not so bad at that myself , I 'll bide by what you say if you 'll answer me this ; what 's your true reason ? ’
30 Well would you perhaps like to give them a , a ring to , to say what I spoke about today then I 'll give them a ring , say if you could ring them tomorrow then I 'll ring them er er tomorrow evening a as well and then perhaps I can , you know , they , you 've given them the ground work to actually er for me to ring as well and then I can discuss with him and arrange an appointment to go and see him is that okay ?
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