Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She felt sorry for him again , and worried because it must hurt him to see her like that .
2 He knew he must buy what meant something to her , however ugly .
3 Again Jacob thought he must bring himself to do something about the increasing hold this man had on Katherine 's life .
4 " Thank you , Mrs James , we should like you to confine yourself to first-hand evidence … you wrote to your husband , of course , to explain the arrangements you had made in his absence ? "
5 Well I should hope somebody give it to me .
6 If your dog tries to pick up pebbles , you must command it to drop them before any harm results .
7 Having already told them how I proposed they should move I demonstrated it by moving one of the pepper pots around the table .
8 Erm example there of T. You 'll recognize the T. Now the first thing I should remind you is of course that to recognize anything we must have something to compare it against .
9 " Perhaps you should let me do something for you , " she suggested .
10 ‘ You must let me introduce you to some of the people we know .
11 But I I must say it fills me with trepidation .
12 I can not imagine what sort of place this gentleman imagined he was coming to in bringing the latter , but I must say it struck something of an odd note to see in Darlington Hall these two large silent men staring suspiciously in all directions a few yards from wherever the Italian gentleman happened to be .
13 ‘ For the present , I must ask you to say nothing to anybody about this aspect of the case . ’
14 With undisguised relish a leading liberal historian embellishes the account left by one populist of what the peasants did with the revolutionary pamphlets distributed : ‘ They tore them up to roll cigarettes — paper was so scarce , they explained ’ — and one may assume they used them for less delicate purposes as well . ’
15 If we ask for them by name they 'll think we know them from somewhere . ’
16 Fenton Marshall might think he knew everything about women in general .
17 That " say I 'm all the world to you , you 're out of your mind " " I know there 's someone else and I could kiss your behind " , Those " you say I 'm terrific but your taste was always rotten " feelings , " Go away , I need you " , " Come to me , I 'll kill you " , " Darling , I 'll do anything to keep you with me till you Tell me that you love , me , oh you did , now beat it will you " blues .
18 I 'll do anything to keep you in my arms . ’
19 ‘ I 'll send somebody to fetch 'em in the mornin' .
20 Moscow authorities are making it quite clear they 'll decide who does what in the city and not the Kremlin .
21 I 'll bet you get one for Christmas .
22 So , if I asked you to describe paper to someone who had never seen it before , you might suggest they visualise it as a sort of hard , smooth ‘ cloth ’ .
23 If you ever hear programmers talking , you might hear them say something like that .
24 So we 'd better get back behind our lines , because if the Germans catch us I ca n't believe they 'll invite us to join 'em for tea and crumpet . ’
25 ‘ Well , at least you 'll have someone to meet you at Euston , ’ Rose said softly to Maggie who already knew that she would be met .
26 If you 're a good girl I 'll take you home myself in the morning . ’
27 Soon I 'll hear her primping herself in the bedroom , cosseting her curves in silk and lace .
28 ‘ I mean we 'll pay someone to do it for us , ’ she snapped at him .
29 ‘ Do you think they 'll let me see her in hospital ? ’
30 We 'll let you do it on your example .
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