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

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1 In furtherance of that , may I urge him to bend his considerable energies towards the development of solar and tidal power ?
2 ‘ Then may I suggest you sell your unstoppable watch back to the North Koreans , m'sieu ! ’
3 May I ask what made you change your opinion ? ’
4 May I ask you to consider what happened in case it should recur , which we all hope it will not ?
5 Should I ask him to ring you when he comes in ? ’
6 ‘ Why should I force myself to pretend I 'm enjoying this ? ’
7 Or should I say you need my help .
8 When am I supposed to have broken into the house , and why on earth should you think I know anything about any of the guns ? ’
9 She had never been ashamed of her body before — why should she let him make her feel this way ?
10 We have come to appreciate that we can not expect children to live by our adult standards too early , or too quickly , without doing them harm ; but nor should we expect them to socialize themselves .
11 Brenner said : ‘ How should we remember who arranged them ?
12 SERAFIN : In what circumstances might you find yourself saying it ?
13 As best she might she encouraged her to speak her grief , but soon saw that her efforts , however tender , were experienced as intrusion , as invasion almost .
14 and you 'll you know it does it itself you just , you , with the computer you just say well I had four pounds and I spent a pound on that and two pound on this thirty pence on that and it goes pow does it by magic .
15 Well she ought they could I mean I want her to do that .
16 While I was sitting there , sipping my glass of hot , sweet Indian tea , I was approached by a shifty-looking man who asked me whether I could help him ; he had seen me with my camera ; could I help him mend his ?
17 ‘ If you should receive another , could I ask you to pass it to us ? ’
18 Nor could I let him bully me .
19 O.K. , if I insisted he would stay for dinner with Max tomorrow evening , and could I let him know what I was planning to cook as he would like to start working on the antidote .
20 Now before we come to the matter that the jury in this case , could you tell me had you ever been to the estate ?
21 Could you tell me have you been very happy with the services ?
22 Could you pay him to do it ?
23 ‘ How could you expect anyone to trust you with their conveyancing ? ’ she had said to him , only last week .
24 Could you let me 'ave it back , then ? ’
25 Could you let me have your home address and telephone number ? "
26 Please could you let me know which of these is convenient .
27 Could you let me know what arrangements we would need to make to keep more closely in touch with what ACE is doing .
28 If not are not interested in Media Action , could you let me know what other kind of publicity you may require over the next four to six weeks .
29 Could you help me fix it ?
30 If the children are already working well , perhaps all you need to do is to enter very briefly and present them with a stimulus : " I 'm trying to arrange a birthday party for my nieces and nephews ; could you help me organise it . "
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