Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just let's think what we 're doing first . |
| 2 | Fine , but though countries may eat what they like , they can not exclude foods they think are inferior to their own . |
| 3 | you ought to see what she er , you ought to see her outfit she 's got , she 's nearly going around er , oh he , he can see her with different outfits on |
| 4 | Let's make 'im yours , eh ? |
| 5 | You ought to wear them you know . |
| 6 | Anyway , the others ought to know what we 're doing and they wo n't unless you go and tell them . |
| 7 | As he said , you ought to know what you were giving up before you gave it up . |
| 8 | Let's enjoy what we have in common . ’ |
| 9 | Whilst ‘ Kubla Khan ’ may delight us it does not delight Coleridge , who has seem the real thing . |
| 10 | Greater coherence can be effected in the curriculum through a clear understanding of what is intended and how students may demonstrate what they know , understand and can do . |
| 11 | You may know what you want to write but remain unsure about the ‘ rules ’ for getting your dialogue onto the page . |
| 12 | Young people with backpacks and habitual travellers may know what it means to go on a journey , but for most the romance of escape begins with deciding where to go on holiday and then getting there as quickly as possible . |
| 13 | ‘ You must think what you like . ’ |
| 14 | Thus if a policeman gives directions to a traveller , a doctor tells a nurse how to administer medicine to a patient , a householder puts in an insurance claim , a shop assistant explains the relative merits of two types of knitting wool , or a scientist describes an experiment , in each case it matters that the speaker should make what he says ( or writes ) clear . |
| 15 | First , perhaps I should explain what I mean by information technology . |
| 16 | You must want what I want . |
| 17 | The reader must make what he can of it . |
| 18 | The artist , especially if he has only one specimen to work from and can not therefore generalize , must paint what he sees ; the greatest of artists in this line will , however , agree with Josef Wolf that ‘ we see distinctly only what we know thoroughly ’ , a maxim he adapted from Goethe . |
| 19 | I should think I should think you it 's nice to have the six weeks ahead of us and she said well it 's not a holiday ! |
| 20 | Such learning should be reviewed , preferably by the educational supervisor ; doctors should describe what they have learnt and how they intend to apply it . |
| 21 | We must know what we want , what kind of person we want to meet , and go straight for them . " |
| 22 | We must know what we are letting ourselves in for , theoretically , when we use such measures . |
| 23 | So whoever handles your case must know what they are doing , otherwise they may not only cost you time and money but also any chances of ever collecting . |
| 24 | The board master performs this service on a voluntary basis and the prerequisite of being board master is knowing the fishing thoroughly ; because he has to tell new guests where to go , how to get there , which path to take , which bog to avoid , where not to fall in — so he really must know what he is talking about . |
| 25 | He must know what he was doing |
| 26 | You must know what he and Maria Luisa are planning to do and when and if they 're coming back . |
| 27 | Well it is but I mus n't let it annoy me Brenda because in a way he must know what he 's doing . |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , Dad , but Eileen must know what she 's doing . |
| 29 | You must know what I am . |
| 30 | ‘ Surely , if you 've worked for him you must know what I mean . ’ |