Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] then [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then may I have an undertaking that if I can manage to put on a show , a stupendous show — I promise you it will be — may I then retire from the post ? |
| 2 | Thank you er may I then ask if would er give clarifications on certain items . |
| 3 | LADY DAVERS : May I then bid her to get ready to go along with me ? |
| 4 | Should I then go on to tell her that she should develop these gifts which frighten her ? |
| 5 | Should I then speak out and invite martyrdom ? |
| 6 | Must we then conclude that the Zande are in these terms irrational , incapable of rational , cause-and-effect reasoning ? |
| 7 | Should we then conclude that the apparently arbitrary scepticism which underlies the question in fact has no answer , and that there is no objectively right way of following the rule ? |
| 8 | But should we then ignore it , or even |
| 9 | Should we then say that Uruguay is not neutral unless it starts providing the country suffering from the shortage in that commodity ? |
| 10 | Should we then insist that it is all SEGLAB 's fault and sit back waiting for it to improve ? |
| 11 | Should they then turn around to bite the hand that takes down their volunteered confessions , they will fail . |
| 12 | If a drug company receives letters of complaint from a few reputable doctors who have prescribed its product , should it then withdraw the product or warn other doctors of the problem ? |
| 13 | If , as is sometimes the case , he is actually in a position to influence the course of events , how should he then act ? |
| 14 | Might one then ask a favour of you ? ’ |
| 15 | Could I then come to the body of the report , rather than the East Grinstead by-pass , which I , I , I I agree is , is pertinent erm I was , I read this a couple of times because I was a bit confused about the rather if I may say so convoluted argument that was in it erm I think I understand the argument that the erm is that the Mid Sussex District Council have asked for advice and the recommendation is that advice . |
| 16 | Could I then ask the clerk to read the words that have been proposed to be added to number two as it stands on page one eight five . |
| 17 | Could I then ask the convenor to respond to it please . |
| 18 | How could you then leave , leave both children ? ’ |
| 19 | Could you then have got out of the black hole with the remaining extra stage ? ’ |
| 20 | Nor could she then justify employing a cleaner and the odd-job man who kept all the local gardens more or less under control . |
| 21 | Could we then put these into an empty TV or radio set and return them to the writer ? |
| 22 | If we are going to do the fencing , er and everything else , then may we then submit the bills for that work to the District Council ? |
| 23 | If the attacking side run the ball and simply contrive to touch it against the body of an opponent may they then drop for a goal ? |
| 24 | What is they elect to take a scrum instead of the free-kick — may they then win the heel and drop for goal ? |
| 25 | So after you you 've erm do it would I then go out to see people , is this what you 're meaning ? |
| 26 | Would I then purchase their goods as a result of a programme being sponsored by that company ? |
| 27 | How would you then feel about yourself ? |
| 28 | Would you then sign a paper for her ? ’ |
| 29 | Would you then continue to wear leather shoes . |
| 30 | If that backward culture could modernise itself , where would we then find the mirror to reflect our superiority ? |