Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old-fashioned tablespoons are much larger in size , and using them could imbalance the final result . |
| 2 | I do n't think I 'll pie , you 're right put out mince pies we did n't win on the pools , I 've checked I 'll throw away the coupon or do you wan na see what you got ? |
| 3 | I 'm not buying her a present , I mean I 'll chip in with a present for you for her and Mark if it comes , but we 'll have to go to , but erm , you know , she , . |
| 4 | As for those defeats at the hands of Botham and Sidcombe I would rate both , in footballing terms , as nightmares . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't know you could st-i-i-n-ng . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Did you know you can garrotte someone in a few seconds ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Did you know you can chambrer wine in the microwave ? ’ |
| 8 | Like you say you could sort of travel into London in that hour could n't you ? |
| 9 | You want she should trip over and break her neck ? ’ |
| 10 | If we really mean what we say we should blacklist those es establishments that refuse to recognize trade unions . |
| 11 | fit we might caravan . |
| 12 | They say it should meen more financial control . |
| 13 | I 'm just going to have to try a perpendicular approach and hope I can time my arrival to a point when the hole is passing in front of me . ’ |
| 14 | I should feel my self higley gratefied in this favour from you for hur , & hope you will parden the libertey I take in this Important solicitation for my sister |
| 15 | Whatever happens in Bosnia the Bishop says we must beef up the role of the UN forces . |
| 16 | It explicitly rejected " both the do-nothing government of the last 12 years and the big government theory that says we can hamstring business and tax and spend our way to prosperity " . |
| 17 | From what I learned of their disappearance at the time , I never believed they would re-surface intact . |
| 18 | On the other hand , surveys of clients ' and carers ' requirements usually reveal they would value quite modest levels of extra services — often of the old ‘ home help ’ variety . |
| 19 | After each kill they can feast and rest , then slowly digest the flesh on which they have gorged themselves . |
| 20 | He believed he could outmanoeuvre and trap the English King ; he too had his spy at Godstowe to keep an eye on Corbett . |
| 21 | ‘ He says he 'll skewer your liver if you move , ’ Rincewind translated freely . |
| 22 | My mum says he can kip on her sofa because she likes anyone with a Manc accent . |
| 23 | And if the Oxford Student does face a court battle … the Cherwell says it 'll back it all the way . |
| 24 | Motorola Inc 's 88000 RISC family seemed to have lost out at Harris Computer Systems Corp when the Fort Lauderdale , Florida-based firm announced it was switching allegiances to the IBM/Apple/Motorola PowerPC architecture ( UX No 407 ) , however the company now says it will roll-out 88110 versions of its NightHawk real-time machines by the end of March . |
| 25 | At her door she turned and said , ‘ Mrs Rae , Do you think you could book another place for Christmas dinner at that restaurant ? ’ |
| 26 | But it I do n't think you can darling , you 're not strong enough get on with it . |
| 27 | But the only , I think the only course he 'll pass is mucking about course , let's see who can muck about for the next three years the most . |
| 28 | Regarding economic management , one tenet of monetarism is that the effects of money supply changes involve both long and variable lags , so that it assumes too much expertise on behalf of politicians to imagine they can time expansive monetary policy to their advantage . |
| 29 | If anybody can help me help me to get it up to three figures again personal contact could be er very useful in these cases if you come across anybody who you might think we could interest . |
| 30 | I 've got on the tape here a song which is by Manny Fryer he used to sing in Steel Ice Band er now I know that that 's sort of very old hat , I 'm sorry , but I sort of live in the past and er this er I I believe also that these days so that er you know I can sort of justify that but this is a song that er she has sung which er reminds us that each of us has the potential to commit the crime I 'll try not to play it fast forward , let's see how we go . |