Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean nothing could catch my imagination fantasy . |
| 2 | Gandhi was right : for the caste system to go everyone must clean latrines , and Untouchables must be seen as Harijans , Children of God . |
| 3 | Merit goods ( bads ) are goods that society thinks everyone ought to have ( ought not to have ) regardless of whether they are wanted by each individual . |
| 4 | I think they burn very easy Do you think everyone will dress up today ? |
| 5 | So would you like to just read what you 've written there so that , because I do n't think everyone can see , and I think this is |
| 6 | Well they 're some of the best in the land , greyhound punters , I mean they 'll come they like their greyhound racing , real erm diehard people and erm they 'll come in any weather , I mean , the other Thursday when we really had a load of snow down , I mean no-one would come , you would n't even get off your couch for that , but erm we still had three hundred people attend which was erm even though as I say , we lost money on the erm meeting . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'd think someone would have made enquiries about me by now . ’ |
| 8 | see , you 'd think someone would recognise that would n't you ? |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't you think someone should go to tell Steve that his mother is not there ? ’ she said to Dagmar , as the day drew in . |
| 10 | Her father David , of nearby Lytham , said : ‘ You do not think someone could die from a disease in just 10 hours . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , ’ said Julia with feeling , ‘ if he goes on like this , I should think someone will break his neck . ’ |
| 12 | But do you think someone will pay that ? |
| 13 | Sue thinks someone must have loved me as Pete loves her . |
| 14 | Colleagues fear someone may have used his coded authorisation to operate the machine . |
| 15 | Even with ground handling someone must take charge , but it may not be the pilot . |
| 16 | I REALISE everyone must have suffered from the saturation coverage of the election regardless of which party they support . |
| 17 | When I wrote ‘ Nirvana ’ , it was just supposed to be this positive thing about a song that made me wan na go and live , not really a political thing , like you say someone might hear that and go out and try to change things . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , I did n't know one could do that in libraries . ’ |
| 19 | If a problem ( or a proof ) seems too difficult as it stands one can try looking at a special or simpler case . |
| 20 | If this burden is not discharged one may conclude that there is very little difference indeed between some versions of positivism and Finnis 's account of natural law . |
| 21 | Well I did , I took it , I took it out and said , alright when I went and enquired , I said well I would normally have a cheque book now cos I 'm not always in the bank , and I had this slip to say I do n't need one will come automatically he said oh yes , but that breaking down is hopeless , then I should fill it in now and I 'll take it . |
| 22 | Given the status patterns discerned one might expect that even if technology were to achieve high status and acceptance the version which would ‘ count as education ’ would be academic and theoretical and therefore stand in contradiction to more practical objectives . |
| 23 | Er overtaking one could have maybe slowed down . |
| 24 | Perhaps one of the best subjects about which to exercise one 's imagination , and any detective urge one may have , is the standing stones , which are to be found all over the island singly , in groups or in one case in an ellipse . |
| 25 | Then there came a knock , very light and tentative , the sort of knock one might make accidentally , brushing against the wall . |
| 26 | So that when one entered one would find the pictures talking to each other and you would enter and listen . |
| 27 | Red Hot 's parent company , Continental Television , is challenging the intention of the Heritage Secretary , Peter Brooke , to outlaw the sale of decoders , though anyone who already has one can carry on viewing . |
| 28 | Well what do you know the guy that sings What Becomes of a Broken Heart I mean nobody can find him . |
| 29 | A nice little table , you 'd think somebody would recognise that would n't you ? |
| 30 | had this lady coming round to see the , do you think somebody will buy my Ghostbuster bag ? |