Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's move on if I may to Dr. Nora Worcester calling from Cambridge . |
| 2 | I was just going to make a quick comment if I may on Oxfam , because I noticed that they 're down for the street collections and for the flag day , now next year 's their fiftieth anniversary , so I think it 's quite appropriate next year , but I do , my own view is , that we will get , we ought to get one comprehensive list of all these organisations , for both the street collections and the flag days , with an indication in the column of whether it 's flag day they 've gone for or a street collection , so that we can identify that sort of situation . |
| 3 | He was also sure that I ought to mug up as much as I could about Italy . |
| 4 | Well I could on Tuesday to get to the normal run . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't see myself doing any better with Sarah and that precious boy of has than I could with Riddle . ’ |
| 6 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 7 | I suggested as gently as I could to Jean-Claude that he give Chaillot a ring . |
| 8 | ‘ But I want to make it clear to both of you — as I shall to Mrs Abberley — that any further information you come across touching on this case should be communicated to us immediately . |
| 9 | ‘ I am also anxious to learn as much as I can about AEA , and we are planning a series of visits to the different sites over coming months . |
| 10 | Had she been asked that minute what her exact feelings were , she might have said , I have done what I can for Andrée , if she 's going to blow cold again , if she does n't want to see me any more , vogue la galère , I shall have to survive , I shall . |
| 11 | ‘ I intend leaving this the first moment I can for Sydney hence to Hobart Town to see you , although it will verily interfere with my pursuits . |
| 12 | ‘ I have to do what I can for Rebecca ; you know that , do n't you ? |
| 13 | I do n't think I can on Sunday . |
| 14 | I 'll have words with Sharon on Monday and er , oh I ca n't , yes I can on Monday I 'm having my hair cut later , but I can come up about nine o'clock and see if she 's here . |
| 15 | You should at Peter 's . |
| 16 | She must of Ange cos they were slopping . |
| 17 | Not telling you cos you 'll to Steven . |
| 18 | Can you wonder that Virginia , the Elf Second , used to put her head down , keep her eyes fixed straight in front of her , and pedal as hard as she could past Wardle Wood and the old woman who lived in the cottage in the middle of it . |
| 19 | But she also needed to come to terms with the topsy-turviness of her situation that , while she wanted to spend every moment she could with Ven , she suddenly felt a need to be alone ! |
| 20 | She could to Charlie , though . |
| 21 | She managed throughout the following years to maintain a front of firmness and dignity , earning the respect of the Germans and at the same time extracting the best terms she could for Sark and its people , with whom she shared the hunger and other privations of occupation , the anxieties engendered by two unsuccessful British commando raids , and the pain of separation when many islanders , including her husband , were deported to German prison camps . |
| 22 | As a child she had feverishly researched everything she could about Andalucía because he came from there , the most southerly region in Spain , the most fascinating and the biggest , the land of guitars and castanets , the land of the swirling dresses and sharply stamping feet of flamenco dancers . |
| 23 | Fran had read all she could about Luke Calder before the interview and knew that he came from the poorest part of Glasgow and that he had got to where he was today by dint of sheer hard work and determination , but , looking at him now , she found it hard to imagine that he had come from anything but a moneyed background . |
| 24 | She turned her face as far as she could towards Marie . |
| 25 | Alice fulfilled the orders , then sat down as far as she could from Alfred who had just arrived . |
| 26 | Dexter guessed that she thought the same as him but was keen to learn as much as she could from Blufton about Nicola and her motives for giving these ‘ facts ’ to the chairman of TVL . |
| 27 | It was fairly obvious that Jo did not want to be recognized , but then who would with Nevil in tow ? ’ |
| 28 | I think you would draw a different picture of it here than you would in Manchester or the Derby area . |
| 29 | After giving due praise for the ‘ truly magnificent score o 68 gross ’ ( not an official record as a temporary green was in use ) , Jack goes on to write , with sensitive appreciation , ‘ Spare a thought if you will for Fred Willson who had handed in a card of 43 points in the same competition , a Stableford round , which in ordinary circumstances surely would have entitled anyone to anticipate receiving the most acceptable prize from the Captain . |
| 30 | You will on Saturday , I believe Rachel . |