Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | That is , what does the client want the advertising to achieve and to whom should the advertising be addressed ? |
2 | But to whom should the remedy be given ? |
3 | Can I may a couple of queries Mr Chairman ? |
4 | I may the fele " ( p.87 ) ) Hilton spends thirty chapters ( 55 – 84 ) in defining that within man which hides his integrity and its source from him . |
5 | On the other hand , if I did slip and break my hip I should no doubt be dead by the morning . |
6 | In the near future I intend to expand this unholy alliance into a much larger tank and to try a few experiments with the set-up and some new species which I 'll no doubt relate if they 're successful . |
7 | Given time I 'll no doubt revert to normal . |
8 | I 'll a go . |
9 | By dint of merit , I 'll the Lawrel snatch ; I 'll not for it 's reversion tamely Watch . |
10 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
11 | Oh yeah , lots of stuff made for the Army and and and they did n't know , I mean the manufacturers s sent the work to the hosiery dye- yards they they did n't know what they were sending or what they got , they just churned it all out and and that was it you know it were I could a lot of things about that . |
12 | Sir Peter Walters , a former chairman of BP who now heads Midland Bank and Blue Circle , kept a row of management books behind his desk in Britannic House , but says he read them ‘ primarily for entertainment , rather as I would a novel ’ . |
13 | It is impossible to express the Hopes , the Fears , the various Conjectures , and Reveries , that your humble Servant must undergo this important Season , I am like the unhappy Gentleman mentioned in the Guardian ; and can scarce endure the bare Pronunciation of the Letter S : The hissing of the Tea-kettle distracts me ; and if I meet a Goose , I shun him as I would a Lion , or a Crocodile . |
14 | I would no doubt see him walking on the cliffs with an ancient spaniel at his heels . |
15 | Indeed , if I had thought that , I would no doubt have been disabused of it by last night 's debate , to which my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) so ably replied . |
16 | Breathless , she said , ‘ I meant I would no doubt hear about you through the grapevine , Mr Flint , not that I would personally — ’ |
17 | I can recognize the choice as right ( as I would the choice to prepare for coming danger ) however strongly I am inclined to shut off the brief glimpse in order not to be distracted from present and selfish goals . |
18 | ‘ After Stephen was captured I swore to serve the Queen until his release , to obey her commands as I would the King 's . |
19 | I shall no doubt operate on the usual principle that we start with practice and derive such theory as we need to understand and improve it . |
20 | And when I return I shall no doubt make another purchase and so on . |
21 | Meiriona Davies ( Mrs Bielawski , formerly Mrs Noon ) , is an experienced careers of ficer of twenty years ' standing : ‘ Still doing it , but government policy means we shall probably soon cease to exist as a public service , so I shall no doubt be looking for something else unless by great good fortune the Tories lose power ! ’ |
22 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
23 | Still less can I will the death of someone I love on the calculation that the bereavement will be a rewarding experience . |
24 | I will the Lord has said unto me thou art my son . |
25 | In his will a testator had released his debtors from their debt . |
26 | In his will the Dean expressed the desire that ‘ my body may be kept until unequivocal signs of my death shall have taken place … |
27 | There is something slithering along these shadowed walls and I can remember against my will the shock and the smell of seeing the steaming intestines pulled from a slaughtered pig , a poor animal with skin like a human being . |
28 | I can no reason on planning grounds to object . |
29 | I can a bit but |
30 | And I want to make if I can a couple of deeper coloured cushions and if I can I want to make tie-backs for the curtains because everything in that room is so blooming pale . |