Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Some Conservative members of Parliament would like to retain its principle — that everyone should pay something . |
2 | We all recall that in the heyday of the poll tax the one principle that Ministers and Conservative Members were most reluctant to abandon was that everyone should pay something . |
3 | I think everyone should have one ! |
4 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
5 | And then in the last sort of seven to eight years , it starts to decline quite rapidly because you 're actually paying off the capital at that stage , and th that 's where I may meet somebody at say fifteen years , they thought their mortgage would run to age sixty five and they actually retire at sixty , they 've got five years left and they 're about there . |
6 | If you do decide to keep this fish , and have difficulty obtaining stock , then I may know someone who has one or two to spare … |
7 | If I do n't want anything I , I just go in there and I think well I 'll just go and see I may see something which catches my eye . |
8 | I am certain , I may have one before I go over , be real naughty . |
9 | No , I do n't want one just now , I may have one later , not just now cos I 'll just have mineral water again . |
10 | I may have something for him . ’ |
11 | ‘ But I 've been wondering whether I ought to consult someone professionally about it . ’ |
12 | However there are plenty of useless stereotypes around and since they influence the way anthropologists write up their monographs I ought to say something about them . |
13 | Erm as we 're on Greater York I feel I ought to say something having a s small part of the Greater York area within Hambleton . |
14 | Do you think I ought to take anything or ? |
15 | Erm I ought to thank everybody erm , officers , members , head groups , service groups , unionists , petitions and all who 've written to us . |
16 | Before leaving Dublin , I decided I ought to see something of County Louth . |
17 | ‘ I thought I ought to do something , ’ Dickinson said , ‘ but I could n't think what . |
18 | I ought to do something about it . ’ |
19 | ‘ But I have this feeling I ought to do something . |
20 | I ought to do something more . |
21 | I used to think that I ought to do everything and then at least I could n't blame myself for not having done enough . |
22 | I ought to feel something for her now that she 's gone , but I do n't . " |
23 | ‘ I suppose , ’ she felt bound to say , ‘ I ought to have one . ’ |
24 | In fact technically I ought to have someone else here as well , but I thought that as the sergeant knew the facts of the enquiry ( in fact he was instrumental in getting the information we 'd like to question you about ) , it would keep it in the family so to speak if he acted as my amanuensis , that 's the word , is n't it , Sergeant Pascoe ? ’ |
25 | ‘ I said to my wife : ‘ It 's crazy , someone ought to do something about this — there always seems to be an inadequate number of facilities for women . ’ |
26 | However , this issue can be looked at positively : perhaps someone may do something about their abuse as a result of Mr Rose 's coming forward — telling someone is one of the hardest things a victim can do . |
27 | It is Joan and Ted 's hope that even now someone may know something that can solve Brian 's murder . |
28 | ‘ I must tell someone . |
29 | I must tell someone . |
30 | ‘ I feel I must show somebody the parcel I 've just had , ’ she said , greeting Ianthe on the doorstep . |