Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Not being a drinker , I do an obligatory flip round the post-show party , consoling or congratulating and giving what little advice I can to grieving or glowing parents .
2 You ought to t-try it . ’
3 Guiltily she ran down the bouncing shallow steps , jarring them as hard as she could to off-balance the last man on his feet .
4 She , meanwhile , devoted herself to selling as many of her husband 's works as she could to various publishers , including J. A. André of Offenbach am Main , and Breitkopf & Härtel of Leipzig .
5 And you used to funky little reggae , oh my god singing .
6 give the same protection and employment rights that you would to other employees who have problems related to other forms of ill-health
7 So stick if you can to satin-finish Cezanne
8 Yeah , they would , let the bake it we used to Danish foods and cos we used to have a Danish er , we used to have erm Polish ship come in one week and an English ship come in the next week and the , the bacon was just pigs were all killed , wrapped in sacking and tied with string , and they used to be laid in the hold like that .
9 Supply would remain in the hands of crooks who would continue to push , but with total impunity , not just to their existing customers but as hard as they could to new ones as well .
10 And it was er They used to great pride in their in their er stacks because they had to make them as neat as they could and er well built , so that if the So that w that was good for the To keep the the wind keep them dry .
11 It it 's just a league of nations there and every shop is black people in Brixton , but it were a lov , they used to able to get on a a two , three , a fifty nine , or a hundred and fifty three to Oxford Circus on the bus you was there in twenty minutes !
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