Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At many branch points there may be just two new tracks , while at others there may be more . |
| 2 | Before the brigade of receptionists change shift they must ensure that all work has been processed as far as possible and that any messages or matters to be dealt with are brought to the attention of the evening shift . |
| 3 | A separator and trivet mean you can cook more than one thing at once and a Rise'n'Time indicator lets you time the cooking process by telling you when the right temperature is reached . |
| 4 | I want to borrow , I want to borrow we can borrow your brain tomorrow Mandy . |
| 5 | In the present situation , the officers find themselves in a very difficult position , I can not imagine an officer saying no to a member and this is what has happened if we run out of money , then the very thing that we are seeking to do , in other words to implement the democratic process to allow people to come to meetings and speak will go by the way , and I can remember some time ago when I was a new member on here saying I would be prepared to attend property sub-committee briefings as a deputy and not be paid and I was very smartly brought up by a friend in the labour group who said that 's all right for you , you can afford it , but it 's not alright for some of us 'cause we can't. and the difficulty is if we run out of money and we either have to stop the allowances or we have to slash the allowances , yeah , knows who it was , we have to slash the allowances , then legitimately people will be able to say that the democratic process is being stifled because they are not going to be allowed to go to meetings , and therefore , I think that situations whereby a member attends to speak to a , an item , a specific item and then stays on for a double length meetings and claims double length allowances that sort of thing has got to be stopped , and also members attending just to nod approval at something that has happened that they 've been associated with , that should stop , if they want to come they should come at their own expense . |
| 6 | Remember , though , that badgering agents is quite useless ; if they want to come they will come , but telephoning them and overselling yourself can be just as useless as not letting them know that you 're alive and working . |
| 7 | ‘ If you ask me what you want to know I 'll see if I can tell you . ’ |
| 8 | If er if there 's owt else you want to know you can always come in come in or I 'll come and see you either way . |
| 9 | Most people say say you ca n't do it you ca n't do that can you go on . |
| 10 | If you do n't know what you want to communicate you ca n't make anyone else understand . |
| 11 | yes that 's right any way I shoot off and as I say hope you 'll soon be a bit better both of you |
| 12 | In other words if the estate agent or medical practice will get a phone call from us and say look we 'd like to do your assignment is it convenient . |
| 13 | On the first point : if we want to grow we must reach out beyond the circle of friends to people who have previously had nothing to do with CPRW . |
| 14 | If you want to resign you should give your line manager at least one month 's written notice . |
| 15 | If you press this one , if you press record it wo n't because there 's a tape in but if you just press press record automatic and you press record and the play button but you ca n't press just the record button . |
| 16 | If you want to leave I 'll understand , but you 're the only one I can trust now . ’ |
| 17 | This and other scientific statements are so convincing ( and get away with being called ‘ laws ’ ) because they appear to determine what will happen in the future . |
| 18 | " You want to run I 'll run with you . " |
| 19 | For the moment , however , we want to consider what might be involved in the processing of an individual clause , and we will suggest that the additional processing load at the end of clauses arises because of several different processes , some concerned with understanding the syntax and semantics of the clause which has just been read , and others with the relating of information in this clause to earlier information in the passage . |
| 20 | If Margaret Thatcher stands down before the next election , as most voters appear to believe she should , Michael Heseltine is the popular choice to succeed her as Conservative leader , according to the opinion polls . |
| 21 | Apparently , the authors have concluded from published research that women get interrupted because they ‘ allow themselves ’ to be ( does this ‘ contributory negligence ’ argument remind us of anything ? ) and if they want to succeed they must emulate male speech . |
| 22 | Okay want to give me a call after the news we 've got erm a little music after the news and then if you want to ring you can do that now erm about anything you like . |
| 23 | ‘ If we want to develop we must assure Italian customers that we are committed to staying in Italy . |
| 24 | The makers say banning them will do nothing to improve road safety , but the police insist lives will be saved . |
| 25 | In private , however , the view is gaining ground that eventual membership of the Community by those East European countries that want to join it would be a good idea . |
| 26 | ‘ As soon as you have decided that you want to complain you should put it in writing , setting out all the facts and saying what you want out of it , ’ says Keith Richards , a senior lawyer with the Consumer Association . |
| 27 | Money and effort that should have been devoted to supporting the ordinary people in Highfields has been wasted on power politics and I agree that it 's time surely to put an end to that disgrace now there is a certain logic in Mr amendment , it basically says let us put the implementation of council policy in the hands of the director of education , let him take executive control and let us take politics out of it and if I thought that that would do what both Mr and myself want to happen I would support . |
| 28 | And then if you want to read some literature and talk about some of the things which Once you 've said what questions you want to ask you 'll want to read some stuff You 've either read a lot of it already , the stuff you 've done today is useful , and do a bit of your essay saying , This is what the literature says , so we did an experiment to test this aspect and here 's the results we found , let's discuss this . |
| 29 | Most want to feel they can give responsibility to one contract . |
| 30 | Oh so if you press enter it 'll come down one line . |