Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [modal v] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , well that only , only from the point of view that they 're being used so often , that they 're also almost becoming well can you think of any words that , that are that are that have been introduced recently into our vocabulary that have that have that have been acceptable in common language ? |
2 | When one or the other figures out what 's going on will it please let us know ? |
3 | yes what , I simply do n't know , if had an on-going site , where the public was going in would you visit it , in the normal course of your business ? |
4 | You do n't have to tell them your business , but what you do have to say is , I 've got an alarm system , an audible system , so bells only , if you hear it going off can you ring the home station ? |
5 | There wo n't be that many going though will there ? |
6 | Douglas promises to ‘ use naturalistic observation of everyday clinical practice ’ , and ‘ use Psychotherapeutic skills ’ , without questioning whether the methodological standards she is invoking here might themselves be gendered . |
7 | Alright , alright , off we go , let's go and get some petrol , otherwise we wo n't be going anywhere will we ? |
8 | But today , realizing the problems she might have in controlling her mount let alone in staying on should it prop at a hedge or peck on landing , she decided discretion was the better part of valour and shortening her left rein swung Hullabaloo away in the other direction to take what was known as the Funks ' Run , which ran round a long ridge of elms , across the brook at its narrowest point , and then over a good two miles of open ground , with only one reasonable sized open ditch and hedge to be jumped at the bottom of the dip before a long run uphill which led back to the last of the Vale hedges . |
9 | Ah yeah but I mean I ai n't wearing again would I after Christmas , no . |
10 | Only by doing so can one judge whether the amount of procedural protection is being pitched at the correct level . |
11 | Before doing so can you advise me on the argument of stables v stalls . |
12 | If he was to sing to you guvnor , and then we had a little collection , now that would n't be begging now would it ? ’ |
13 | Excuse me , excuse me , I 'm recording here can you not kiss around please , mummy |
14 | They feel that as it 's their heritage they should have a say in the matter and a proper consideration and therefore there are thousands of signatures saying please can we have a public inquiry . |
15 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |
16 | People keep writing letters to the Mercury saying how can we afford to spend time and money debating this , well they can afford the time and the money employing out of work newsreaders to produce videos and writers and photographers to produce their glossy magazines , their glossy leaflets I did n't need the R S P C A or the League to tell me that er , the fox photo , this fox photo was a fake , I mean that 's obvious to anybody I did n't need them to tell me that the video was suspect , that too is obvious . |
17 | Er and then they 'll be saying how can you afford to go to Blackpool ? |
18 | ‘ It was 5.30 in the morning and I tried to reason with Otto by saying how could I possibly be drunk at that time . |
19 | Well I ca n't hear what he 's saying then can I ? |
20 | Although he moved to Halling in May it was n't until October that they married . |
21 | Only by standing back can we see how work is now being done better , considering how jobs were handled before TOP . |
22 | I was like thinking , lying in bed thinking well should I have said it 's over |