Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lord , I think the case is being made if I may say so sir , to give the jury the impression that the police just document . |
| 2 | But I think it 's a little bit rich if I may say so Joe to blame the women for this because the parliamentary Labour party did vote for this new rule and the fact that a number of women very able women put themselves forward , I do n't think it 's right to say it is the women 's fault . |
| 3 | I it does n't speak very highly if I may say so Group Captain , for R A F discipline if what you 're telling me and telling the committee that you think that pilots should be using this facility , would be using this facility when they 're ordered not to . |
| 4 | Tony in charge of services and communication , Simon in charge of policy and development , Richard in charge of resource development , and although it 's not on the script and she said I must n't to the script , I ought to mention also Samantha who has joined us as head of communications on whom , you may thank for all the sort of visuals that we 're having , and the bright idea of videoing er , our Chairman . |
| 5 | It is with more pleasure that I thank all those who have helped my ideas about the Lorenz equations to develop ; they are many , but I must mention particularly Peter Swinnerton-Dyer , Bob Williams and Paul Glendinning . |
| 6 | Before taking Magwitch abroad , I felt I must see both Estella and Miss Havisham . |
| 7 | Oh I should suppose just grocery I should think really . |
| 8 | I should think probably Mrs. Thatcher would send a letter to the Three Hundred group saying that she supported your aims , did n't she ? |
| 9 | ‘ At first Eadred tried to bluff , claiming Sir John was a local landowner , but then he confessed that Santerre was funding Abbot Bere 's construction of the crypt but told me if I wished to know more , I should ask either Sir John or the abbot . |
| 10 | I suppose I 'll stop here Saturday night . |
| 11 | Right I said I 'll start tomorrow morning , I go to the Labour this afternoon , Court of Referees . |
| 12 | I 'll put aside £5,000 worth for you . |
| 13 | Two till one , yes I 'll try again Ann . |
| 14 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 15 | At the agreed rate of 10¢ per column inch it meant that if I could provide two 25-inch columns per day , which was relatively easy for me , I could earn about $30 per week which was $6 more than I was getting when I gave up the staff job . |
| 16 | ‘ I could make tomorrow evening for dinner , though . |
| 17 | A slim attractive girl in jeans hovered near , her pose suggesting I could approach her ; but before I could do so Señora Sanchez accosted me . |
| 18 | If you , if you like , I could speak now Chair ? |
| 19 | I tell you , I went up those steps faster than a scalded faggot , propelled by a barbarous diuretic terror on behalf of my exposed rear end The heavy door at the top did n't give until the fifth push , but by then I had turned , and seen the shrugging figures as they retreated into the light , and now I could hear only laughter . |
| 20 | I could imagine only blackmail . |
| 21 | I could buy anyway Shel ! |
| 22 | And in his yellow eyes I could see only hate and evil . |
| 23 | ‘ Then I 'd say perhaps Harry 's sunglasses and pen and belt were with Angela Brickell because she took them there herself . ’ |
| 24 | I dare say even Attila had his moments . ’ |
| 25 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 26 | I used to ride both horses in the early days to take them to be shod over to Lowson 's Smithy at Romaldkirk . |
| 27 | I Spare time as a school boy , I used to play either football in the winter or cricket in the summer . |
| 28 | ‘ I used to throw away plastic razors all the time . |
| 29 | Tomorrow , if I could find a better medium , I would throw away cinema . |
| 30 | A : I would earn just £10 an hour there . |