Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all so much work and nothing may come of it . |
| 2 | For if there really is only one version of good primary practice then it becomes obvious that everyone should subscribe to it . |
| 3 | Everlast has made much in recent interviews of HOP 's lack of meaning — they 're just regular guys who enjoy a few bevvies and like to get laid , they do n't pretend otherwise , and no-one should come to them expecting anything else . |
| 4 | The elder regretfully explained the villagers ' belief that the mountain was sacred , and that no-one should venture upon it higher than the Monastery of Saint James . |
| 5 | Apart from the problem of dealing with large numbers of frightened refugees , there was also an election coming up on 10 May , and the political factions in the town were anxious that nothing should interfere with it , so there was a concerted effort to play down the possible risk . |
| 6 | If I use the expression ‘ I have toothache ’ I may think of it as ‘ being used naturally ’ or otherwise , but it would be wrong to say that I had a reason for thinking either . |
| 7 | I may long for her . |
| 8 | ‘ And your father — if I may speak of him too — was a man all of us admired … ’ |
| 9 | I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care . |
| 10 | I may moan about them — I reserve the right to criticise the team , but I would never wish for one of our players to get an injury — that is insane . |
| 11 | And in this instance , he is only too aware of the kind of judgements I may make about him as a child reader , and tailors his reply accordingly . |
| 12 | I sometimes think I may live with it for a lifetime and never really know it intimately . |
| 13 | Vassilios Karatzias , the Greek No.1 in a country with only nine professionals , said : ‘ I may look like him , but I do n't play like him . |
| 14 | My speech was directed at Karen Parsons , and whatever reservations you or I may have about it , I can assure you it went down a treat with its target audience . |
| 15 | yeah because ten to fifteen years earlier there was n't this amount of class consciousness and now you 're saying that bond 's completely broken down which I may agree with you on but , but they 're now organizing themselves purely on this hey we 're all friends now or s and we 've got ta gang together all seventy percent of us against the landlords which was n't |
| 16 | I feel confident because I know I came out to help : directly , by leading them as well as an officer can ; indirectly , by watching their sufferings so that I may plead for them as well as I can . |
| 17 | As she is mine , I may dispose of her … |
| 18 | Another famous one is where someone may come to you with a problem ostensibly to enlist your help in solving it . |
| 19 | In an extreme case , someone may act on them for the reason that , or on the principle that , ‘ a little bit of what you fancy does you good ’ . |
| 20 | Someone may jump onto you or grab you in a lonely street . |
| 21 | Even if someone should sin against you seven times a day , Jesus says you should forgive those seven times ( Luke 17:4 ) . |
| 22 | Well I 'm bothered about her health and that and that 's what I must emphasize to her if she 's listening that er as far as we 're concerned we would want to just give her some sympathy advice and support in relation to this matter . |
| 23 | ‘ I must go to them . ’ |
| 24 | I must go to her now . |
| 25 | If Ruth needs me , I must go to her . ’ |
| 26 | He was already on his way to the door , muttering , ‘ The London Hospital — I must go to her . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I must go to her . ’ |
| 28 | There are things I must do to you . ’ |
| 29 | I knew I must talk with her again , but at that moment I was content to have used the words of the last of the great desert explorers . |
| 30 | I must talk with you . ’ |