Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly we could 've or we could accept the status quo and and do what the county council 's suggesting . |
| 2 | But I 've just realised where we might find some of the answers we 're looking for . ’ |
| 3 | What was remarkable , and commendable , was that once the tragedy had begun , quicker than anybody else in Germany , the Crown Prince realised where it would lead . |
| 4 | There we would be , pistols at dawn and I 'd laugh or he 'd laugh and it would all be over . |
| 5 | You know , and I mean where he used to go to school they did n't teach them them till they were ten ! |
| 6 | There are also two Backhouse fields , both placed where one would expect them — overlooked by the domestic quarters of a farmhouse . |
| 7 | Adoption agencies in Britain take the greatest trouble to see that children are placed where they will enjoy a strong family background . |
| 8 | Those built by governments seem most commonly to have been placed where they could combine the functions of protecting the local population and housing the official who governed the area . |
| 9 | When they disobeyed they were transformed into pillars of rock and placed where they could see each other but never meet . |
| 10 | Fast free kicks are ok ( as along as the ball is stopped I think ) what was very illegal was the fact that the free kick was taken from a COMPLETELY different spot to where the foul took place , so the Leeds player were ( justifiably ) waiting for the ball to be placed where it should have been . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you have to sit where I can see you ? ’ he demanded . |
| 12 | ‘ I understand it 's hard for the organisers because they have to go where they can find the biggest sponsor . |
| 13 | ‘ I understand it 's hard for the organisers because they have to go where they can find the biggest sponsor . |
| 14 | Must eat or they will faint ; hungry empty feeling in the whole abdomen . |
| 15 | ‘ I must eat or I shall collapse . ’ |
| 16 | You may have a lump sum to invest or you may want to save on a regular basis . |
| 17 | Lifts can often be arranged or you can make your own way . |
| 18 | In fact , even the most basic repairs had been neglected for many years before that , so that structural problems developed where they might have been avoided . |
| 19 | We wonder whether this has anything to do with an ‘ upgradeable ’ machine DEC seems to be using where you could yank out the 80486 and substitute a P5 . |
| 20 | Erm I du n no , the thing is our prom , yeah , is the day before so like I 'm gon na be pretty fucked erm two , a couple of my friends who are coming , they 've got they 're like in the middle of the ex their exams like erm I know my one friend 's driving there but he 's going from St John 's Wood , thanks , erm we might be able to pick you up , I 'm not sure , it depends what 's happening or you might go with Josh , like we 'll meet outside probably . |
| 21 | You might , for instance have to alter the way the murder you had in mind is committed or you might have to go so far as to alter the motive of the murderer or even find a completely different person to commit the central action . |
| 22 | Among other things , Christopher said Western assistance must be better co-ordinated and targeted where it can have the greatest impact . |
| 23 | I want to be told that the house-martins are nesting or you might see a badger if you 're lucky . |
| 24 | Above all territory must be effectively occupied or it would fall to the partisans ; this kept French troops from the battlefield . |
| 25 | They can do if they want or they can progress onto other rooms to get time back that way , but anyway , ca n't you ? we have er a target to meet on the programme of X percentage time and they will meet that far Wednesday afternoon so we have n't continued and shown |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd better go and help him unpack or he 'll bite my head off . ’ |
| 27 | Leave go I say or you 'll send us both below to crack our skulls . |
| 28 | Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’ |
| 29 | Or if my mother comes up , and I 'm sort of just getting up , she says , oh do you want me to bring stuff up , or ideally , I usually say or I 'll come downstairs and get breakfast . |
| 30 | The recreational facilities range from horse-riding to para-sailing , while inland from the Club the countryside is criss-crossed with tracks for walking where you can discover rural villages , lone mosques and secret lakes among the low hills . |