Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But were you not here to greet me I would miss you . ’ |
| 2 | we 'll fool them we 'll put we 'll say diesel |
| 3 | It spoils them dear , you should n't throw them I can smell a smell |
| 4 | I mean that 's what cut straight the way across that it was , it was all and my aunt she used to live by All Saints West Bromwich , we never used , we never went to see them we used to walk it down the road past the Boars Head onto the Navigation Inn , and up by the Sandlow and she used to live opposite er All Saints Church in West Bromwich , and erm coming back we should come back round midnight you know and er have you ever heard of the Whirly Gang ? |
| 5 | If you have to go out to deliberately buy them the chances are that you wo n't but if you buy the occasional packet when you happen to see them you can have a grand time selecting them to effect a change on a sweater at the right time . |
| 6 | In order to see them he would have had to climb a couple of hundred feet more . |
| 7 | Just seeing me there would trigger thief responses of someone like Gharr . |
| 8 | Most clothes shops sell nothing we can wear , and specialist shops are expensive and offer a very limited range of images . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't heard of anybody , ’ he said casually , ‘ but if the lawyers asked me they might have asked somebody else before … |
| 10 | If he asked me I would turn him down . ’ |
| 11 | I was n't gay , and when somebody asked me I 'd say , ‘ No , I 'm not ’ , which was the truth . |
| 12 | As you would hunt him to the end , God helping me I 'll hunt you , and see you into your grave before ever you lay hand on his . ’ |
| 13 | A moment later the wizard was standing over him , shouting , ‘ Tell it that if it singes me I 'll let the sword go ! |
| 14 | Therefore , if it is at all possible , I should prefer nothing which would upset the group to emerge for another week . " |
| 15 | ‘ If Gómez is not at the address you have given me I shall presume it is because you 've been in touch with him , so do n't phone him . |
| 16 | And er the bedroom they 've given me I can see |
| 17 | If you make them you can make a waffle with mashed potato |
| 18 | And , darling , if I make you half as happy as you make me I shall have done well … |
| 19 | So you need to know the objects you 're dealing with , then differentiate them , then when you 've differentiated them when you 've differentiated them you can work back and you think , Ah I know how I got that . |
| 20 | And er I remembering Dad , once he bought a cherry tree , and went up to get all these here cherries off the trees , and when we got them we used to wipe them and put them in a bag , and sell them at the fairs . |
| 21 | we 've actually had trout in the freezer for ages , and not used them fresh the day I got them I 'll use it and |
| 22 | ‘ Hence , when money wages are rising , workers may , rightly or wrongly , credit such rises to unions and hope that by beginning or continuing to support them they will do as well or even better in the future ’ ( Bain and Elsheikh , 1976 , p. 64 ) . |
| 23 | She said , " You 've got to promise me you 'll go back to college and finish your education . " |
| 24 | " Shakespeare " denotes someone who might have had any number of different characteristics . |
| 25 | The result is that instead of trying to recover the often indeterminable illocutionary force intended by the author for this or that character , the actor finds himself inventing someone who might have wished to express this or that speech act by means of the speeches assigned to him in the text . |
| 26 | Yeah I mean I I would assume that there must be agreed death rates which everybody would accept as as as being applicable in projecting population . |
| 27 | I mean I I would say that was an abuse of the position of power , because if he was Joe Bloggs in the street nobody would listen to what he was saying about electoral reform ! |
| 28 | Well having seen a little bit erm was on the other day and I I mean I I must admit I touch shut up you ! |
| 29 | I mean I I 'd love to see the the whole history and that 's why I 'm glad that erm you people are taking an interest now in not helping us but some day somebody saying who 's that crank who 's been talking on there . |
| 30 | I mean I I 'd having been these comments and yes there are a couple of extra points put in there I think that that 's fine . |