Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) . |
| 2 | ‘ If I may speak in a spirit of complaint , David , I might point out that it 's easy for you to talk and even easier to talk tough . |
| 3 | I may train as a nurse . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I may look like a cabman , ’ he countered , ‘ but I 'm a charm in a salon . ’ |
| 5 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 6 | I may look like a child , but Luke — Luke changed all that . |
| 7 | If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon . |
| 8 | I may object on a point of fact ( ‘ There are no gibbons there now ’ ) or by appealing to some other end or principle ( ‘ You ought not to put that problem off any longer ’ ) . |
| 9 | As usual , I felt that , on taking leave , I ought to proceed in a direction opposite to that which he was taking , because there was a mystery as to where Eliot lived , and I did not want to appear inquisitive . |
| 10 | He went on : ‘ I feel that , as a minister of a parish having no other resident gentleman , I ought to act as a guardian of my own poor ; and if 00 should neglect any opportunity , which the Lord may place within my reach … |
| 11 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 12 | ‘ I am a man , and a man of passions ; I must go to a woman , otherwise I shall freeze or turn to stone … ’ |
| 13 | So many girls at school say , ‘ Bloody hell , I must go on a diet ’ , but mostly they 're not serious about it . |
| 14 | I must confess to a profound sense of foreboding upon making this observation which de-generated into abject horror upon hearing the said track and realising that Oldfield 's contribution amounted to a few bars sampled from ‘ Tubular Bells ’ ! |
| 15 | Ranald , lad , I must sit for a while . ’ |
| 16 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 17 | Having said that , I must admit to a vested interest since my concern with Riley 's view of work by contemporary artists , and the dismissive nature of the term ‘ simulationist ’ is allied with a desire in my own work to somehow examine more keenly the principle foundations upon which notions of ‘ abstraction ’ are laid . |
| 18 | I must admit to a certain degree of hurt masculine pride that it was n't me who tempted you , but , as a businessman and a major shareholder in the station , I have to admire your dedication . |
| 19 | ‘ I must pause in a minute . |
| 20 | First of all , I must get to a bus stop that serves Heathrow , which means heading towards Kensington and the Bayswater Road . |
| 21 | I must begin with a coincidence which I would not dare to recount if this were a work of fiction . |
| 22 | The producer had the idea that I should appear in a simply ludicrous costume : a German trench coat , knee-length open boots , a black leotard with the upper part of the thighs naked , and hair like Marlene Dietrich ! |
| 23 | If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’ |
| 24 | He also had the cheek to suggest I should move into a flat nearer town . |
| 25 | Twelve thou , you see , I 'm just wondering whether I should quote on a C I F basis which I can do you see , on the basis of , this if I add it up . |
| 26 | Well then while I was serving as a detective , you can just imagine I made plenty of arrests , and I got along reasonably well with most people , but there was one man I hated yes I hated him , I , I 'd only been a detective I should think for a period of about , oh five or six months , and a man , he called on the Reverend who was the , the vicar of St. Mary where |
| 27 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 28 | When I mentioned Burma , his feeling of satisfaction was obvious , though his sense of integrity had prevented him from deciding that I should go to a country so close to his own heart . |
| 29 | I was told I should go to a convalescent home to complete my recovery . |
| 30 | But perhaps I should stop for a moment and explain why Rose was angry about my nose and my hair — and why I , a Rassendyll , said I was an Elphberg . |