Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well no no but I mean , if we limit it to two for the first day , and a I mean I shall know by eleven o'clock |
| 2 | I mean I might think of doing something like that , but I 'd never actually dare to do it … |
| 3 | But yeah I mean I might talk to Adrian and say alright come and do something on on measurable training objectives for us . |
| 4 | You know , like , cos it 's , used to say now , I mean I 'd like to , I would like to go away at Christmas |
| 5 | so I mean I should want to sort of come home sort of then you know , er |
| 6 | Er in so much as I mean I must admit with these increases , I appreciate your need to get the extra profits and I 'm looking at the ones where I think we can push them to get a bit more . |
| 7 | But I mean I must admit on the side of some men , it 's not actually an individual thing that I totally blame it on , although men , you know , have their responsibilities . |
| 8 | I , I mean I used to go to London to buy things erm and you have oh they are even in England . |
| 9 | But I might , I have n't bothered about the food so much , I thought cos once I mean I used to go behind the , and I thought I 'm having my sa lunch time and I 'm going to enjoy it and I am not going to sit in corners ! |
| 10 | No well I mean I can pay for it , it 's just a question of getting it and sort of erm only we 're not often here on a Sunday , if Mr is here , is it |
| 11 | tonight and then I 'm on me raffle next week , but after next , I mean I can stop in the next , I mean I was , I 've never been out since a week on Tuesday cos I was n't on the raffle Friday |
| 12 | It was just , I wondered if , so if I get something along this line , I mean I can cope with something like this . |
| 13 | I mean I could work at the for three pound an hour . |
| 14 | In a way , failure to come through with the right steps is deception , because most social interaction is based on expectations of behaviour and to set up expectations and then thwart them must qualify as deception . |
| 15 | ‘ I expect I shall die of exposure , ’ went on Anne , piqued by Joan 's lack of concern . |
| 16 | If they know which party you are from and say , ‘ Oh I expect I 'll vote for you ’ , they probably mean ‘ I wo n't , but I want to get rid of you quickly because Dallas is just beginning ’ , or , I 've no idea and I 'm really not interested — politicians are all the same . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I expect I 'll volunteer for one of the leads , ’ he said , leaning back and crossing his long brown legs nonchalantly . |
| 18 | I 've written about this before and I expect I 'll write about it again , because I get more frustrated knitters questioning me about this than almost anything else . |
| 19 | ‘ I expect I can talk to Mrs Hartridge or whoever 's your teacher and ask what you need to practise . ’ |
| 20 | She said Nikita 's earned so much , say I 'll go round the world , you know the young ones . |
| 21 | Well if I say I 'll come at five , cos that gives me a chance to do all the sort of phoning |
| 22 | If you say I 'd like to er can you get this banker 's order , oh well wait a minute we need two signatures on that , or we do n't deal with banker 's order . |
| 23 | ‘ Maman , please say I can go to the king , with or without the lady Anne , ’ he said . |
| 24 | All the vibrato I want I can do with my left hand fingers and I despise the sound of dive bombs and squeals . |
| 25 | It is impossible to detail every virtue or fault you should look for when making your choice , but here I list a few pointers which may help . |
| 26 | Oh I expect she 'll go in the paper shop wo n't you Claire ? |
| 27 | ‘ I expect she 'll get in touch with you herself , sir . ’ |
| 28 | I expect she 'll try to be . ’ |
| 29 | The bad news , on which I expect you 'll agree with me , is that across all parties , the professional politicians have been letting us down for decades . |
| 30 | ‘ I expect you can rely on your clerk to keep the guineas rolling in . ’ |