Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’
2 I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way .
3 I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes .
4 As soon as he found out I knew about cameras and all that , he realised I could make myself useful round the studio , so I sort of moved in .
5 I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit .
6 I realised I could help myself and did n't have to be this fat , unhappy child , ’ she says .
7 Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season .
8 Before he boarded the team coach for the Midlands , Ironside said : ‘ I never expected I would get my chance in the last game of the season .
9 " Whatever it cost I would face it . "
10 When we got married I promised I 'd give you everything you want and so I will .
11 But just because I promised I 'd make you a rich widow , do n't think you 're going to get rid of me yet .
12 My next-door neighbour agreed to take her , but I promised I 'd do my best to get back in time so that I could take her myself . ’
13 how tight Mike was going to be with you know having to look after Paul and all the rest of it I promised I 'd take him to Snetterton market and he could have , he was going to buy some records .
14 Yet , strangely , even as he approached I could tell he would not harm me .
15 ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it .
16 ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’
17 I even found I could hold her head and pet her while she threw up .
18 By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me .
19 But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it .
20 ‘ You promised you 'd pay me . ’
21 You promised you 'd hurt me , that you wanted everything .
22 You promised you 'd take me . ’
23 Anna found she could do it quite well , but Corrie had no aptitude at all , though when it came to learning Foundling hymns she excelled .
24 She found she could wave her arms as she ran .
25 Once aboard , she found she could let them off the leash .
26 She could make up a story , say she suffered temporary amnesia , or that she was knocked unconscious by thieves and all her money was gone , but she doubted she could make it sound believable .
27 She had remembered somewhere else from long ago , doubted she could find it but dared .
28 Fiona Ray , who has Down 's Syndrome , was sure she could win the tough Duke of Edinburgh 's Gold Award , but experts doubted she 'd do it .
29 Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven
30 If you concentrated you could make them all line up , in 3-D ; and then it would all just collapse and be jiggling spots again .
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