Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " 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 | I realised I could race them keeping them and me fit . |
| 5 | " Whatever it cost I would face it . " |
| 6 | When we got married I promised I 'd give you everything you want and so I will . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Yet , strangely , even as he approached I could tell he would not harm me . |
| 10 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 11 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But against all my expectations , the longer he kept away , the more I found I could hack it . |
| 14 | ‘ You promised you 'd pay me . ’ |
| 15 | You promised you 'd hurt me , that you wanted everything . |
| 16 | You promised you 'd take me . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Once aboard , she found she could let them off the leash . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She had remembered somewhere else from long ago , doubted she could find it but dared . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I found we used to have them mixed with sweet almond oil and soya oil , which I find this one brings out their aroma much more the grapeseed oil . |
| 25 | Having already told them how I proposed they should move I demonstrated it by moving one of the pepper pots around the table . |
| 26 | If he moved they would see him ; if he stayed still they would find him . |
| 27 | ‘ I met thousands of people who pretended they could teach me how to do it . |
| 28 | No-one 's ever bungee-jumped from a balloon before , but as Ian went up , up and away , none of his home town fans ever doubted they 'd see him again . |
| 29 | Then , when I really insisted that they keep right on the centre line , they found they could do it if they tried hard . |
| 30 | Well they found they could do it far better with a tractor and a mower . |