Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the most experienced grown-up , I had calculated I would hold my edge till the second day . |
| 2 | ‘ And maybe he 's guessed I 'll put you onto him , or that you 'll just work it out for yourselves , so he 's settling old scores while he can , before they 're warned , too . ’ |
| 3 | If I were took I would talk whatever |
| 4 | Yeah , where , look see where this light is up here , look , as soon as I 've parked I 'll get it for you but at the moment I ca n't reach it |
| 5 | How come I can hear you ? |
| 6 | He had not told her all he knew , she was sure of that , but he had confirmed her deduction about the provenance of the Durance paintings although he had stressed she could prove nothing . |
| 7 | In fact she 'd forgotten she 'd put it there . |
| 8 | do n't forget when they 're added when they 're added you can do them one bit at a time . |
| 9 | ‘ If you think of anything that can be added you can give them further study . ’ |
| 10 | How come she can afford it ? ’ |
| 11 | Once this issue has been resolved we will increase our efforts in the regions . |
| 12 | Jaguar insiders say the company bosses — all 14 of them — are so enthusiastic about the car that every one of them has claimed he 'd spend his own money to buy one if it goes into production . |
| 13 | McMahon hardly considered it would do anything else : ‘ I sit here in my cell writing this , having served almost nine years of a life sentence for a murder I did not commit … |
| 14 | Cheap tests will be developed which will allow everyone to be tested for the variants of genes determining psychiatric ailments or psychic qualities outside the doctor 's office . |
| 15 | As I argued in Chapter 5 , I am doubtful both whether such a condition really occurs at all , and whether , if it were to exist , drugs are ever likely to be developed which can help it . |
| 16 | Her philosophy has always been to give her best to the job in hand : " If that is well done everyone will want you on their team . " |
| 17 | And when it 's done I 'll tell you . ’ |
| 18 | So what I 've done I 'll show you if you want come here . |
| 19 | ‘ If there 's any chance of being selected I must do it . |
| 20 | I shall talk through it and if you can get something written I 'll leave you to do a diagram and you may want to staple this into your book staple 's easier than gluing this . |
| 21 | It 'll mean seeing so much less of him , and God knows I seem to see little enough already , but being an only boy I 've felt I must pack him off to boarding-school to get some men in his life and break the apron-strings . |
| 22 | My beautiful villa — when it has been built I shall take my holidays there , no airport delays and no traffic jams , just taking tea with my little finger up and Dorothy Wordsworth on my lap . |
| 23 | I said no Julie I said I have n't I said I would tell you cos I said I , she said to me do ring me and let me know , and I said I said I would and I will , I said no cos I did n't tell her when it were you see , so I said it 's this week coming and I 'll ring you this on Monday , so she said oh it was only , cos she said I saw Deb and Deb wondered , I thought yeah I bet she did she would |
| 24 | ‘ But I have given my word to la Principessa , I have said I would ask you to come with me , and you have agreed . |
| 25 | It seemed he had become confused over the time I 'd said I 'd pick him up , although it was always the same , and Miss Prescott thought he was a little agitated and so brought him round herself . |
| 26 | I also give a guarantee that it is n't just a one off situation , meeting we all go away and forget about what we 've said I can assure you that wo n't happen minutes have been taken and and what 's been said this evening that will be conveyed to the management committee meeting the board meeting and I think we need to look very clearly at a very closely what 's been said and respond to what 's been said and I think that it 's been suggested also raised this evening about having a further meeting to report back and say erm this has been said this is our response . |
| 27 | ‘ They 're not using it any more so they 've said I can use it for canteen stuff . |
| 28 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 29 | However , when confronted with a new product or a new problem , there are a number of things to be done which could help you find the right answer : |
| 30 | It simply ensures that full consideration is given to the case for preservation if any proposal is made which will affect it . |