Example sentences of "[vb past] [modal v] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | he had n't ab , abdicated would she ? |
| 2 | Well they would n't get on again if they objected would they ? |
| 3 | I knew there was no hope at all of my finding lodgings for Aunt Louise , and put the letter aside ; only when bedtime came could I no longer hide from myself its implications . |
| 4 | They avoid trouble at all times and only if they are cornered or pestered will they bite at their attackers . |
| 5 | When you came can I just sort of take you back again ? |
| 6 | Host training you first received can you remember it ? |
| 7 | Erm so we we asked and asked and asked could we change back to the old nutrients which we did do in the early part of December , and lo and behold , suddenly there was n't a problem . |
| 8 | Well I went to in oh about twelve months after that or less say , and er she wanted a man there , I went down there and asked could I have a job back you know . |
| 9 | No I 'd never be able to forgive myself if anything happened would I ? |
| 10 | It was O.K. for The Smiths to spout away with venom but when success beckoned would they be any different from anybody else ? |
| 11 | Then you ca n't get really stuck can you ? |
| 12 | If they huffed and they puffed would they blow it all down ? |
| 13 | Phoned the man and I asked would he fix |
| 14 | As I had come to know a number of rectors and vicars in the course of my journeys , for reasons which I have mentioned , Eliot questioned me about what he felt might he a mounting danger , namely that the Church might seek to increase by chauvinism what it appeared to be losing in spirituality : and indeed the vicar of my own village had been upbraided by a group of parishioners for not preaching sermons directly furthering the war effort , which Eliot said was tantamount to making him into an unpaid official of the MOI . |
| 15 | Done Joe 's bedroom and er the Hoover was up there the dusters was up there so I thought shall I shall I . |
| 16 | I 's got I woke , my alarm went off at nine thirty this morning , I thought shall I get up I thought no , better not |
| 17 | For why else , I thought would he be in that position , sensuously embracing a vicious criminal who had tried to kill her partner ? |
| 18 | But you would n't want to be without them thought would you ? |
| 19 | One went can I have an ice-cream please ? and the man shot him died . |
| 20 | But erm , the next one went can I have an ice-cream please ? and the the man hit him over the with the head with a baseball bat and he died . |
| 21 | and she was standing , I was sitting like , she was standing , she sort of went can you take a Lesley ? |
| 22 | It was earmarked for the admin course , we asked will you fund a student for the admin course . |
| 23 | She got will they ? |
| 24 | If Castro won would they accept it ? |
| 25 | And if he did would he be able to declare categorically to the police that Adam and Rufus and Mary had actually been living there ? |
| 26 | ‘ Although much of what he did I applaud , not everything that my predecessor did will I emulate , ’ Mr Dinkins replied . |
| 27 | You know , the beginning when I said may I smoke ? |
| 28 | So she said should we go down now Oh . |
| 29 | How much of what happened before she left must he disclose ? |
| 30 | Aye , he said to your Mum cos I thought she said might she 'd have them again . |