Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ You mean I might win this afternoon ? |
| 32 | If interest is earned in a separate account from the cheque account I would expect automatic transfers to keep the cheque account at an agreed limit . |
| 33 | If he thinks I can stand another night in that car , he 's even madder than I thought . ’ |
| 34 | For the reasons mentioned I would dismiss these appeals . |
| 35 | he thinks that he can buy I could buy this standing space because I 'm a businessman and I 've got lots of money . |
| 36 | In many imposing antique shops you will see stately bookcases full of attractive calf and vellum . |
| 37 | In addition to the menus listed you may consume each day : |
| 38 | He kept their backsides so warm you could have fried eggs and bacon on them ! |
| 39 | If you lose your keys , or if someone steals your keys , or if you move into a new home and you do not know who may have spare keys change all the locks immediately . |
| 40 | ‘ Who else do you know who can write flaming Greek ? ’ |
| 41 | To make life easier for us all I started to teach her a few commands , but I found she would obey any order before it was given . |
| 42 | ‘ I expect you would like some brandy . ’ |
| 43 | They say she will need medical help and counselling to overcome the tragedy . |
| 44 | Well somebody else told me that I mean er er the wine connoisseurs say who would drink that stuff you ca n't drink red wine . |
| 45 | But you ca n't guarantee that , er , and once the supermarket developments er , have gone , then you 'll drop off down , down again , and again you 're affected by the rece recession , whereas people wo n't replace things like weighbridges , er , automatic weighing machines that sort of thing during the recession , if you come out of recession , then you might get , and you say you might get some increase in fees in that , that area . |
| 46 | Still to come a look at the opening shots in the Independent Enquiry into the fate of Rover 's Cowley works and the questions that Bicester 's friends of the earth say you must ask any candidate in the local elections . |
| 47 | I say you will live one day like a duchess , because this is what you deserve . |
| 48 | ‘ You say you can remember that photograph being taken . |
| 49 | By specifying one of Vulcanite 's unique Solar Reflective roof finishes you can eradicate these problems at a stroke . |
| 50 | One wonders who can buy such things . ’ |
| 51 | So I 've got some bleaching yeah smell you can smell that bleach . |
| 52 | ‘ It is the last place you would expect this kind of thing to happen . |
| 53 | Thanks also to anyone else involved who may read this letter . |
| 54 | ‘ But you promised we 'd see red grouse , ’ wailed an insatiable lad . |
| 55 | We found we could detect 12.5 fg M tuberculosis DNA with the IS 6110 primers , but only 36 fg with the 65 kilodalton based primers . |
| 56 | I expect they might frighten unsophisticated people . ’ |
| 57 | A glance at the g-meter again revealed the problem : if your feet weigh three times what your muscles expect they will take more effort to move ! |
| 58 | They had also created for themselves a moral environment to which few Englishmen found they could take serious exception . |
| 59 | It must be tight-fitting but at the same time easy to remove , for as the caterpillars grow they will consume enormous amounts of nettles . |
| 60 | For some time afterwards whenever a crisis occurred they would ask each other , ‘ What would Père Obein say ? ’ |