Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Good try , but you surely do n't think I 'll fall for a line like that ? ’ |
| 2 | No , I do n't think I 'd go for a house that erm I would n't but those big houses of course it would have alarms would n't it ? |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know why you should think I 'd object to a frisky man , military or otherwise . |
| 4 | Oh cos Sal and at speech day she goes God she goes I could do with a good screw . |
| 5 | Say you 'll sleep on a sofa or a table , and you 'll be all right . |
| 6 | Until the cooperative electorate is similarly organised we shall remain in a state of political impotency . |
| 7 | I expect they will come in a late surge . |
| 8 | Until 1970 the foresters here say they could rely on a good sale of fir trimmings — used in Christmas decorations — to pay for the routine management of the rest of the forest . |
| 9 | They say it could lead to a melt-down more serious than that at Three Mile Island in 1979 . |
| 10 | There 's a move to slow them down , but the hauliers say it could lead to a very dangerous situation . |
| 11 | Critics say it should concentrate on a less exclusive market . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , but I 've said I 'll experiment for a while before making a decision . |
| 13 | I 've said I could do with a fag |
| 14 | The holiday is extendible to suit your requirements , and to increase your flexibility even further you may return from a different airport in Switzerland . |
| 15 | I just hope she 'll sleep for a little while . |
| 16 | ‘ I hope you 'll take to a good French claret , ’ chimed in Arthur Iverson jovially . |
| 17 | Right , well I 'm going to reply to the debate , and then I hope we can move to a vote , ah , oh I did n't see your hand earlier Mr , I 'm sorry . |
| 18 | So the as far as I 'm concerned , the the two projects put together erm really do show what we can do we can do with a a team of bods . |
| 19 | We think they should be able to get jobs and hope they will stay for a few years at least . |
| 20 | We hope they will respond in a very positive way . |
| 21 | But Richard Ingham , managing director of Beacham Peplow Noakes Advertising says he would opt for a more down-to-earth approach . |
| 22 | It says it may switch to a RISC microprocessor in future iterations of what is becoming an extremely popular product on the OEM market . |
| 23 | The Colorado-based Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund , which finances the centre , says it will wait for a ceasefire before attempting to resume research at Karisoke . |
| 24 | He arranged bridging-loans and a mortgage to make up the price of the tall house with the basement into which she had decided he should move as a lodger , abandoning his awful little bed-sit in Chepstow Road . |
| 25 | Mills and Poole hope it will lead to a re-trial . |
| 26 | Speakers told the jokes on Friday at a dinner honouring a former Virginia representative , Stan Parris , who has said he may campaign for a congressional seat next year , the Washington Post reported yesterday . |
| 27 | You wait it 'll come in a minute can hear the bloody television , it 's true though , if we did n't have our television on , all we 'd listen to is theirs in n it ? |
| 28 | You would think she would put on a lot of weight would n't you ? |
| 29 | You would think she would put on a lot of weight , would n't you ? |
| 30 | She hoped that he would n't suggest coming up for a coffee ; she did n't think she could rise to a social occasion at this particular moment , so she was thankful to accept her car keys , bid him a hurried , ‘ Safe journey , ’ and close the door again . |