Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week I went to a fortune teller and she told me I would have another child even though I do n't want to . |
| 2 | left to me I 'd take all curtains down |
| 3 | Common sense tells me I should get more sleep , as my work-load is quite heavy at the moment . |
| 4 | ‘ The lads just told me I should put more water in my whisky , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I told them I 'd get this disk to them . |
| 6 | Support for my argument that agency care is likely to be used comes from the findings of a follow up survey of a nineteen er sorry , comes from the findi , I I 'll start that sentence again . |
| 7 | Yeah well I I would suggest that criterion three is perhaps implicit in the other policies of the plan and may not be |
| 8 | Oh one of the hens got erm landed on the top of the black net cos I I 'd put some corn and stuff in you see and she landed on it and she got her feet stuck through netting so she was flapping and the net was just going up and down ! |
| 9 | Thank you Chairman , I I can note that remark , but I do think that we do have to defend the position a little on environmental issues . |
| 10 | We did six tracks with Chris , but we did n't gel with him at all , we needed someone who could offer more inspiration . |
| 11 | We needed magic , to resolve significance from what surrounded us , which scarcely permitted contemplation : we needed someone godlike — someone who could turn this world around . |
| 12 | He possessed just enough self-control to continue his gentle stroking of her , but both his arms now held her , and almost without her willing it McAllister 's crept around his neck , and unconsciously they sank , from their sitting position , on to the bed , to lie with McAllister 's head on the pillow , Dr Neil 's by her , he careful to lie still , to do nothing which might suggest any kind of bodily union . |
| 13 | This was certainly not necessary for the decision of the case ; but though the resolution of the Court of Common Pleas was only a dictum , it seems to me clear that Lord Coke deliberately adopted the dictum , and the great weight of his authority makes it necessary to be cautious before saying that what he deliberately adopted as law was a mistake , and though I can not find that in any subsequent case this dictum has been made the ground of the decision , except in Fitch v. Sutton ( 1804 ) 5 East 230 , as to which I shall make some remarks later , and in Down v. Hatcher ( 1839 ) 10 Ad. & El . |
| 14 | I knew Derek really enjoyed our trips and was only kidding , but I was thinking of ways in which I could raise more money to pay my share . |
| 15 | Our gentle driving had resulted in 15.6mpg — about what I was expecting — but also a maximum touring range of 300 miles , which I can imagine some owners quibbling with . |
| 16 | Which you 'll find some day . |
| 17 | There is also a microfiche catalogue which is like a miniature card catalogue which you may need some help with and the computer catalogue which you will definitely need some help with . |
| 18 | This is a strip fixed with points on to which you can attach any number of bulbs that you like . |
| 19 | There are two ways in which you can achieve this look . |
| 20 | Camp on one hole one day , or in an area from which you can see several holes . |
| 21 | Macbeth , short and severely to the point , is not a play onto which you can get much spin , but what we are given here is a treatment devoid of ambiguity . |
| 22 | Somebody was out of town for two days , he explained , somebody who would block any proposal for her release as a matter of course . |
| 23 | In Masterson v. Holden it was held that the conduct was insulting because the magistrates might properly have taken the view that such objectionable conduct in a public street may well be regarded as insulting in that it suggests to a witness that he or she is somebody who would find such conduct in public acceptable himself or herself . |
| 24 | Why was it , Sally-Anne thought when she went forward to take it , that this pitiful sum seemed more precious to her than her huge allowance which she could claim any day she wished ? |
| 25 | But if time is not too desperately important it is one way of seeing a vast stretch of surprising and magnificent country , some interesting and unspoiled old towns , perhaps even of discovering some village in the heart of the still primitive agricultural Auvergne , some little-known hotel where one would like to stay instead of hurrying on , to which one would return another year . |
| 26 | In some ways we should consider ourselves lucky if we get these types of responses to stress , because for others , unfortunately , there are other responses to stress that may also occur , such as ulcers and heart disease , from which we may get less warning . |
| 27 | The second reason why I feel that gradualism is the only means by which we shall achieve any kind of new vision for society and for the natural world has everything to do with the workings of democracy . |
| 28 | This was most clearly shown by Paul Dirac 's formulation of the general principles of quantum theory , of which we shall give some account in the following chapter . |
| 29 | I am sure that this will not be the last occasion on which we shall debate this issue . |
| 30 | Certainly this policy is not intended in any way to erm prevent what P P G seven actually seeks er to promote in in the open countryside , ie outside the areas which we would expect most development to take place in . |