Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage . |
| 2 | Some of them may have become bottom living , crawling hunters for which a gastropod-like shell would have been more appropriate . |
| 3 | I must remember to include positive encouragements and requirements , not only a series of ‘ don'ts ’ and ‘ mustn'ts ’ . |
| 4 | I should have thought veterinary surgery was reasonably remunerative . |
| 5 | I should have to get other opinions but I 'd guess they would fetch a good deal of money at auction . |
| 6 | I think I might enjoy writing end-of-term reports for the stinkers in my class . |
| 7 | ‘ Did it occur to you that I might have made other arrangements ? ’ she said eventually . |
| 8 | I take it that I do n't like modern art and yet I can imagine that while being the same person that I am I might have liked modern art . |
| 9 | But I might have taken other examples . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll have to go straight back and lock it . |
| 11 | I 'll have to pay full fare on Sunday now , both ways . |
| 12 | You and I 'll have to start passive exercises . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm willing to abide by all laws — and I 'll try to persuade other Romanies to do the same , but I 'm not likely to succeed until my people can see these laws protecting as well as persecuting them . ’ |
| 14 | otherwise , as you say , I could 've gone straight past here . |
| 15 | The only way I could have done real justice to the subject would have been to cut down on other chapters , and that would have made it more of a carp book than anything else . |
| 16 | I knew that my presence annoyed him , and if I 'd stop to nurse hurt feelings , I 'd travel home each night on the el , lonely and defeated , in the way one can be on a train . |
| 17 | I says if I 'd 've wanted a slice of fat and I 'd 've want burnt tomatoes I says I would 've ordered them . |
| 18 | I 'D love to think Olympic cycling champion Chris Boardman could whizz down our street delivering the letters on a new Royal Mail mountain bike . |
| 19 | Everyone thinks that an English Rose complexion is nice but I 'd love to have olive skin . |
| 20 | Well , if I did , I 'd need to sell old Blazer and buy a shire horse to carry me ! |
| 21 | We played very well , but we gave away goals and I 'd hate to see throw-away goals like that on a regular basis . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd hate to practise defensive medicine , ’ commented Meryl . |
| 23 | He says : ‘ I 'd like to see primary school children begin with music which is relevant to them — live music from their own culture . |
| 24 | I 'd like to see Euro MPs introducing their singers in the Eurovision Song Contest ! |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd like to go straight back to my surgery . ’ |
| 26 | When this nightmare is over I 'd like to counsel other bulimics . |
| 27 | I 'd like to have ringlet-type curls ? |
| 28 | I 'd like to try stir-fry cooking , but I 'm not sure if I can use a wok on a ceramic hob . |
| 29 | but I 'd like to hear other views on this as well . |
| 30 | I 'd like to get nice things but I ca n't . |