Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 I should n't think many men would have dared to have written it was all her then , in the first person
32 Is there any reason why I should n't use this water for my aquarium ?
33 Mm there 's no reason why I should n't get that deposit back .
34 I should n't say these things I s I know but
35 I thought I should n't ask any questions until you … ’
36 And should it have the misfortune not to please these stupid Frenchmen , all would be over — I should never get another commission to compose … the devil himself must certainly have invented the language of these people — and I fully realize the difficulties with which all composers have had to contend .
37 I should now clarify that statement by rephrasing it : I adopted the only strategy open to me in order to preserve any sort of identity , however precarious , and in order to believe in myself as an individual being , separate from both the family and the school .
38 Oh I think I might just put some petrol in over there .
39 I wan na get out there , and I might even make some sacrifices .
40 I 'll donate some money there , you know , I might even win one percent of the prize at the same time , you know , I might have a chance of winning , but I always think , oh yes , only fifty P , you know , I 'll win certainly .
41 Were it not so , I might well have more sympathy with an isolationist approach .
42 We 're leaving in a week and I might not get another chance to come and speak to you .
43 ‘ My wife thinks I might be risking all my credibility by coming back and that I might not get another job in football .
44 I might not win this time .
45 tell me about taking bearings , what do you do , let's give you an example , of some bearings to take , erm , and then you can tell me what you 're doing , so there 's a point there , and we 'll call that erm , P , just to be awkward , now let's say what we 'll do , this is what we 'll d , this is a typical problem in fact , erm , I 'll even draw that line on for you to start with , yeah , here 's the problem , a ship is sailing due North , okay , and when it 's at the point of A it takes a bearing on the lighthouse , so the lighthouse is somewhere , do n't know where it is , but bearing of L from A is forty five degrees , and the bearing of L from B , which is when the ship has sailed on a lot further
46 I 'll just drop this register in to Mrs Ellis and double check that address .
47 I 'll just dump this lot in the car . ’
48 I 'll just open these doors cos it 'll be too cold to go out there once we go out .
49 Elizabeth replied , ‘ And I 'll just pour this milk into the skimming trays then take my apron off and come with you .
50 I 'll just do one picture .
51 I 'll just do this crossword .
52 And that 's about What what what it is is they 've just someone 's asked me if I 'll just do some recordings of some of the lessons .
53 I 'll just finish these accounts , ’ he said .
54 you did , yes I 'll just give this potty , move , oh I 'm gon na fall over your feet , I 'll just give it a rinse out and dry it
55 I 'll just give these folks coming in the door a moment
56 and then Steve says well I 'll just make last orders , see you later Paul .
57 I 'll just switch that television off and you might pay some attention .
58 I 'll just wash these things up while I 'm here .
59 Yeah , I 'll just move that chair from out the front
60 Erm I think Mr and and Mr between them have have covered most of what I wanted to say so I 'll I 'll just endorse those points but the the other matter .
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