Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [be] [vb pp] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 pathetic , it 's gon na freeze up again this afternoon down at Bournemouth , gon na have fish off the pier , go for some bees , but I could n't be bothered but there was nothing , it was too damn cold , it must of been minus five with the wind chill factor
2 Cos I could n't be bothered and I was n't dressed and it would be going all over to south London .
3 I could not be bled and have been dealt more than a hundred blows so that I got a thorough grinding . )
4 I would n't be suprised if he scores nearer 20 than 10 goals by the end of the season .
5 It meant I would n't be perceived as another girl singer — and I could set the look and feel and energy of what I was about . ’
6 It was when he attempted to argue , ‘ I would n't be bothered if I never had another ride in the National , ’ that he began to give himself away .
7 His ca n't be traced because he does n't have a licence for it . ’
8 Always plenty of room I ca n't be bothered cos I 've got to give Foxy his shorts
9 I mean I like dancing and music but I like to have a chat with , I ca n't , I ca n't be bothered if I ca n't chat properly because you ca n't hear yourself
10 In a brief statement Edwards said : ‘ I have told my board colleagues that I will not be rushed and will come to a decision towards the end of the season . ’
11 In a brief statement Edwards said : ‘ I have told my board colleagues that I will not be rushed and will come to a decision towards the end of the season . ’
12 ‘ It 's a big game for me , but I will not be overawed as I 'm not the nervous type .
13 And we ourselves will instinctively be perceived as ‘ anti-Christian ’ , as writers engaged in a fully fledged crusade which pits us , as militant adversaries , against the ecclesiastical establishment — as if we were personally bent on toppling the edifice of Christendom ( and so naive as to think such a feat possible ) .
14 She has from day one showed her disdain for me as one opposed to hypocrisy and her type of esoteric or pseudo intellectuality — being satisfied as I am with intelligence , integrity and interest ( ! ) — and has manifestly made it clear she overtly dislikes me because I wo n't be moulded or do what she wants or tells me — she suffers the matriarch/ bossy syndrome ( childhood nickname I am told was ) and does not like the fact I am utterly my own forthright person who spoils the incestuous sibling smythe-watson quartet which she ‘ ran ’ so self-interestedly for so long …
15 I wo n't be offended if you ca n't make it . ’
16 I know you avoid this sort of thing , so I wo n't be offended if you do n't want to tell me . ’
17 I can not be refuted if I claim that my visual sense-field contains a yellow sense-content , but I can be refuted if I go on to claim that there exists a yellow object that is responsible for my sense-content .
18 Similarly , I can not be refuted if I claim to experience a religious emotion .
19 I can hardly be blamed if the production was cancelled . ’
20 If the dog drops down as commanded then it will be unlikely to disturb the horses , which may otherwise be unnerved and could even attempt to bolt off .
21 Anger , which may not be expressed because of personality factors , such as excessive control , or fear of the consequences .
22 A small company , perhaps exploring foreign markets for the first time , will have requirements different from those of larger institutions which may already be tried and tested in the international arena .
23 Finally , once the client has agreed the schedule with the agency ( which may well be done before the content of the ads is finally agreed ) , it is the media person 's job to go out into the marketplace and buy the press space , the poster sites or the TV , radio or cinema spots .
24 We should also be careful to distinguish between overt formal parts , which may well be labelled or explicitly stated in the original , and parts which discourse senders and receivers orientate to but do not label .
25 Then the density of undisturbed fluid at height Δz is ( the suffix a signifying ‘ ambient ’ ) , which may also be expressed where N is the Brunt-Väisälä frequency .
26 It is important , however , that employees retain a sense of perspective in identifying words and conduct which may reasonably be perceived as causing harassment , alarm or distress as opposed to mere annoyance .
27 11.1 During the continuance of this Agreement the Proprietor shall not without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion abridgement or revision of the Work or of any part of it or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work .
28 4 DURING THE CONTINUANCE of the Publishing Agreement , neither of the Authors shall without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion , abridgement or revision of the Work or of part of it ; or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work .
29 11.1 During the continuance of this Agreement the Company shall not without the consent in writing of the Publisher prepare or edit for any other publisher any work that is an expansion abridgement or revision of the Work or of any part of it or publish or cause to be published any work on the same subject which may reasonably be regarded as likely to conflict with the sale of the Work .
30 There is however one kind of inclination which may legitimately be classed as inherently egoistic or altruistic , the biological drive either to self-preservation or to preservation of offspring or others .
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