Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should like to live in a community , Eleanor Thorne decided , I should like to taste the fruits of life in a small home , a retirement home , an old people 's house , whatever it might be called . |
| 2 | As well as often mis-clubbing him I might forget to put in a clean towel in the bag or something like that . |
| 3 | I thought I might have to paint in a taffeta dress or something ! |
| 4 | ‘ How did ye mean , I might have worked in a circus ? ’ |
| 5 | I 'll start speaking in a minute . |
| 6 | You make me so miserable — I 'll start crying in a moment . ’ |
| 7 | I 'll have finished in a couple of hours . |
| 8 | I RECENTLY found a wallet containing credit cards which I could have used in a dishonest way . |
| 9 | ‘ After Jaws I could have pissed in a pot and they would have paid me something , ’ he says . |
| 10 | I 'd prefer to work in a factory . |
| 11 | Not that I 'd like to sleep in a box , mind you , not without any air — you 'd wake up dead , for a start and then where would you be ? |
| 12 | I do n't think I 'd like to work in a factory . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'd love to win games 6-0 playing entertaining skilful football , but equally I 'd like to stay in a job . ’ |
| 14 | Q I would like to invest in a gravel cleaner that removes detritus without syphoning off water , as I would like to be able to clean the gravel in between regular changes . |
| 15 | Having selected a remedy it must now be given , but first I would like to put in a little reassurance . |
| 16 | ‘ I would like to live in a tree too . |
| 17 | I would like to help in a general way with Friends ' events |
| 18 | There was also a reduction in the number of elderly bus passenger casualties which may have resulted in a fall in the number of trips being made following the introduction of fares for concessionary travel . |
| 19 | This was an unusual arrangement which might have worked in a perfect world . |
| 20 | Critics of this view variously suggest that Socialist propensity to ‘ violence ’ anticipated that of the right ; that unnecessary enemies for the Republic were created by anticlericalism and , in general , too narrow a view on the part of the left as to what constituted acceptable ‘ Republican ’ values , credentials and behaviour ; and that the CEDA , a potentially Christian Democratic party which might have evolved in a genuinely democratic direction , was actually forced rightwards by the conduct of the left . |
| 21 | The records are not hand-written ; they are more focused and less personal due to the wider audience , the variety of sources that can input to a debate is world-wide and some avenues of thought will survive through this to meet success which would have withered in a smaller community ; response time is faster and , confident in the formal date stamping and public manner of their input , scientists are more willing to share information earlier . |
| 22 | That important stroke was the result of Olazabal and Stewart narrowly missing birdie putts on the 18th which would have resulted in a play-off . |
| 23 | In sections 4.8–4.12 a further set of qualifying concepts is presented which will help to identify in a systematic way a number of near relations of , and approximations to , more basic paradigmatic relations . |
| 24 | In view of what you have just said , are you likely to be more generous to members of the Whips Office who may wish to speak in a debate ? |
| 25 | In your pre-meeting with the secondee you may wish to build in a daily evaluation session to ensure that the secondment programme is working well . |
| 26 | Many of those aspects of your personality which you may have perceived in a negative way might be regarded by others as positive elements of your character . |
| 27 | Keep ship 's papers and passports in a safe , but easily accessible place : you may have to leave in a hurry . |
| 28 | Voluntary work in the community can be just as useful as anything you may have done in a paid capacity . |
| 29 | George you may have seen in a wine bar , often in the company of younger lawyers ; or at the theatre , with a blonde ; or on the steps of the Garrick , with or without a blonde . |
| 30 | ‘ You must have put in a lot of hard work . ’ |