Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 2 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 3 | ROS : A compulsion towards philosophical introspection is his chief characteristic , if I may put it like that . |
| 4 | Someone ought to ask him about that . |
| 5 | ‘ I said to my wife : ‘ It 's crazy , someone ought to do something about this — there always seems to be an inadequate number of facilities for women . ’ |
| 6 | Oh , and incidentally , I must tell you at this point that his pre-birth environment was most carefully handled . |
| 7 | I must leave you within these two hours ’ . |
| 8 | Indeed it was one of the most shocking stories of police corruption and legal incompetence I had ever read , and believing that I had the ability to rectify it , I decided , whatever my other commitments , that I must bring it to public notice as soon as possible . |
| 9 | David and Angela came along to see it and David said , ‘ I must introduce you to this guy Tony DeFries who is going to be my manager , and I think you should meet him too . ’ |
| 10 | I must limit myself to two others who have thrilled and inspired me . |
| 11 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 12 | ‘ I suppose I must thank you for that , ’ replied the Queen of Casterbridge market rather ungratefully . |
| 13 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
| 14 | I must get him alongside this time , he thought . |
| 15 | Yes , well I was , I was erm , I must put myself in historical context . |
| 16 | Of course , I should expect them in this house . |
| 17 | Another problem with doing these talks is working out at what level I should pitch them for different age groups . |
| 18 | Maybe I should tell you about one man . |
| 19 | PAMELA : Sir , perhaps I should answer you by another question and that would not become me . |
| 20 | I should think something like that really . |
| 21 | ‘ What the hell did you expect , that I should treat you as some kind of equal ? |
| 22 | Dr Kent , I do n't know whether I should ask them at all . |
| 23 | I do n't know why I should burden you with this and make an exhibition of myself in front of eveN– one . ’ |
| 24 | She said , ‘ I think you 're trying to tell me that I should remember something of this . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I should warn you of two things . |
| 26 | ‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with . |
| 27 | I might bother you with another one ( or two ! ) that I have completed since then . |
| 28 | Well I thought I might accompany it with another equally short poem , which is also about a child . |
| 29 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 30 | I thought I might do it like that . |