Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't ; it was only when I was talking about it to Gina that I thought I ought to come here and tell you . ’ |
| 2 | learn my trade that I ought to stay here and put something back into the industry again . |
| 3 | He says as a champion I must perform well and give the public value for money . |
| 4 | I must go home and study these papers in peace and quiet . |
| 5 | ‘ Right or wrong , I must go now and see my father . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was obviously disappointed , but as always in football , I must look forward and hope I can quickly get back into the game . |
| 7 | " Who does not know " , said Alexander III in 1886 of Gorchakov 's successor , " that the pitiful Giers ( N.K. Giers , foreign minister 1881 – 94 ) is nothing more than an executor of my will ? " , while almost two decades later an even more self-effacing foreign minister had no doubt that " my duty consists in telling the emperor what I think about every question , and then when the Sovereign decides I must obey unconditionally and try to see that the Sovereign 's decision is executed " . |
| 8 | ‘ I think you and I should draw aside and discuss this matter , Mr Magistrate . ’ |
| 9 | So if you ca n't be more positive — ’ she folded her napkin and threw it down like a gauntlet on the table between them ‘ — then I do n't see why I should stay here and listen to you . ’ |
| 10 | I fully accept that if I want to know everything a top luthier knows then I should go away and make a serious study of the subject , but I would be quite happy to read a dedicated magazine each month from which I can learn about what 's new , who 's up to what , what new guitars are like to play etc. etc. and also the meaning of the industry 's technical terminology . |
| 11 | I think I should stroll across and talk to Kellard . |
| 12 | Maybe I should pop inside and buy something . |
| 13 | ‘ I might stay here and get another job . ’ |
| 14 | I said to Bev erm do n't mean to say , I mean I might get home and find she 's got a phone call but she said to me yes I mean we , she did think of going out yesterday , and it was me that stopped it but if I feel so inclined today we 'll go down if she 's in |
| 15 | I knew what I was going out to and I was only concerned that there might be some hitch or delay , that I might get there and find that someone had made a mistake and I was n't due out for another six months — such was my anxiety to be released . |
| 16 | I 'll stay here an' settle a few old scores with our precious Mayor an' all ! ’ |
| 17 | So , I 'll stay here and do something , get a job . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll stay here and watch her . |
| 19 | I 'll stay here and coordinate the search . |
| 20 | — No , my dear , I 'll stay here and hold the fort . |
| 21 | I 'll stay here and get a job in a café at one pound fifty an hour . |
| 22 | I said : ‘ I 'll walk home and leave it here ’ but they said : ‘ No way . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll walk home and pick the car up in the morning . ’ |
| 24 | In fact , with your permission , I 'll start now and stop here for a while . |
| 25 | I 'll go forward and check there . |
| 26 | ‘ While you drink this I 'll go downstairs and make tea and toast — ’ |
| 27 | I 'll go downstairs and make you a hot drink . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll go downstairs and see him then , ’ replied Catherine . |
| 29 | I 'll go downstairs and call Mr Kobold . |
| 30 | Songwriting genius Tom T Hall 's duets on the masterful ‘ I 'll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again ’ . |