Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [be] [verb] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 We agree that everyone should be told if they have a mortal disease .
2 Again , in the evening , times of meals and who is to share them should be decided before she moves in .
3 I remember excusing this by saying that I was waiting for the police and that nothing should be touched until they had come .
4 As Rowntree put it , life on the poverty line is governed by the regulation that ‘ nothing must be bought but what is absolutely necessary for the maintenance of physical health ’ ( Rowntree , 1941 , p. 103 ) .
5 I may be bragging but it er we had a wonderful day !
6 I may be crippled but I have the use of my eyes and my intelligence . ’
7 I simply could n't believe it … it did n't seem to make sense and I thought I must be mistaken but I 'm sure I was n't … ’
8 I should be obliged if you would now take the appropriate steps to have the recoveries examined or alternatively to authorise their return .
9 I suppose I should be flattered that you gave me an ‘ A ’ — though I 'd be better pleased if you thought enough of me to send my flowers in person , instead of by remote control .
10 I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’
11 If I did not add this information , I felt I should be told that he had never heard of M. Guérigny .
12 For a moment another thought crossed my mind — that if I lived in the United States while undertaking an ‘ experiment ’ I might be sued if I failed .
13 I 'll be cooking while you 're
14 And when I get a first-class degree , which I hope to do , I 'll be forgiven because I 'll bring status to the family .
15 Well I 'll be done because I usually go for the paper Rose , quite often Harvey 's said she 's coming out along the High Street five past at five past eight on a Monday morning .
16 I may have to nursemaid you , but I 'll be damned if I 'll let you bugger things up for me . ’
17 I 'll be damned if I 'll set up in Northallerton because of the ride they have given me , ’ Mr Davies said .
18 Which is why I 'll be obliged if you do n't ask for bread unless you really want it .
19 So I 'll be obliged if you two gents would drink up and leave . ’
20 And what is more , I 'll give it or not as I please ; and I 'll be buggered if I 'll ask permission of some pushy little perisher before I do so . ’
21 Anyway , I 'll be gone and I sha n't be long .
22 I 'll be ruined if I have to pay ! ’
23 ‘ I could n't understand half what she was on about , but either I 'll be learning or she 'll be giving up on me .
24 The more I put in then , logically , the more determined I 'll be to see that it all goes through smoothly .
25 No , cos I 'll be sitting like you said , so then they 'll be just like everyone going , what the hell are you doing ?
26 Excuse me , you 've ha , you 've tripped your and the you know , the all lad , he said , no it 's not worth it for me , so I 'll be going before you draw it .
27 The safety of the free world is in your hands Sly , do n't let it end with a bang ( though that 's what I 'll be doing if there 's a nuclear holocaust ! ) .
28 I 'LL BE REMEMBERED BUT YOU LACK CHARISMA .
29 Yeah does n't do it oh I 'll be bother if I get a cold next week .
30 But then I 'll be told that it 's not about him at all , in that silly sense .
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