Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] [verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I go ahead and place an order for this model ? |
| 2 | May I do so and see whether he is still of the same mind ? |
| 3 | Should I go ahead and stab them or just scare them ? |
| 4 | If our inclinations are to intervene , should we do so or resist them as sentimental ? |
| 5 | ‘ Should we go outside and talk this over ? |
| 6 | Should he go further and force her to have sexual intercourse without her consent , this may evidence a failure of the marital relationship . |
| 7 | Should he stay here or go to Europe ? |
| 8 | He , more than any other ornithologist , knew what to look for and would be able , with the help of a few hand-picked collectors , to assemble a substantial collection in a fraction of the time it would take should he stay home and await specimens sent by less reliable amateurs . |
| 9 | You still looked nine thirty and then could you make even or did you have to wait around ? |
| 10 | Right Tim , watch my lips please could you go upstairs and clean your teeth ? |
| 11 | And could you drive already or did they |
| 12 | Now could you get together and spend five or six minutes as a group , having a look at the other group 's presentation and could you please make a note |
| 13 | How could she go home and forget what she knew , when it mattered so much to someone else ? |
| 14 | How could she sit calmly and read a magazine , when all the time she knew that any moment there would be a knock on the door , and Luke would be standing there , waiting ? |
| 15 | Could we go further and suggest why they think that ? |
| 16 | There were fouls galore , and the Town , to their credit , admitted the disgrace : ‘ If what we served up on Saturday is football , well , the sooner its death knell is sounded the better ; may we go further and say that never do we wish to see anything like it again . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ How dare you stand there and make these sweeping statements ? |
| 18 | I spoke to Miss Kennedy about it when she was over here , so would she come now and castrate the male piglets , please ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Shall we go upstairs and get this out of the way ? ’ |
| 20 | Shall we go outside and dance ? ’ |
| 21 | Will you go away and let me have a serious discussion with my nephew without these constant interruptions ? |
| 22 | Stac Deana I mean will you go upstairs and get the tray with the cups on it please ? |
| 23 | Will you wait here and guard my sack ? perhaps it would be wise to remove it a little from the public view … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Will you come then and get a cup of milk for him ? ’ |
| 25 | Can I go away and hide now ? |
| 26 | How … how can I go there and live ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ How can you stand there and talk about jobs when the real issue is hanging above our heads ! |
| 28 | ‘ How can you stand there and say that ? ’ |
| 29 | Girl , how can you sit there and talk about one of the Feltons being funny ! |
| 30 | ‘ Can we go somewhere and talk ? ’ |