Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had said ‘ we ’ , which heartened McAllister enormously but also meant that she must try to justify his confidence , and not let him down ; he must not think her a fine lady only playing at life — she meant to do her share , and yet try not to hinder him . |
| 2 | Sorry , I should n't do it the other side cos it wobbled . |
| 3 | Anyone setting out to keep tracks on Hazlitt must indeed find it a cat-and-mouse exercise . |
| 4 | Er … forgot who this is … so let's just give him the popular name ‘ Local ’ , when in fact he probably is n't . |
| 5 | that 'll only cost you a small amount |
| 6 | ‘ I was afraid you might not think him the right friend for me , ’ said Mrs Ames . |
| 7 | And if she does n't go right away , I 'll just give her a little motion on her rear and that 's about all . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps he 'll just give you a nice tonic . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll just give you the overall concept of the thing , and it 's up to you how to interpret as you see fit . ’ |
| 10 | Now we 'll just give it a little bit of lift . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll just send you a little champagne to prove that though I may be a prude I 'm not a puritan . |
| 12 | and I probably wo n't stop I 'll just tell you a different way . |
| 13 | Oh I could tell you a lot about this but I 'll I 'll just tell you a little bit that 's all . |
| 14 | Oh I 'll just get her a separate can of Coke then . |
| 15 | A34 ; do watch out for that problems at Yarnton where they 're re-surfacing but no reported problems though it might just cause you a little bit of delay . |
| 16 | I 'll always make you a nice cup of tea . |
| 17 | What 's more , when you 've completed 20 transactions , we 'll automatically send you a full statement to keep you completely in the picture . |
| 18 | If it is in an issue less than two years old , we 'll probably send you the whole issue as a back number . |
| 19 | Mike in the audience and he 'll probably give me a rollicking afterwards , cos I have n't prepared anything about this and I suspect I wo n't be able to speak till the red light . |
| 20 | Whether or not you decide to subscribe , you can keep the free magazines , and we 'll also give you a full colour map of the world PLUS another gift . |
| 21 | Andrew might also consider it a useful opportunity to further his England captaincy claims , for which he has a growing number of supporters — although he expresses no such wish , since his old school-mate , Will Carling , currently holds the job . |
| 22 | It might even give him a nice profit on his outlay , which was nothing to worry about . |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , Bully , ’ cried Angela happily , holding the alsatian 's great head between her hands and putting her face close to his , ‘ I 'll never call you a bad dog again . |
| 24 | They 'd rather sell you the full price , yeah . |
| 25 | you see , we used to when old shoes do you see , you could only use them a certain number of times by welding them up |
| 26 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 27 | He explained that children came to Cedars when their own school could not give them the individual help with basic skills which they needed . |
| 28 | They could not get her a new one ! |
| 29 | Okay if I could just give you a brief , a small diagram , okay |
| 30 | I could just see it a local farmer coming out with his gun |