Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [art] [det] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might benefit him the more if the money were to be withheld until he is older . |
| 2 | Cos I did a weekend and so she said well erm I 'll tell you what Ann she said , I 'll give you a cheque myself she said cos you , you 'll I 'll pay you the same as |
| 3 | I 'll pay you the same as what I pay you on a Saturday is that okay ? |
| 4 | I saw her and I , I be honest with you I hid , I be totally honest and I 'll tell her the same if I see her because I 've just found out then that they could n't do any more for me dad and I really did n't want to speak or see anybody and I sat in the canteen on my own , I just said to me mum , mum on the phone I said mum I need to do this on my own I said I 'm just gon na have a coffee in the cafeteria and I do n't know if you 've been in there but the cafeteria is all glass and she pulled up in a white van delivering something to the office , I thought oh no it 's Jenny she 's the last bleeding person I want there , I do n't mean that |
| 5 | well your mum said to me well I 'll tell you the same as I 've told Con but I said I 'm not against the children or anything the children |
| 6 | I think if I was going to go Sunday I think I 'd buy myself a few cos that |
| 7 | His response to a Christian who might approach him with the request to convert to Hinduism would be to urge him to try to be a good Christian since the Gītā could offer him no more than the Bible . |
| 8 | From there , the crossing and the distance he had covered on that path , to the place where he was found , would take him no more than half an hour — less , if he was a brisk walker , and it was raining , he 'd be no longer than he need out in it . |
| 9 | He might be my best friend but he will treat me the same as any other player and will only pick me for a Test if I am bowling well . |
| 10 | The same problem of interpretation arises from any use of manorial records , probably the best available documentary source ; these can tell us no more than the number of holdings which fell vacant on particular estates and throw no light on mortality among landless persons . |