Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they 're sick for seven days or less , you may want them to fill in a form saying so . |
| 2 | Ideally , it should enable you to burn up a little more energy and help you to become fitter . |
| 3 | I then , in true sneaky Aussie fashion , hired two young men who were willing to hold a fictitious conversation in a pub that Ryan frequented , which I must admit I thought rather a nice touch . |
| 4 | Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting . |
| 5 | Perhaps he thought it might make me nip up a bit quicker with his morning tray . ’ |
| 6 | He put me down in the Brompton Road — very kind and understanding — saying ‘ If you walk from here , you 'll keep him waiting just a minute like all you ladies do . ’ |
| 7 | The driver might admit he has n't a current certificate and the relevant conversation can be reproduced in the officer 's statement of evidence . |
| 8 | ‘ You might let me go just a little … |
| 9 | I 'll ask him to move along a bit , so he ai n't blocking the entrance . |
| 10 | okay it 'll be that so you can eventually you can build up a few tricks that 'll help you sort out a lot of the spelling . |
| 11 | encourage movement in your opponent 's position by : summarizing the course of negotiations so far , suggesting that the time has come for mutual concessions suggesting a new position which represents a different point of departure for both parties linking two or more issues since ‘ it might help us get nearer a settlement ’ suggesting an adjournment indicating the exact area to which you want your opponent to pay attention |
| 12 | He 's not stupid , he 'd know he had n't a hope of getting away with it . ’ |
| 13 | Okay so what I 'd like you to do now a little bit of revision which , which way shall we do it first of all no just talk about it both of you what you found easy and what you found hard . |
| 14 | Nothing could induce her to take even a morsel into her mouth — the imperious strength of a child 's sense of taste forbade it utterly . |
| 15 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 16 | An analysis of aggressive episodes could help you to work out a practical campaign to deal with a persistent problem over discipline . |
| 17 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 18 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 19 | But chief executive Colin Spencer said the Government inspector would expect them to put forward a preferred route as a matter of policy . |
| 20 | ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president . |
| 21 | This would enable them to set up a business on a more settled and permanent trading basis . |
| 22 | We seem to have heard it all before , but EIT Group Plc , trading in whose shares has been suspended at 9.5 pence since February , told the Sunday Telegraph that it was close to an agreement with its bankers that would enable it to put together a refinancing package ; it says its relations with its own bank , Midland Bank Plc , are good , but that Barclays Bank Plc , which had a £2.8m loan out to Sintrom Plc when EIT bought the firm for £1.7m , reckons it has prior claim on a part of any new money coming into EIT . |
| 23 | But I should say very often the old Guv'nor would let him have either a shilling to go down to the pub while we did the job , or else he would provide him with a jug of home-brewed beer and bread and cheese . |
| 24 | And then , of course , the other five coins would help him set up a useful practice at some safe distance , say two hundred miles . |
| 25 | And now , my dear Willi , I would ask you to make just a little overture of … friendship , to Gesner this evening . |
| 26 | You will also want to choose a type that will suit your special needs , for example , you may require it to bend round a bay , and you will need to consider whether a pre-corded version is necessary . |
| 27 | It is the only course in the United Kingdom which will qualify her to set up a dance and fitness college in the province — a business , she believes , which will afford her children security for the future while fulfilling their mother 's lifelong ambition . |
| 28 | Craigtara will be open this Sunday between 2.30pm and 4pm where a Halifax Property Services representative will show you round both a ground and first floor show apartment . |
| 29 | The technique that we have introduced for light aircraft groups will enable you to set up a reasonably accurate performance on most types in those groups , requiring the minimum of adjustment on individual aircraft . |
| 30 | I will wish you to draw up a deed of gift in Mr Beckenham 's favour when once probate is granted , if you please . ’ |