Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) Alternative accommodation for alleged abusers Where a child is suffering or likely to suffer ill-treatment within the home and the alleged abuser proposes to move from the premises , a local authority may assist him to obtain alternative accommodation ( Sched 2 , para 5 ) . |
| 2 | This should make us take extra care with introductions and conclusions . |
| 3 | ‘ I should think she needs other things more than a boater , ’ said Annie . |
| 4 | ‘ I should think she has good reason to think like that , ’ she told him . |
| 5 | Trade union representatives should ensure they meet young people during their placements and in many cases they will take a pastoral responsibility , dealing with any problems they may face . |
| 6 | I nodded to them , but when they looked at me I turned away quickly , for fear I should see them exchange puzzled glances . |
| 7 | While not pretending to be a comprehensive guide to all the aspects of central heating , this section should enable you to save considerable sums by installing your own central heating in all but the most complicated of cases . |
| 8 | As the blocks fall you must guide them to align similar objects . |
| 9 | This should lead us to harbour severe doubts about the ‘ scientific ’ nature of such research , since it seems to already know the answer before it goes out to investigate . |
| 10 | This tendency toward self-identification seems to be the norm for all the modern multi-processors and I must say I see little point ; if you do n't know what unit it is already … |
| 11 | But you owe two months ’ rent now and I 'm afraid I must ask you to find other accommodation in a week 's time if this is still outstanding . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , they 're all right for here , but when I receive my fortune , I 'll want him to meet important people , and behave correctly . ’ |
| 13 | where we were starting from and I think it would be valuable to do what we started doing and actually to look at this as the baseline and decide how we might amend it to keep common factors in that we can all use , because we need something that has a common denominator level |
| 14 | I 'll tell 'em to make other arrangements in the interim . ’ |
| 15 | It might save you making complete idiots of yourselves ! ’ |
| 16 | It 'll involve us developing visiting schemes , under eight services , helping families in different ways , improving services for disabled children , developing family centres , and a new specific — this 'll might amuse you this — a new specific responsibility for us to inspect and register the care practices of private schools in the County , and Oxfordshire has got the biggest number of those in the whole country . |
| 17 | The wife of rock knight Bob Geldof added : ‘ It 's not worth it , and they might find they get enormous satisfaction staying at home . ’ |
| 18 | When you change your old beliefs , you might find you have sudden impulses which are ‘ out of character ’ . |
| 19 | It 'll help you to stop missing Arnie so much . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The sense of outrage that some of those MPs would feel at such intrusiveness might help them to understand current feelings in certain sectors of education , ’ he said . |
| 21 | If you watch the Peacocks , you 'll find they have spare parts for every eventuality ! |
| 22 | If the writer also uses adverbial expressions initially in the first sentence of this new part of his text , then we might say we have overwhelming evidence that the writer is marking a ‘ topic-shift ’ in his discourse . |
| 23 | You 'd expect them to have opposite signs . |
| 24 | But Scudamore 's decision could see him start clear favourite in a race that has lacked a dominant performer since the death of Mighty Mogul . |
| 25 | I felt a burning , splitting sensation , and Dick told me to look as the head had crowned , and I could see she had dark hair . |
| 26 | You 'd know when he was breaking loose : you 'd see him walking round t'mill like a cat wi ’ two tails , and you 'd say to yourself — ’ There 's something on . ’ |
| 27 | Once we have finalised our response to the Welsh Office , I think it would be very useful if we could meet you to explore shared interests and clarify how best we can work together on this issue . |
| 28 | It could leave you nursing serious injuries . |
| 29 | This photograph , this swipe of grain , so briefly glimpsed : I could tell it contained extraordinary information . |
| 30 | The skills shortage that will hit Britain in the late 1990s means that companies must maximise human resources , and could lead them to make regular testing a routine part of office and shopfloor life . |