Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seeds are all the external influences that tend to throw us out of balance and they may affect us on any level of our being ; on the physical level it may be something simple like being exposed to a cold wind , getting soaked in the rain or even some form of trauma . |
| 2 | O God give me the strength to be victorious over myself , for nothing may chain me to this life . |
| 3 | PAMELA : Sir , perhaps I should answer you by another question and that would not become me . |
| 4 | ‘ What the hell did you expect , that I should treat you as some kind of equal ? |
| 5 | If it is directed to his particular case , the Home Secretary should disregard it at this stage unless it was evidence at the trial ; if directed to penal policy in general , it is merely a small part of his information as to public opinion . |
| 6 | She was so ashamed of not remembering what had happened that she felt she must compensate him in some way , so she kissed his mouth and stroked his cheek . |
| 7 | I do n't know I mean er maybe these are minute but whether you should explore them at that moment in time I mean only experience will tell . |
| 8 | Consider the rule that , when being with one person and meeting another , one should introduce them to each other . |
| 9 | It struck me as extraordinary that the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) should attack us on that point . |
| 10 | David and Angela came along to see it and David said , ‘ I must introduce you to this guy Tony DeFries who is going to be my manager , and I think you should meet him too . ’ |
| 11 | Of course , I should expect them in this house . |
| 12 | You should soak them in some stuff . |
| 13 | You should soak them in some stuff . |
| 14 | These deliberate modernities should clear him of any charge of merely insulated ‘ ivory tower ’ escapism . |
| 15 | A well-stocked storage cupboard , combined with a freezer , should see you through any emergency brought about by weather or illness , for example . |
| 16 | This brief letter should provide you with some guidance concerning the United States job market and your best way of approaching it . |
| 17 | ‘ I should slap you for that remark but you 're not worth soiling my hands with . |
| 18 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , this should take me about another fortnight . ’ |
| 20 | Oh , and incidentally , I must tell you at this point that his pre-birth environment was most carefully handled . |
| 21 | We must consecrate it to each other and to the gods . ’ |
| 22 | Do they want to become MPs for the money ( some , it seems hard to credit , apparently are dim enough to think so ) , for the glamour ( one glance at the crumpled dandruff-laden figure putting the question should disabuse them of that idea ) , for the influence ? |
| 23 | do you think we should stand it on some gravel in the saucer there 's plenty of gravel |
| 24 | Names will be picked out of the bag on January 31st , so coupons must reach us by that date . |
| 25 | I must get him alongside this time , he thought . |
| 26 | But whatever our idea may be we must put it into some perspective . |
| 27 | But cold reality was but a split second away , and Leith went swiftly from dream world to fury that he should involve her in this sham . |
| 28 | Do you reckon she 'll prefer it in that colour ? |
| 29 | You do n't believe for a minute that this government will stand by while the two biggest general unions get together , no way , they 'll attack us in any way they can and I warn ya they have n't run out of ideas yet . |
| 30 | And er she says Jean I swear to God she says if she comes over near my door , I 've told Jim she says , I , I 'm ready for her I 'll beat her round that square and she said I 'm not like that but she says that 's just the way she says , and she hurt my kids when I sent them Easter eggs over , doing that she says , that really galled me , she says cos they were hurting my kids rather than me . |