Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , the draftsman should consider imposing on the tenant an obligation to ask the landlord , say six months before the expiry of the term which ( if any ) fixtures the landlord requires him to remove . |
| 2 | And here she 's telling Ruth , now what you 've got ta do , she 's she 's got him , she 's got her introduced to Boaz and she tells him it 's a strange custom , one that 's perhaps even stranger in our eyes today but there er after the party , the great harvest supper she 's , the the they lie down in the barn together , they all just , they 're tired it 's , it 's , the party 's gone on into the wee hours of the morning , and there they just , they do n't bother going home , they lie down there in the barn together all of them and she says to Ruth what you must do according to the custom is , you go and you lie at the feet of Boaz and wait , just wait , and wait for him to respond to you . |
| 3 | To return to the catastrophe of the Thorntons , it is basically all right , because you keep the rule that important characters who are going to die must begin dying from the start . |
| 4 | He should stop coming to the House pretending to support home-owners when his policies would discriminate against them . |
| 5 | During the next few months and years , we must avoid continuing in the trap that we were in before . |
| 6 | It has been suggested that different degrees of probability should apply depending on the nature of the allegation . |
| 7 | And I said , ‘ No , I 'm not Jeremy Pascal ’ , so he said , ‘ You should try going on the radio , you sound just like him . ’ |
| 8 | People should pay according to the value of their property , and it is therefore reasonable that there should be one national band . |
| 9 | The suggestion is that the levy should vary according to the level and effectiveness of the training undertaken by each firm , as judged by the board and the national training agency . |
| 10 | McKinsey also drew up an analysis showing how different facets of financial management should vary according to the stage of the life-cycle . |
| 11 | " Care " is not defined in the Act but according to the Guidance it " must mean providing for the child 's health and total development ( physical , intellectual , emotional , social and behavioural ) and not just having physical charge of him " ( para 3.23 ) . |
| 12 | Yeah but I thought we should get cracking in the car . |
| 13 | MicroHenry is a simpler and cheaper off-line version of Henry , which should start shipping in the summer . |
| 14 | These iterations should start coming off the line in the first quarter , another delay for what was supposed to be the standard Viking . |
| 15 | The guiding assumption was that the school curriculum should differ according to the ability of the child who would follow it . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , in ordinations of vegetation , the regeneration characteristics of assemblages of species may give meaning to the observeddistribution of vegetation types , rather than the terrestrial features of the environment . |
| 17 | You may not accept invitations to speak on TV or radio programmes , participate in surveys or contribute to publications which might include commenting on the work of the ES or other Government Departments without having first gained permission from your manager . |
| 18 | You may not accept invitations to speak on TV or radio programmes , participate in surveys or contribute to publications which might include commenting on the work of the ES or other Government Departments without having first gained permission from your manager . |
| 19 | As an alternative , the investor might consider investing in the CD just considered . |
| 20 | ‘ Only this time we 'll dance according to the music . ’ |
| 21 | We 'll put it right where we think it matters , on the training field and we 'll keep playing with the philosophy of working , training and competing . ’ |
| 22 | And Vera Lyn sang ‘ We 'll Meet Again' on the wireless . |
| 23 | I think I 'll stop going to the shelter . |
| 24 | He 'll go drifting off the edge into another universe and will never be able to get back . ’ |
| 25 | In the main , exactly which personal qualities are likely to make a good teacher are not discussed ; nor is there any discussion of whether those qualities might vary according to the age group being taught , the special requirements of a teacher 's subject , or the ethos of the school , for instance . |
| 26 | This duty might vary according to the nature of the contract of employment but would be broken if the employee copied or deliberately memorized a list of customers . |
| 27 | ‘ I do — but it does n't keep me from hoping that some morning you 'll come bouncing into the kitchen with a smile on your face — ’ |
| 28 | And er of course another a another er expression was the wee boch 'll come helshing down the street . |
| 29 | ‘ If people read the autobiography , they 'll start thinking about the past , James 's past . |
| 30 | Reckon I 'll start sleeping in the day . ’ |