Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] go [adv] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The justification for this view is partly pragmatic ; as Cohen puts it , ‘ it would be a mistake to refrain from taking those explanatory steps which are open to us , just because we should prefer to go farther than our current knowledge permits ’ . |
| 2 | She should have gone away when she had the chance . |
| 3 | should have gone soon as they got out of work . |
| 4 | ‘ I decided that if she had run away she must have gone somewhere where it would be very difficult to find her . |
| 5 | The nightmare of officials is that Japan 's fertility rate might keep going down until it hits western German levels — 1.28 at present . |
| 6 | Right we 'll keep going round till somebody 's got a U. |
| 7 | They have good days and bad days : days when things seem relatively easy , they are on the ball , and a lot gets done , and days when they just ca n't face it and phone in sick — only to feel much perkier half-an-hour after putting down the phone , and a little guilty that ‘ I could have gone in if I 'd really had to ’ . |
| 8 | But I 'd have gone nowhere if I 'd kept playing . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd have gone today if I 'd know you were coming home . |
| 10 | So you 've got an this this branch will keep going perhaps until it gets really tiny . |
| 11 | er for special services I invite everybody , and I 've got about fifty on my books which I think I can afford to go around when I get there , can you do a couple , they live near you |