Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I also take this opportunity to wish the new United Nations Secretary-General success in his efforts to prepare recommendations for improvement in the preventative diplomacy , peacemaking and peacekeeping capacities of the United Nations ? |
| 2 | After a while , after a silence broken only by the whispering of the fire , she raised her head and said , ‘ May I really have some hens soon ? |
| 3 | [ to BELVILLE ] May I never survive one moment that fatal one in which I shall forfeit my innocence . |
| 4 | I think he just well they 've got pots of money between them why should I ever do any work ? |
| 5 | With all that , must she also attend this gathering , where she might find herself exposed to public ridicule , to painful humiliation , by the dread words of that evil old woman ? |
| 6 | At no time should you ever share this knowledge with other residents or talk about their affairs , unless it is relevant to improving their care or reviewing it with other members of staff concerned . |
| 7 | If so , which sound do you think it is now , and in which way should you always write this sound from now on ? |
| 8 | Valensi , who had shown at the Section d'Or in 1912 , in a lecture given late in the following year asked : ‘ Why should we not invent pure painting ? |
| 9 | If the use of human subjects could promote dramatic advances in research into hazardous surgery , such as liver transplantation , or the search for drugs to reverse Alzheimer 's disease , angina , or AIDS , but with possibly lethal side effects , why should we not offer long-term criminals the choice of undergoing such tests in exchange for a commutation of their sentence if they survive ? |
| 10 | Since the musician works with notes , why should we not accept that colour by its intrinsic force is capable of expressing a painter 's thought ? ’ |
| 11 | We all pay the same towards the NHS ; should we not get equal benefits ? |
| 12 | From the bottom of my heart , I take this opportunity of asking Joseph and Gertie , should they ever read this book , to forgive me . |
| 13 | More importantly , the city has long been a centre of manufacturing excellence ; why then should it still arouse such hostility ; is there something deeper to the disapproval of Birmingham than the quality of its goods . |
| 14 | ‘ Might I just ask one question before you go ? ’ |
| 15 | might I just say this darling cos I 've just remembered , I 'll forget senile you see ? |
| 16 | Might we now expect some clarification regarding Trident . |
| 17 | If nature has discovered the ‘ best way ’ of producing a sequence of changes that will result in an adult member of Homo sapiens , might it not recapitulate this sequence in the womb ? |
| 18 | Could I just make one suggestion that it 's made within the next six months as well . |
| 19 | Could I just make one final |
| 20 | Before you pass on that could I just ask one question , which is how far are B T with it ? |
| 21 | Chairman could I just have one final |
| 22 | Could I also take this opportunity to make another appeal for all types of books and used magazines ( not necessarily AMNESTY ) to be sent to death row prisoners in the Caribbean . |
| 23 | Could I also say one thing finally , and that is the fact that we 've tried to run together the alteration and the greenbelt local plan as concurrently er as possible , er it would appear that the timing erm is coming together reasonably satisfactorily erm in that we hope that the report from the greenbelt local plan enquiry , is not to er far distant , erm and we would expect , sir , that you will be reporting on the proceedings at this examination in public er in the not to distant future , well I think I did give an undertaking at the greenbelt local plan enquiry that the County Council , because the two are er interrelated to a degree , that I would expect the County Council would not wish to pursue either report er until er the other er is available , and that seems to the County Council to be entirely sensible , that the two reports , the structure plan alteration and the greenbelt local plan enquiry , erm should be looked at together . |
| 24 | ‘ Could I possibly borrow some money ? ’ she asked , turing in her seat to look at him . |
| 25 | Could you please give some indication as to when you 're likely to respond to the letter sent to you on the twelve of the first nineteen ninety three ? |
| 26 | Could you please make these adjustments for the next matrix list which I realise will not be for some time and , in fact , by that time Karen will be off on maternity leave but I leave it to you whether you want to slot in Joan and Jane for that period . |
| 27 | I mean , come on , but I do understand that some of you were briefed or , or Do n't worry about this now , but we would like this briefing questionnaire back before you leave on Wednesday , er , if you were a late replacement , could you just make that plain on there , er , if you were n't briefed , you 've got the shortest questionnaire in the world to fill in . |
| 28 | Could you ever imagine that happening to one of you ? |
| 29 | How could you possibly lose four men ? |
| 30 | [ How far away could you really see bloody Arthur 's Seat ? |