Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If Carnelian leaves Stalinvast , ’ Jaq said bluntly , ‘ we may need to take you a vast distance . ’ |
| 2 | PAMELA : Sir , I am so well satisfied with Mr. Belville 's affection for me and his well-known honour that I can not think myself obliged to any gentleman who should endeavour to give me a less opinion of either . |
| 3 | Well , having had to avail ourselves of the help of the officer who got rid of our gigantic wasp nest , I should like to say what a superb job they do , but I just wondered in view of the tremendous number , whether there is some kind of way of preventions . |
| 4 | I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 5 | We should try to make it a significant factor in the dramas we create . |
| 6 | In so doing they will be building on their earlier writing experiences which should have given them a positive view of themselves as writers who are capable of making and receiving meanings using a variety of forms depending on audience and purpose . |
| 7 | Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game . |
| 8 | Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant . |
| 9 | She prospered at GSA nevertheless , coming out with the second highest marks in her final year , which should have given her a valuable travelling scholarship . |
| 10 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 11 | they they get an allowance for somebody to clean and if they 've got a cleaner , I mean , they should have sacked them a long while ago ! |
| 12 | Someone should have seen what a good wife she would have made . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 14 | I think you should have done it the other way . |
| 15 | ‘ You should have smacked him a good one when you had the chance ! ’ |
| 16 | He says that the hospital should have told them a new machine was n't being bought . |
| 17 | Many a godly Jew must have felt what a wonderful thing it would be if Moses ' longing could be fulfilled , ‘ Would that all the Lord 's people were prophets , that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ’ ( Num. 11:29 ) : and that is just what the prophets were led by God to foretell for the last days . |
| 18 | Must have cost him a few thousand to have it done . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That must have cost you a great deal , Caroline . ’ |
| 20 | His early acquaintance with Pub ] ius Rutilius Rufus at the school of Panaetius must have given him a first taste of Roman optimates : later he had Pompey and Cicero among his admirers . |
| 21 | Seventy years of Byrd on record must have given us a good 50 versions of ‘ Ave verum corpus ’ but not a single one of ‘ Deus venerunt gentes ’ The reasons for this are not hard to find . |
| 22 | The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisdiction to determine . |
| 23 | The break-through that the Anisminic case made was the recognition by the majority of this House that if a tribunal whose jurisdiction was limited by statute or subordinate legislation mistook the law applicable to the facts as it had found them , it must have asked itself the wrong question , i.e. , one into which it was not empowered to inquire and so had no jurisiction to determine . |
| 24 | He must have found it an educational experience . |
| 25 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
| 26 | It must have taken her an awful lot to write those words , and they were why I felt I could go back and see her now . |
| 27 | Everybody must have thought what a dismal day this is . |
| 28 | Despite its very low fat content it tastes so deliciously creamy that you 'll want to make it a daily part of your healthy eating plan — either as a topping to cereals and desserts or eaten on its own . |
| 29 | No one from your past comes to mind who might want to do you a good turn ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Because if you have , the Company might want to ask you a few questions . ’ |