Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] [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 | I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 4 | We should try to make it a significant factor in the dramas we create . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Although Mikhailichenko should have given them a 15th-minute lead , Marseille increasingly controlled the game . |
| 7 | Perhaps his teacher should have given him a better word than ‘ tidgy ’ , but they both knew what they meant . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Should have realised it the first time , but that 's what happens when you make assumptions . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | ‘ Well , you should have done it a long time ago ; you need a rest . ’ |
| 12 | I think you should have done it the other way . |
| 13 | ‘ You should have smacked him a good one when you had the chance ! ’ |
| 14 | He says that the hospital should have told them a new machine was n't being bought . |
| 15 | Must have cost him a few thousand to have it done . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ That must have cost you a great deal , Caroline . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He must have found it an educational experience . |
| 20 | Ernest Jarvis did what he had to do elaborately , and it must have taken him a long time . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | No one from your past comes to mind who might want to do you a good turn ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Because if you have , the Company might want to ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 25 | We 'll need to get you a larger garden . ’ |
| 26 | When I accepted he suggested I might like to give him a certain sum to help the wine flow . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to give me a few minutes to get myself ready . |
| 28 | I 'll try , but you 'll have to give me a few days before you pull her in . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ We 'll have to give it a few days to get properly weather-beaten . |
| 30 | We 'll have to give you a new name . |