Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Test ; the yarn must run freely so move it backwards and forwards . |
| 2 | And manager Ian Porterfield must decide how quickly to bring him into the first team , though it will be tough to drop Kevin Hitchcock . |
| 3 | But before raising the money you must decide how much work you are going to do yourself . |
| 4 | True , it was not so spectacular as earlier assaults on it , such as the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 , so it is hardly surprising that Israeli leaders should have so contemptuously dismissed it , so patently failed to understand its revolutionary import : that , for the first time , the enemy was offering the prospect of the civilised , peaceful , negotiated settlement for which Israel had clamoured since its foundation . |
| 5 | Eliot 's 1921 meeting with Dr Roger Vittoz in Lausanne must have once more forced him to confront his own history and ambitions . |
| 6 | Having taken notes ( in whichever format ) , you must learn how best to use them . |
| 7 | It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ? |
| 8 | But he 'll work late tonight doing it again . |
| 9 | I 'll sleep on it tonight and tomorrow we 'll go all out to get you somewhere . |
| 10 | He 's just like Tony , he 'll say alright then get it done , get it sorted out and Tony will say well we ca n't really afford it now or no I 've change me mind now I do n't think , you know |
| 11 | might say well just do it the end of the year . |
| 12 | Well I could have quite easily hit him last night . |
| 13 | It was mikva night , and the last thing in the world that she felt like doing was making love to her husband — she could have quite cheerfully strangled him ! |
| 14 | You 'd have well basically timesed it by three . |
| 15 | I do n't think I 'd live long enough to see it mature . |
| 16 | The first day at the newspaper they sent me into the darkroom with a roll of film and I think I was in the closet for about five hours before I could figure out how to put it on the reel . ’ |
| 17 | They got trapped in a hole , and no one could get near enough to get them out . |
| 18 | Since all three of these matters relate to Personnel , I was wondering if you , Margaret and myself could get together soon to discuss them ? |
| 19 | That 's why I asked Sister if I could slip up here to see her . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I would like once again to thank you for the major contribution you 've made to our AIDS education programme this year . |
| 21 | Perhaps they reasoned that even if he managed to slip clear of the ropes he would have so far to fall it would n't matter . |
| 22 | It was the same when The Who smashed their gear at the end : everyone would turn up just to see them smash their gear and it was n't cool , because everybody knew they were going to do it . |
| 23 | However , in the absence of Dosshell , and as far as hard disk management goes , Menuworks will do very nicely thank you . |
| 24 | The ‘ applied scientist ’ whose identity is fundamentally pragmatic — given something to be done , he [ or she ] will work out how to do it . |
| 25 | And you may say well why do I have two pairs of fins , you know , one in front and one behind , instead of , say , three pairs of fins , or one pair of fins , or eight pairs of fins — why do we all have two ? |
| 26 | " I told them three days before we can finish repairs , " he told us , " but we can do enough tomorrow to hold us to Banda , if weather is good . " |
| 27 | So as you can see not only have we designed a gas cooker which looks impressive in the most modern of kitchens or traditional wooden cabinetry . |
| 28 | Right so you can see now how to do it ? |
| 29 | I can see how much work you 've done … ‘ |
| 30 | Nevertheless , the real value of land is constant ; and capital invested in it will not deteriorate with inflation ; in the long term the purchase of a smallholding even at inflated prices , can make sense if the buyer can hold back enough to put it in order , and stock and equip it . |