Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ?
2 There is no more natural monopoly than the public utility of water supply and it is obscene that anyone should seek to make it the instrument of private advantage .
3 For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous .
4 If we can put all this point-scoring to one side , I should like to ask him a question concerning several thousand of my constituents .
5 The Cathedral could be got into at any time by the Bishop 's door , given how unlikely it was that the Bishop in his currently abstracted state should remember to lock it every time he used it .
6 so er we must remember to buy him a card and something
7 The departure from her old home and her arrival in her new one will be a tremendous double adjustment for her to make , so you should try to give it a sense of occasion .
8 ‘ Methinks I should contrive to send her a message , suggesting that she pays me another visit . ’
9 It 's er , obviously , you 'll need to give them a briefing , so they can play the character , but to the end of degree , 'cos you 'll need to respond to things that they say , as indeed , you 'll have to back in influencing situation , back in your own department , back in your own ground .
10 I 'll need to give you an antibiotic as well Jane
11 I 'll need to give you an antibiotic as well Jane
12 If you 've had any personal contact with these people you might like to give them a nudge .
13 Okay David , thanks very much indeed for your time and for talking to us today but er if you have a view on that you might like to give us a call .
14 I suppose I 'll have to give her a ring .
15 Now goes missing , we 'll have to give her a shout .
16 You 'll have to give her a kiss ! ’
17 she 'll have to give me a mile start oh I say
18 ‘ Ye 'll have to give me a hand . ’
19 But I 'll have to give him a caution at least .
20 You 'll have to give him a present .
21 I 'll have to give you a mark off for that .
22 Oh I 'll have to give you a fiver .
23 Oh , I can see I 'll have to teach you a thing or two about the Royal Navy . ’
24 Well either that or she 'll have to change you a note up .
25 And you 'll have to tell me the name of your
26 But I 'll have to tell you a bit of my history .
27 You got to have a chauffeur , you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to make it worth me while coming off dole at forty pound a week .
28 You got to have a chauffeur , you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to make it worth me while coming off dole at forty pound a week .
29 I 'll have to buy him a drink .
30 We 'll have to get her a set of books .
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