Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although creeks are thought to be largely areas of non-deposition rather than areas of erosion , the scour of the tide along them may cause some lateral erosion and water draining at times of very high tides from areas behind the zone of creeks may plunge into the heads of the creeks and so cause a certain amount of headward erosion . |
| 2 | I say it should be a nice evening , and I think to myself I may need all that wine . |
| 3 | There has been real rudeness on the part of poll tax Patten , if I may use that unparliamentary way of describing him , but everybody knows who I mean . |
| 4 | Cos the other thing I was gon na do was to go into Lloyds , I must do that some time about this interest on that account cos I reckon it 's very low |
| 5 | I must do some real work today or at least this aft' . |
| 6 | An accepted method of counter-irritation in cholera is with sinapisms applied to the epigastrium … or , if I must interpret these learned expressions for the benefit of my distinguished colleague , with mustard-plasters to the pit of the stomach … " |
| 7 | I must admit that selected areas of the park are well looked after and a delight to wander through , but unfortunately by far the greater area of ‘ Old Deer Park ’ is spoiled by litter . |
| 8 | ‘ I must admit that last month when you ran away , I thought , Uh — oh , here we go again , but I was wrong , Gilly . |
| 9 | And then next week I must order some more coal for but erm , I 've got ta go outside here so no good doing it for this week is it ? |
| 10 | ‘ I must ask that young woman to speak at one of my supper clubs . |
| 11 | At breakfast the next morning , Constance said , ‘ Ludo , I think I must have some new clothes . ’ |
| 12 | Re remind me tomorrow I must take those twenty vouchers |
| 13 | Whatever the risk of shock to my more mathematically allergic readers I must write this celebrated equation just once : |
| 14 | Oh good well I must remember that next time it 's always good to know how to do these technical things . |
| 15 | the second , I must get that ten pence off there , that 's June 's , that 's not bad and that one 's July but that 's March the second I should have remembered that today . |
| 16 | I must get some fresh air . " |
| 17 | But I must learn some rudimentary Greek — starting from the alphabet onwards . |
| 18 | I should emphasise that vulnerable groups of students , such as the disabled and lone parents , remain eligible for benefits . |
| 19 | I was wondering how on earth I should endure these hunting days , especially when they all came back and crowed over me about the jolly time they 'd had , and then I thought , by jove , there 's Alexandra Abbott and she does n't hunt and she made me laugh more than anyone has for years . |
| 20 | I should like another five hours of debate with the hon. Member for Gateshead , East , because we could learn much from it . |
| 21 | ‘ I should like some more custard . ’ |
| 22 | Personally I should find that cold comfort . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't see why I should take any more risks for a man I hardly know . ’ |
| 24 | He said I should have more adequate protection than a burglar alarm . |
| 25 | I should add that any Man . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , but perhaps he thought I might meet some wealthy man who would instantly fall in love with me and so relieve him of some of the responsibility , ’ she retorted , too angry to even think what she was saying , and then gave a derisive smile when she saw that he was half tempted to believe it . |
| 27 | At the other end of the animal kingdom , I might cite that well-loved dinosaur Iguanodon , now identified in Africa , Australia , Asia and Spitzbergen , besides its best-known English and Belgian haunts . |
| 28 | Mr Colman if I might add that re- orientation has brought with it the need to change our pricing strategy and therefore rather than going package by package right through the whole thirty four , we 're actually trying initially on the engines to go in one bang to price everything on the engines and do it in the next few months . |
| 29 | I thought I might find some reasonable woman who would understand my case and accept me . ’ |
| 30 | I just thought I might put some more flowers in it . . |