Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I had suggested in the note that , as it was then three-fifteen , rather than their breaking camp , one of them should drive back and take me to where they were for the night and back to the village next morning . |
2 | He paused and then said , not realising the effect his words would have , ‘ I may go along and see this Vigo . ’ |
3 | He says as a champion I must perform well and give the public value for money . |
4 | Then Lili said , ‘ I must go up and change . ’ |
5 | I must go home and study these papers in peace and quiet . |
6 | ‘ Right or wrong , I must go now and see my father . ’ |
7 | I must go out and check it . |
8 | But now , I must go back and sit with her . ’ |
9 | I feel I must rush out and stop him . |
10 | nothing since last August and my husband keeps saying oh I must stay in and do it , I must stay in and do it and I just do n't ! |
11 | nothing since last August and my husband keeps saying oh I must stay in and do it , I must stay in and do it and I just do n't ! |
12 | ‘ I was obviously disappointed , but as always in football , I must look forward and hope I can quickly get back into the game . |
13 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
14 | Though I do not desire to stray into fields where others here are expert , I must point out that according to the first chapter of Genesis the world was so constituted from the beginning that good and evil were created together in it , and also that the knowledge of them existed before mankind . |
15 | " Who does not know " , said Alexander III in 1886 of Gorchakov 's successor , " that the pitiful Giers ( N.K. Giers , foreign minister 1881 – 94 ) is nothing more than an executor of my will ? " , while almost two decades later an even more self-effacing foreign minister had no doubt that " my duty consists in telling the emperor what I think about every question , and then when the Sovereign decides I must obey unconditionally and try to see that the Sovereign 's decision is executed " . |
16 | And I must pop out and get some milk . |
17 | ‘ I must get back and see to the washing . |
18 | They buy the records and the video , so on days like this I must come out and see them and say ‘ Thank you ’ because I am in their debt . |
19 | I must come in and get on with it . |
20 | ‘ I think you and I should draw aside and discuss this matter , Mr Magistrate . ’ |
21 | So if you ca n't be more positive — ’ she folded her napkin and threw it down like a gauntlet on the table between them ‘ — then I do n't see why I should stay here and listen to you . ’ |
22 | I fully accept that if I want to know everything a top luthier knows then I should go away and make a serious study of the subject , but I would be quite happy to read a dedicated magazine each month from which I can learn about what 's new , who 's up to what , what new guitars are like to play etc. etc. and also the meaning of the industry 's technical terminology . |
23 | I should go down and lay the table , thought Marion . |
24 | I du n no what 's best — you know , if I should go out or stay here . |
25 | Maybe I should go out and abuse some kids , get rid of that ‘ safe ’ tag . ’ |
26 | Does that mean I should go out and steal one ? |
27 | I am not sure whether I should stand up or stay close to Suzie . |
28 | I think I should stroll across and talk to Kellard . |
29 | It was decided that he should leave next day for London and that I should stop on and finish my baths and meet him in Paris . |
30 | ( I should point out that had it not been for my sister Etty , who had financed this latest venture , there would have been no printing business . ) |