Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pron] [vb infin] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And now may I go to comfort the living ? ’
2 I do not know to which local authority the hon. Gentleman is referring , but may I try to explain the context of the debate to him , because it seems to be going straight over the heads of Conservative Members , as was evident in that intervention which I shall now try to answer .
3 Mr Palmer explained that the money was not returnable , should I fail to complete the contract within thirty days .
4 My hair needs colouring , and which bit should I perform to entice the public into Re:Joyce ?
5 What should I use to seal the joint between a carport roof and the house wall ?
6 The rest of the back panel is concerned with a power input and headphone socket , plus another guitar input should you want to employ the Quad in an enclosed rack system .
7 Seiji Ozawa , a Karajan pupil , has reported how , as a teacher , Karajan would identify a point at issue but never proffer a solution , conforming to another fine adage of teaching : ‘ You may take the pupil to the window but on no account should you attempt to describe the view . ’
8 Did she wade straight in with a blunt announcement or should she try to approach the subject from a more oblique angle which might encourage him to guess ?
9 And what must we do to neutralise the opposition ?
10 Or should we continue to accept the anomaly ?
11 However , should we decide to consider the Bill in a Committee of the whole House , the first set of amendments tabled by the Opposition — should the Opposition win the vote or should we accede to them — would torpedo the Bill below the water line and sink it lock , stock and barrel .
12 Anyway , the bank WERE NT exerting any pressure … despite some things said on TV over the weekend … hence Silvers comments just after the announcement of the sale , that the money would ensure we have some flexibilty should we need to enter the transfer market again .
13 The phrase that has caused all the fuss is that contractors and their staff , should they decide to adopt the code , should ‘ have proper regard for the public and be courteous . ’
14 Should they wish to complete the programme students should make arrangements to do so within the time limits specified .
15 In this shrine of opulence , deference to one 's customer requires that a shopkeeper should not appear to talk of price ( " a murmur reached her " ) , nor treat his goods as merchandise ( " He would be willing … to keep it … for ever " ) , nor should he appear to shut the door on his customer .
16 He also suggested that , should he fail to win the Republican nomination , he would consider contesting the presidential election as an independent .
17 ‘ Your wrap 's caught on a nail , ’ he warned , in a voice with the kind of husky foreign accent which , should he decide to recite the phone book , would still be entirely enchanting .
18 Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont ?
19 come come round I want to I 'll I want to see the product .
20 How might you begin to change the balance so that you feel more and more energised ?
21 What else then what other methods do we have besides having eye contact what else might we do to involve the audience to make them feel involved ?
22 How could he continue to pay the rent of their lodgings ?
23 May we learn to experience the joy of giving .
24 Would she prefer to face the room or the window ?
25 Would she want to see the boy ?
26 Would she care to tell the House the costs and benefits of this measure , which will be welcomed so much by doctors , nurses and , of course , patients ?
27 What would you do to reverse the direction of the ammeter needles first movement , B ?
28 What would you do to find the distance ?
29 Would you prepare to move the motion please .
30 Would you care to answer the question ? ’
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