Example sentences of "that [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That should give him a good laugh . ’ |
| 2 | That should give you a good help with that . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm red , so that should give you a fair spread . |
| 4 | Tommy Grant placed the big , round , iron , copper-lined sugar pan on the side of the stove , straightened his back as far as it would go ; then , turning to the bench , he pointed to the five tin trays of liquid toffee , saying , ‘ That should give us a fresh start in the mornin' , miss . |
| 5 | That should take him a long time to . |
| 6 | Erm , then I can , well because dividing point eight by , that 'll make it a strange figure |
| 7 | No , I think that 'll last you a little while . |
| 8 | And that 'll give it a good help . . |
| 9 | Y'know jus and things that you already n and just that 'll give you a nice little gentle start to the paragraph . |
| 10 | That 'll get you a certain distance , but that pre-supposes you can actually bounce something back , does n't it ? |
| 11 | ‘ After the Kentucky Derby , we will make a decision on where he goes , but I 'm a Yankee and that might give you a fair indication of where I 'd like to see him run , ’ he added . |
| 12 | That 'd buy you a new car would n't it ? |
| 13 | ‘ After all , Gav , I can just stay up till your drinking pals have decided to head home , or Norris 's card school chums finally drag themselves away , or crash out and snore on the Richter scale , whatever ; the fun rarely extends beyond three or four o'clock in the morning … why , that would leave me a good four or five hours ’ sleep before an early lecture . ’ |
| 14 | And that 's not quite on so that would bring it a little bit it might be about ninety two or something it might |
| 15 | That would tell you a few things . |
| 16 | Er we was on the beach , you know sea front , he 'd er gathered some er brands of seaweed for making what they call Irish moss , Caragium And that would give you a good think emulsion , you see then in the , what was the cod season , cod fishing , you 'd go down to the harbour where the er fishing boat came in and where they were cleaning , and you 'd get the boss would have arranged that you get the cod 's livers . |
| 17 | That would give us a few extra days . " |
| 18 | ‘ That would give us a stronger inside track when it comes to deciding TV rights with the clubs . |
| 19 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 20 | So do n't forget the one thousand who do n't think any of them are a good team , add all those up and that will give you a fourth equation . |
| 21 | That will give you a fair idea of the sort of environment in which institutions are placed , and the sort of environment in which you might be happy , and again , go for the environment in which you think you will be happiest . |