Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [indef pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Die-hard enthusiasts may prefer one the full length of the car to cater for all maintenance without having to turn the car round . |
| 2 | ‘ I feel I must show somebody the parcel I 've just had , ’ she said , greeting Ianthe on the doorstep . |
| 3 | We must hope none the less that one can be found here . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're never too old to rock'n'roll , as the myth has it , but I 've thought I should try something a little more serious than a commercial music station when I move on again . |
| 5 | ‘ Madam , I confess myself deeply grieved that you should judge one an enemy who has ever served you and yours faithfully and to the utmost of his ability , ’ he said sorrowfully — and the prince , watching the scene with avid interest , expected to see tears well from his eyes . |
| 6 | Must get one a microwave if Debbie comes home I think , I 'll see , I 've been saying that but I was thinking if , I 'll have to wait and see Debbie |
| 7 | Mm , I think we should get something a little less heavy . |
| 8 | You should get one a day then there 's six pints of milk . |
| 9 | ‘ Now let's do one the other way , Dustin . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , she 'll make someone a wonderful wife ! ’ screeched Jamie . |
| 11 | we 've got to have them — we 'll need one every 50-75 miles around the country , with smaller mini-sites to feed into the ones like this in Milton Keynes . |
| 12 | Most organisers set them rigidly in straight rows without checking whether some other design might give everyone a better view and provide more working and movement space . |
| 13 | ‘ I might give someone a ring . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We do n't like anything that might give someone the idea to stick a poor fish in beer . |
| 15 | That 'll give everyone a chance to rest and then we can swim across to those fields . " |
| 16 | He 'll give everyone a tractor , |
| 17 | it 'll give somebody a good laugh |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll do something a bit longer than that , ’ said Hilary . |
| 19 | Er I 'll have one a little later if you do n't mind . |
| 20 | and you think next time I 'll have one a bit bigger , you know , and then , next time one a bit bigger still |
| 21 | Should watch that clock and say I 'll have one every two hours . |
| 22 | When I saw them , I thought I might get one every week . |
| 23 | you might find something a little different , but I mean it 's the |
| 24 | Only in mathematics do we see a successful artificial and international language , though when we come to talk about visual language we may see something a little like it ; and music might count as a language , though one in which it is hard to say anything very definite . |
| 25 | But when we come to look at the cluster and the and the audience contact then then you know we may see something a little bit different , Okay but er those are the important aspects things like things like whoops the use of the hands you know several people put their hands in their pockets or put them behind their back or something like that . |
| 26 | Frankly , if I were n't in such a high-risk position , I 'd want someone a little more cosy as my obstetrician , but Owen is the best for someone like me and at times he can be a dear , so I should n't complain … |
| 27 | To allow large numbers of Southerners into their highly regimented society could unravel everything the Stalinist regime there has created in the last forty years . |
| 28 | There 's not many men who are n't even relations that 'd give someone a record player for a wedding present . ’ |
| 29 | You could do something a lot |
| 30 | And I remind this council of something I said a few years ago of an incident , incident concerning the Atherstone hunt in my ward where the hounds attacked the dogs of , a couple of dogs of a constituent of mine in his back garden totally uncontrolled , they were running amuck right across land in Ellistown this is nothing the hunt could do nothing the hunt tried to do they were too busy off still dashing ahead chasing the fox or what they thought was a fox . |