Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking French can be useful on holiday , can open up new friendships and may eventually help you in your work when you leave school . |
| 2 | Be careful : if you were asked by the council to comment on the original application , it may only inform you of these new drawings if you specifically ask . |
| 3 | Dear Bill ( if I may so call you ) |
| 4 | If I had been older and wiser at the time , then I would have been sorely tempted to write back ( on Mother 's behalf ) something like this : ‘ My dear son , I must regretfully inform you , not with malice but with sorrow , that money is not easy to come by . |
| 5 | While your friends are giving you a hard time at present if you persist and refuse to indulge in drug taking they should eventually accept you as a non-user . |
| 6 | I should perhaps remind you that they would normally be somewhat warmer than they were during our inspection , at any rate during one half of the working day … |
| 7 | ‘ As I 'm supposed to be helping you with Ana , ’ she said quietly , ‘ I should perhaps tell you that in my opinion Mitch is falling in love with her . ’ |
| 8 | I think we should perhaps provide you with some extra lessons . ’ |
| 9 | And I should perhaps warn you , Ellie , that in game-playing I always win . |
| 10 | you simply read the lists down and across yourself , without first hearing the words , and the LH should only stop you and say it right if you did n't |
| 11 | ‘ It is always a pleasure to talk to you , but I must not detain you . |
| 12 | ‘ I must not detain you any longer , Madame . ’ |
| 13 | Jean-Claude must not encourage you to become over-demanding on his account . ’ |
| 14 | Why not explain to us why we must perforce accompany you , and where to and suchlike , and mayhap things will be a little clearer . |
| 15 | Turning to investment banking and I should just remind you that er , we take fifty percent of Brothers ' profits and ten percent of New York and Paris and given the conditions , given the environment last year , I do n't think need be ashamed of the performance er , although in London the only business to really come in , come in with impressive returns was er , asset trading money , broking and banking . |
| 16 | You should resist the impulse to buy £1,000 tanks — at least until you get out in July 2023 when that sort of money should comfortably get you a 2′ × 1′ . |
| 17 | I must just tell you this , Laura did make me laugh , cos she said she stood up and she said , I 'm gon na give my talk about cats so I said , fine . |
| 18 | Is there any reason why I should not send you to prison for a very long time ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I thought — any man would have thought — that if I did n't look for knowledge , good family , and wealth in a wife , if I sacrificed all that , I would be sure of finding a country girl who was at least pure … but … but I should not accuse you . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You should not think you have the Merkuts to thank for your freedom , ’ Jehan said conversationally . |
| 21 | Your new regime should not stop you socializing or from accepting food from others . |
| 22 | ‘ But I should not want you to go back there at all , not until we are ready to disembark . |
| 23 | Fear of failure should not deter you from trying . |
| 24 | Finally , the need for an audit should not deter you from considering an application for registration with the Charity Commission . |
| 25 | Where larger amounts are concerned , the employer will need to become involved but this should not deter you if you believe that the purchase of free-standing AVCs is in your best long-term interest . |
| 26 | However , this should not deter you from at least being there just in case . |
| 27 | Though debilitating , this should not prevent you from continuing . |
| 28 | It really should not strike you as odd that I have been enquiring into your affairs — if I may so phrase it . |
| 29 | ‘ That should not make you bitter . |
| 30 | Tammuz Malamute , or whoever you are , I should not forgive you for this , he thought wearily . |