Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I may not for instance sue somebody in a court of law . |
2 | If a personal creditor of the heir has been sent into possession in order to protect his property , and has obtained an object left under trust to me , it is agreed that I ought not to be prejudiced by him in any way ; no more than if he had received that object as a pledge from the heir himself . |
3 | I ca n't give myself the great happiness of promising to be yours — because I am sure I ought not to ! ’ |
4 | ‘ I — I ought not to be telling you this , but Lady Lavinia told me she would … leave me something . ’ |
5 | She paused then added more seriously , ‘ Actually I ought not to be so excited . |
6 | But I 'm sorry , David , I ought n't to be bothering you with all this at such a time . |
7 | I ought therefore to be grateful for being disorientated by the unfamiliar and the chance to focus the innocent eye . |
8 | ‘ And I must away to my Green Line bus — Lydia will be keeping something hot for me . ’ |
9 | Tony in charge of services and communication , Simon in charge of policy and development , Richard in charge of resource development , and although it 's not on the script and she said I must n't to the script , I ought to mention also Samantha who has joined us as head of communications on whom , you may thank for all the sort of visuals that we 're having , and the bright idea of videoing er , our Chairman . |
10 | He is now talking of going to the theatre tonight with some American widow friend passing through Edinburgh , as I said I felt I should not in case I coughed . |
11 | I wan na keep my slate clean cos I 'd of said something I should n't of said ! |
12 | with a gas I should n't of been very pleased either would you Geoff ? |
13 | Cor I should n't of been there I think I should of been the next one along |
14 | I put the brake on and locked them , I should n't of done ! |
15 | perhaps I should n't of told you , so I said well look Timothy I said this is a conversation that has n't taken place I said when Christopher comes back in I said if you want to say anything you can , but feel free not to and we 'll just , if he comes we wo n't know anything about it |
16 | I should n't of got |
17 | ‘ I should n't in any case keep the originals and the transcripts in one place , no sir . |
18 | I 'll just in |
19 | By dint of merit , I 'll the Lawrel snatch ; I 'll not for it 's reversion tamely Watch . |
20 | I 'll only with them . |
21 | You , you , do n't he said , I 'll down to you , I said I do n't bleeding first ! |
22 | And I 'll home in oh once again erm sorry I 'll I 'll repeat to you but I 'll I 'll reinforce that |
23 | Cor there must be some reason for it of course , perhaps they 're not , not erm picking up or yes I could easily of bought erm a couple bottles of wine to make that |
24 | Er I do n't think I could n't at this moment in time , give you the components |
25 | But I have n't got I could n't at this stage say I could do a tap next year . |
26 | I could n't at one time . |
27 | I could n't to that . |
28 | Oh dear I could n't of that . |
29 | so , I could n't of got out the way if I 'd of wanted to , cos I was about that much from the curb , I thought he 's |
30 | Oh yes , yeah , I could n't of done . |