Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was thinking maybe next weekend I might or meet her for the day |
| 2 | I 'll and get you a box . |
| 3 | ‘ And so I would , madam , if I could but confess , ’ suggested Isabel tentatively . |
| 4 | But at the end of all I sigh and think if I could but see old England again , and the dear , dear treasures it contains , I would contentedly sit down at my working table and stroke , stroke away to the end of the chapter , that is health permitting . ’ |
| 5 | On returning to the ward somewhat shaken myself I made the patient as comfortable as I could and asked to speak to the ward sister , who was fortunately very experienced and prepared to believe what I told her . |
| 6 | I made myself as small as I could and waited to hear what Mama would say . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd put in as much as I could and got out as much as possible at YPN . |
| 8 | ‘ Stormed around for a few days , lobbied as hard as I could and got on with my job . |
| 9 | " Going in I just planned to observe , " Waggoner explains , " to experience as much as I could and to watch closely . " |
| 10 | I pushed him again as hard as I could and ran for the door . |
| 11 | I continued to encourage Jack whenever I could and to try to put positive thoughts into his head , especially on the greens . |
| 12 | I just continued to read anything I could and watch avidly all the ‘ bird ’ programmes on television . |
| 13 | I felt and slid my arms under Harry 's and with my feet slipping on the muddy bottom yanked him upwards as fiercely as I could and found him still stuck and yanked again twice more with increasing desperation until finally whatever had been holding him released its grasp and he came shooting to the surface , only to begin falling sluggishly back again as a dead weight . |
| 14 | I opened the seals as carefully as I could and read the file . |
| 15 | ‘ I trained as hard as I could and spend 2½ hours in the gym every day for six months , ’ said Smith , adding confidently , ‘ the winter has done its job . ’ |
| 16 | I would because having used spreadsheets both with and without a mouse I know that lots of spreadsheet operations are easier with one . |
| 17 | If I can clear this today I will and phone you , otherwise I 'll let you know tomorrow am . |
| 18 | ‘ I will or perish in the generous cause . |
| 19 | I can but try . |
| 20 | ‘ I know , and I have plans to have it , if I can but gather the energy in a month or two . |
| 21 | I can but ask . |
| 22 | I can but pray it will all be fine . |
| 23 | I can but echo the tributes that have been paid to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) . |
| 24 | ‘ In fact it did find its own way down , ’ concedes Mr Featherstone , ‘ though how , I can but wonder . ’ |
| 25 | Now I try to surround myself with as many influences as I can and avoid all that . |
| 26 | But I can and said pull that fucking door closed and the knob came off in her fucking hand , she spun round |
| 27 | As for my own disappointment , I will keep playing the best I can and hope things change . ’ |
| 28 | " I shall have to pull up as near as I can and let you out , said Woodie . |
| 29 | I also hit him whenever I can and spit in his face . |
| 30 | I mean I think that 's extremely important to allow children to erm you know play things out in the best way that they which is in a sense their way of coming to terms with things erm and to answer their questions as honestly as I can and to admit it when I do n't know the answers erm and also , I mean in our family we 've taken various actions to try to stop the war and we 've , you know , taken part in demonstrations and written letters and erm |