Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Bring him down to see us , " they say , " and we 'll tell him how he can and ought to claim for you . " |
| 2 | You 'll spend the first couple of hours with ‘ Power Missy ’ trying to work out whether it 's a tease or a threat and then , just when you decide you really ca n't decide whether they 're all Polly Harvey bolshie or Sundays pliant , it may dawn on you that ‘ PM ’ is , in fact , f—ing scary , like playing S&M games with a dangerous schizophrenic . |
| 3 | Well let's think about it once more I know you 've done the correct thing cos I 've just looked . |
| 4 | ‘ Let's think about it some more — but it sounds like something we could go for . ’ |
| 5 | And let's think about it , there are many people in this county who receive home help service , for instance , who could well afford to pay these charges , and we in the Liberal Democrats see that we can augment the service with the income we get from these charges . |
| 6 | 4 Patient accompanied to theatre by a familiar ward nurse who may remain with him until fully anaesthetized . |
| 7 | The counsellor must also be aware of the words that are being used , and the possible impact that they may have , or the possibility for misunderstanding that may arise from them . |
| 8 | Let's find it and , better still , let's build on it . |
| 9 | ‘ No matter what the fans and the media may think about him , I regard Taylor as a true professional and he has to get his priorities right . |
| 10 | I do not know what the majority here or in the country may think about it . |
| 11 | ‘ You may think of me as ‘ Theda ’ . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You may think of me what you will , ’ he said coldly . |
| 13 | We may think of them as competing for various tenures . |
| 14 | I , of course , have to accept the decisions of the Court of Appeal as binding on me , whatever I or others may think of them . |
| 15 | In this sense his Habsburg and Bourbon portraits are not dissimilar to Jasper Johns ' American flag series , except of course that the flag , whatever individuals may think of it , is unquestionably American , the lineage is clear . |
| 16 | Now , after various newspaper disasters , it is being recognized that allegiance to a particular paper , whatever others may think of it , is not something people change lightly . |
| 17 | If I use the expression ‘ I have toothache ’ I may think of it as ‘ being used naturally ’ or otherwise , but it would be wrong to say that I had a reason for thinking either . |
| 18 | Rather , to adopt the method involves accepting that there is a ‘ reality ’ , which is as it is independently of what anyone may think of it , but which suitably organized inquiry is fated to discover eventually ; around the early 1870s Peirce speaks of reality as the final cause of inquiry . |
| 19 | Whatever you may think of us , Caroline , we are not children . ’ |
| 20 | That is stored in a database and any Staffs school with the right technical facilities may log into it and get up-to-date details of the farm . |
| 21 | He later explained his reasons in English Farming , and Why I Turned It Up ( 1894 ) in the preface to which he wrote : ‘ I can remember the time when people used to talk to me about farming and explain how I ought to go about it . |
| 22 | He said I really ought to go for it . |
| 23 | Our combined age is 151 so we think we can cope with any problems life may throw at us ! ’ he jokes . |
| 24 | And in this instance , he is only too aware of the kind of judgements I may make about him as a child reader , and tailors his reply accordingly . |
| 25 | Evening classes are a good way of meeting people , adding to your skills , having fun , and learning at the same time , without the organisational demands that a club may make upon you . |
| 26 | For example , if the male breadwinner is unemployed , more of the domestic tasks may fall to him . |
| 27 | He fears the demands that will be made on him for reparation and ‘ the punishment and revenge that may fall on him . |
| 28 | And then the Ricos-omes who wished ill to the Cid , had the way open to do him evil with the King , and they said to the King , Sir Ruydiez hath broken your faith , and the oath and promise which you made to the King of Toledo : and he hath done this for no other reason but that the Moors of Toledo may fall upon us here , and slay , both you and us . |
| 29 | The Minister ought to come off it , though . |
| 30 | ‘ Is there anything else like that I ought to know about him ? ‘ |