Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | from this point on , Spencer Stuart became a genuinely international firm owned by its own consultants ( none of whom may hold more than 2% of the stock ) and managed by a Chairman and a Chief Executive , each of whom is elected to the position for a defined period . |
| 2 | It is full of ideas to try out and everyone should do just as it recommends . |
| 3 | Dana thought everyone should do just as she wanted , and why not ? |
| 4 | It was the same at the funeral , they were all so quiet , the four men who brought in the coffin wore thick soft-soled shoes so as not to make a noise , nothing must interrupt so that it seemed like a silent film unreeling to the sound of psalms . |
| 5 | Similar impressions seem to arise from sentences such as I may leave tomorrow and I can finish it next week . |
| 6 | Is there no gentleman or lady of virtue in this neighbourhood to whom I may fly only till I can find a way to get to my poor father and mother ? |
| 7 | The idea of ‘ subjective meaning ’ is a loose one , covering all ways in which someone may act deliberately or expressively and excluding only reflex actions . |
| 8 | I must finish now as I have to prepare teaching for tomorrow . |
| 9 | He says as a champion I must perform well and give the public value for money . |
| 10 | I ask your pardon for leaving you waiting at the door , but I 'm pressed , Owen , the days crowd me , and there are things I must set forward while I may . |
| 11 | Well I must stop now as the V.C.s are due to arrive any minute . |
| 12 | I must go home and study these papers in peace and quiet . |
| 13 | I must go home and change . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Right or wrong , I must go now and see my father . ’ |
| 15 | I must go now and you get ready for supper with the merchant fellow . |
| 16 | Tell you what I must do actually whilst I 'm thinking about it is do take one lot of washing out and put another lot in . |
| 17 | Drops of condensed water fell on to her head from the ceiling and she thought , I must leave soon or I shall melt into the atmosphere . |
| 18 | He also explained that I must talk freely and not be intimidated by the recording machine . |
| 19 | I must explain here that , as neither Nigel nor I had religion , I had arranged the two speakers and then planned to say a few words myself , to thank everyone , in and out of sight . |
| 20 | And I must sit here and smile , thought the king , to hear him praised for his valour and impetuosity , and worse , worst of all , for his success , and say some good and gracious words in return , with my mouth full of wormwood . |
| 21 | I must admit therefore that there is one passage in this otherwise consummate design ( A Fruit Dish ) of which the meaning escapes me . |
| 22 | ‘ I must admit though that there is sometimes a temptation to call you Joan Harridan ! ’ |
| 23 | Oh dear I must rush home because it 's half past nine and I 'm going to get told off |
| 24 | In fact I must emphasise again that , in my view , the early Uniformitarians were the theoreticians and the Catastrophists were the careful field observers . |
| 25 | ‘ I was obviously disappointed , but as always in football , I must look forward and hope I can quickly get back into the game . |
| 26 | " Who does not know " , said Alexander III in 1886 of Gorchakov 's successor , " that the pitiful Giers ( N.K. Giers , foreign minister 1881 – 94 ) is nothing more than an executor of my will ? " , while almost two decades later an even more self-effacing foreign minister had no doubt that " my duty consists in telling the emperor what I think about every question , and then when the Sovereign decides I must obey unconditionally and try to see that the Sovereign 's decision is executed " . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , I must say briefly that the constant inability of British Rail in successive British Railway Bills to recognise a real need is causing much frustration . |
| 28 | I must say again that it is very odd for me to have to describe all this for you . |
| 29 | I am afraid that I must say frankly that I do not think I can open the columns of the Q.R. — at any rate , at present — to any one associated publicly with such a publication as Blast . |
| 30 | And I must add here that my own skin also became smoother and whilst at times I used to suffer from dry skin , strangely I no longer do . |