Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beauty is often the object of envy by a plain person , yet people whose prettiness as children captivated the adults around them may grow up with a severe disadvantage . |
| 2 | ‘ Everyone must put up with a certain amount of discomfort from neighbours ’ . |
| 3 | Antonio 's mother said : ‘ They shouted that everyone should lie down on the floor , that anyone who looked around would be killed … they tied up Antonio and grabbed my youngest son ( 16 year old Jose Custodio ) . |
| 4 | I may go through for a day you know . |
| 5 | I may go through for a day you know . |
| 6 | ‘ I take it I may go back to my hotel now ? ’ |
| 7 | Erm er changes in the central charges which always intrigues me I 'd like to know and erm if I may go back to erm paragraph seven where we 're saying you know allocated thirty five thousand in the committee development over and above the effects of inflation an and this subject six thousand seven hundred recycled savings is available for some revenue development or mortgage charges and then if we look at eight and shortfall in planning applications we are going to use that six thousand seven hundred to write off a shortfall in the planning applications . |
| 8 | Nowadays the attitude seems totally the opposite ; the modern-day prop appears to say : ‘ I may go down in the scrummage , but I will never go back ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ In fact it 's possible I may move in with William . ’ |
| 10 | When I am ready for residential care , I may totter over to that side of the House , but until then I am happy to stay on this side . |
| 11 | Have you any message I may pass on to him ? ’ |
| 12 | Of course she does n't know what my life was like for six years or so , although I may get round to telling her , in time . |
| 13 | I appreciate that such proposals raise cost , operating and Health & safety issues , and would be grateful for your observations so that I may report back to my Committee . |
| 14 | If I may hark back to the answer that I gave to the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) , one of the areas on which there has been a significant concentration by the Government and the security forces in recent years is the financial resources available to terrorists — I hasten to say on both sides of the community . |
| 15 | But this if I may pick up on the point Mr made , how then do you assess the environmental impact of what you 're proposing if you do n't actually know where it 's going to go ? |
| 16 | In case someone should come back from church early . |
| 17 | So for a change I thought someone should write in for the fans . |
| 18 | They tell me I must face up to my responsibilities , get my title out of hock to the moneylenders , and marry an heiress . ’ |
| 19 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 20 | Now , though , I must float off to Paris . |
| 21 | When Richard handed it to me I was so surprised I forgot to enquire whether or not il s'agit d'un cadeau , but if not , I must settle up with you when next you 're here . |
| 22 | ‘ I must go on with the post , but I 'll send somebody to help you as soon as I can . |
| 23 | I must go up onto t'moor and get the sheep down before they get buried . ’ |
| 24 | I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding . |
| 25 | Now I must go over to Doctor Lovell 's for my pills . ’ |
| 26 | I must go round to her house and watch that film . |
| 27 | , ’ If the quotation is a common one you could acknowledge this fact but turn it into a plus , ‘ We all know the lovely poem by John Masefield , which you can never tire of hearing , ( Pause ) ‘ I must go down to the seas |
| 28 | I 'm afraid I must go back into history again . |
| 29 | ‘ I must go back on Sunday at the latest . ’ |
| 30 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |