Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've played against him and Wasim in county cricket and , believe me , if they had been cheating I would have known . |
2 | George Marshall , head of human resources , said : ‘ In spite of our current employment difficulties , but looking to the future of our business , I am announcing we will have an intake of 20–30 first year apprentices in September . |
3 | ‘ If Mum finds out I 've been smoking she 'll kill me . |
4 | When we are writing we must unlearn this disembodiedness if our work is to achieve the depth and richness we desire : we must learn to speak with our whole body and not just through our mind 's eye . |
5 | A new round of fare increases on British Rail have come into force , and commuters are warning they could force people off trains and into their cars . |
6 | I mean if we , we 're preaching you should use recycled products we , if we had a few to sell at least |
7 | ‘ You 're suggesting I 'll do so ? ’ |
8 | another mistake in the film was to suggest that in a a short franchise , say of seven years they would need a great deal of working capital , but they wo n't need a great deal of working capital or or share capital , they will actually be running a business where they get subsidy , because if er they 're involving socially necessary lines , like commuter lines , or or rural lines , then we 've made it very clear er that the taxpayers subsidy will continue , because these are loss making businesses , they will be bid they will bid for subsidy , and they will continue to get that subsidy , so they will have the flow of whatever income they can increase , in the passenger franchise , plus the subsidy , plus , and this is a very important point in what we 're doing in the restructuring of British Rail , you see , nobody up till now has said that British Rail is perfect , everyone acknowledges that there are big improvements to be made , the way we 're structuring it will get those improvements because the smaller franchises , not the great big monolithic nationalized industry , the smaller units , ha will be able to identify much more clearly where they can make the savings and where they can increase the revenue . |
9 | If you go away then as soon as you know that you 're going we 'll send off registration for Bishop Challener and that 's it and we can send off a year 's a year 's umm fees in advance ca n't we ? |
10 | They won the League Cup two years ago and Hirst added : ‘ We 've done it once and the way we 're going we can do it again . |
11 | That 's what John said last night , we er , all they , all went to bingo five of us went and it boomeranged well if you 're going I 'll come , if I 'm going you 're going I 'm going and the next thing poor old John had to go out and work look after about eleven kids |
12 | If you 're hoovering he 'll go all the way round to try |
13 | If you 're moving you may need a bridging loan . |
14 | The golden rule is if you 're reversing you must look behind you ! |
15 | and who have never ever been assertive oh well whatever you 're having I 'll have the same . |
16 | well , well that 's a silly thing you should if , if you 're grinding you should wear your , some specs |
17 | And how many posters they what size and shape of posters they 're doing which will affect which site of course . |
18 | That 's right I know , but see this is , you see this is the point I 'm trying to make to you , you can quite happily do it in your own way , but the problem is you do n't know what you 're doing , right , and , and if you actually knew what you were doing and well aware of what you 're doing you would do it a hundred times better and you would do it all the time , right |
19 | That stuff they 're giving you would kill a dozen cats . |
20 | So a lot of people quite understandably say , ‘ The media is something which is best kept out of here and if they 're coming I shall hide under the table ’ and so on . |
21 | ‘ You 're saying we should forget it ? ’ he enquired . |
22 | All they w all they 're saying they would do is restore it back to what it was . |
23 | ‘ You 're saying I should let the wench escape with fitzAlan ? ’ |
24 | You 're saying I can do it a lot better than that . |
25 | ‘ You 're saying I can start in the office today as hostess — and that the job will be permanent ? |
26 | Well , next time you 're babysitting you can tell the baby . |
27 | We , we want there to be elements of socialism built into the capitalism we 're creating which will allow us to go straight into , to socialism in the future . |
28 | You 're assuming they 'll let me go . ’ |
29 | ‘ And you 're assuming they 'll believe that about you ? |
30 | Erm so right , if you get something then where you 're integrating I 'd like to sort of have a little practice this week of Have you done much practice of differentiating a product ? |