Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] [verb] and [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | May I go and check on it , General ? |
2 | Daniel said , ‘ May I go and see your church ? ’ |
3 | When she did n't answer , only continued to stare at him helplessly , he continued hopefully , ‘ If I promise to remain mouse-like , may I stay and watch ? ’ |
4 | Must I go and work in that shop ? |
5 | I du n no whether , should I go and see him or hand it in or what ? |
6 | Should I stop and check it out ? ’ |
7 | ‘ Why should I marry and become the slave of a man earning four pounds a week ? ’ she asked . |
8 | Not much help to you , I know , but why should I fib and say I walked in ? |
9 | Q : When must you repent and believe , children ? |
10 | Should she try and get him back again or buy a newspaper first and try to find out what in the world he had been talking about ? |
11 | " Should we go and see if there 's any more room for dancing ? |
12 | right , okay , when should we try and go for that maybe at the end of April beginning of May ? |
13 | As they have sown , so must they reap and reap , even when the poppy flowers of passion have withered in their hands , and their harvest is but bitter tares , garnered in satiety . |
14 | Should he go and check ? |
15 | ‘ Well , I 've been thinking , why should he ring and ring like that and not come round ? |
16 | ‘ Could I go and get the clothes we left behind ? ’ she suggested . |
17 | asleep now but erm could I go and get it ? |
18 | And colleagues , could I start and remind delegates that if there are seconders or additional speakers on this side , if they would use this rostrum to my right , if they would use this rostrum . |
19 | How could I come and fetch you away with my belongings under my arm ? |
20 | And could I come and 'ave it with you at the table ? ’ |
21 | Do n't all shout at once but just could somebody go and do it right okay . |
22 | What could you smell and taste during the fight ? |
23 | Could you go and ask her how many bags she 's got ? |
24 | Could you go and get the porridge please . |
25 | Anybody in Tadcaster who knows where Karen Smith lives and this is not my idea but it 's a goody could you ring and tell us what she 's got hanging out on the washing line at the moment . |
26 | You should have said so and so could you come and do so and so love , my daughter 's now do Christmas for me |
27 | Andrew could you come and hold this door ? |
28 | Could you come and help me ? ’ |
29 | ‘ Could you come and help me get it out ? ’ |
30 | Could you come and see to the arrangements ? |