Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [pron] that " in BNC.

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1 Turning to investment banking and I should just remind you that er , we take fifty percent of Brothers ' profits and ten percent of New York and Paris and given the conditions , given the environment last year , I do n't think need be ashamed of the performance er , although in London the only business to really come in , come in with impressive returns was er , asset trading money , broking and banking .
2 The Minister should not give us that disingenuous stuff about new equity , which is not meant to assist with buying Scottish Bus Group companies .
3 Because of the existence of such prejudice among the early believers , it should not surprise us that prejudice will , and does , exist in churches today .
4 It should not surprise us that misery turns to protest when the temptation of the ballot box invites . ’
5 ‘ And you should not ask me that , either , ’ said Sally-Anne , head erect , carriage proud , refusing to be won over .
6 It should also remind them that present relationships of power and authority were evolved to reflect a diffused distribution of decision-making and an imprecise definition of curriculum .
7 ‘ You really must n't ask me that , Mrs McBride .
8 Sorry to start that way up , but still that 's the way , should n't do it that way I get confused whether I 'm putting the right word down .
9 Charlotte was drinking sherry , do n't suppose , should n't tell you that but she only had one little drop and I was
10 And then he would say the Kingdom of of Heaven , you may or may not know what that is depending
11 Let's just leave it that music has wings , that song floats free even through prison bars .
12 Well you go one , two , three , four , five , I 'll just show you that again to rei , reiterate the button , one , two
13 Right good and you should always check that before you draw it just in case your pie chart comes out and put , put that up in the air a bit I 'll just show you that , those are good there , but up in the air like that
14 Now in Victorian times they were kept as pets and just like hamsters are today and there are still one or two around that er might just give you that impression but I may be really off the , the level here .
15 If you phone in t erm the Talking Yellow Pages and say I need a conference centre in Derbyshire , they 'll probably tell you that one .
16 Yeah they 'll probably teach you that , yeah more than likely , yeah , you 'd of touch the chimney flue , part of it , but the trouble is the qualifications have fall beyond of what I want to do anyway and considering it 's gon na cost a couple of grand to get it
17 But she could scarcely tell him that .
18 She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess .
19 Tom Dreaper could not convince him that racing was a business to be taken seriously , and Foinavon had been sold for 2,000 guineas .
20 But she could hardly tell him that !
21 She did , of course , but she could n't tell him that .
22 I I could n't tell you that .
23 Er my favourite thing er well I could n't tell you that .
24 Ideally we might have preferred a juvenile actress , but with the restrictions on the hours children can work in Television we knew we could n't do it that way . ’
25 ‘ Oh no , you could n't do it that way otherwise the horse would be certain to win . ’
26 ‘ I could n't see what that was — tears or laughter . ’
27 You could n't cut them that day cos they were hot , you see , the day you killed them the , cos father was a rare man he , when we got , we got two fridges , we used to kill a week in hand , you see , one lot was in one fridge , that was in there a week before we touched it yeah .
28 Well I 'd either do it that way or pay , erm , credit cards .
29 He 'd never hit anyone that hard before .
30 ‘ I — I 'd never call you that , Your Highness . ’
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