Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 2 | This may make her feel that society regards her as a second-class widow , and you may need to help those who come into contact with her to understand how important it is going to be for her future adjustment for them to treat her just as they would any other bereaved person . |
| 3 | The problems of the informal interview , then , are considerable , and they may make us feel that the formal type of interview is much less beset with difficulties and open to the criticism of lack of scientific method . |
| 4 | Certainly , but I should hate you to forget that he has scored more runs in Test cricket than any other Englishman . |
| 5 | I confess I feel perplexed to find that any communication which you may have had with Mr Blair should lead you to think that I would consent to preach at Kildalton as a candidate . |
| 6 | ‘ I must admit I thought that in retrospect you might resent what happened between us last night . ’ |
| 7 | Yeah I must admit I think that a little bit erm |
| 8 | we actually ended up with a lot more I P R people and we 'd done all the work and they got most of the money now that 's fine that 's the way life goes sometimes , but I must admit I think that depending on how big an event you want to make it you 're maybe as well to keep it an B A I E event and open it up quietly at the end |
| 9 | For the chill of divine retribution , listen to Russ Brown 's 1986 track , ‘ Got ta Find A Way ’ : ‘ I must let you know that judgement is here below . |
| 10 | The logic of Ormrod J. 's decision must cause us to say that the male in these examples is no longer able to perform the essential role of a male — that is , assert his biological maleness — and is not , therefore , a male for the purposes of marriage , and that therefore there is no marriage . |
| 11 | I think erm there is some dispute as to erm what size the new settlement must be to become what 's termed an integrated and balanced community , and given the importance of this issue , and it has been with us for the last three years , ever since the new settlement was first proposed , erm I find it very surprising that North Yorkshire County Council have not undertaken any work of their own on this subject area , and have relied instead on a a residual approach to find the new settlement size , and I must say I find that very unsatisfactory , what North Yorkshire County Council are inviting you , erm , to accept is whatever size the residual for Greater York is , you know , has been in the past I should say , proposals from the public , from the private sector have come forward , an and the County Council have used those proposals as confirmation that the new settlement of that particular size was viable , it 's a sort of self fulfilling prophecy , now I think that 's unacceptable , what they have n't done is the second part of the technical exercise , which is to look at the thresholds of the various services and facilities required in the new settlement . |
| 12 | In the context of the first part of the hon. Gentleman 's question , I must ask him to appreciate that one of the important matters now being examined by the chief executives of the agencies is the issue of greater pay flexibility and performance pay , so that better results can be achieved , both by individuals and in terms of customer service , from a given amount of pay . |
| 13 | You 've been very good , and I wish I could explain things , but I must ask you to accept that I ca n't . |
| 14 | And first for the Combers , we will bring them down From eight groats a score unto half a crown , If at all they murmur , and say t is too small , We bid them choose whether they will work at all ; We 'll make them believe that trading is bad ; We care not a pin , though they are ne'er so sad . |
| 15 | ‘ It might interest you to learn that I 've changed my opinion on that matter , ’ he admitted drily . |
| 16 | I 'll bet she thinks that directly she lets me into the A.R.R.U. I 'll do a Charlie Peters ! |
| 17 | ‘ It might surprise you to learn that I 'm actually grateful to her . |
| 18 | Because I 'll have you know that I 'm on strike . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm Ron Barton and I 'll have you know that I am the Roving Correspondent of the True Brit , the newspaper with an even bigger circulation than the Sun , and I never laid a finger on , or up , the lady . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll have you know that Tim has been a very good friend to me over the past five years . ’ |
| 21 | Maybe it 'll lead him to explain that he latched on to lust because something was missing for the moment in your relationship . |
| 22 | There are other signs that might lead you to believe that there 's things not as they might be , the legs may not be equal length particularly if only one is dislocated and that 's fairly obvious is n't it because the , the , the ball joint 's not in the socket and there 's a bigger gap so the leg hangs down longer and you 've all changed a baby have n't you and you see that they 've got little creases in the insides of their legs and across their buttocks , and those creases may not be a mirror matching they are normally , so those are clues . |
| 23 | This might lead us to conclude that in the case where taxes can not bear the additional charges resulting from depreciation accounting ( which is another way of saying that there is not the political will to impose them ) , in order to retain control of the charge to revenue accounts , the existing system will remain . |
| 24 | The absence of simian sexual dimorphism affecting canine-tooth development , cranial crests and so on in males might lead us to conclude that man was not endowed originally with instinctual dispositions of a sexual kind comparable to those of the modern great apes . |
| 25 | And this might lead us to suspect that there is a cultural association , certainly for British English speakers , between femininity and middle-class language on one hand and masculinity and working-class speech on the other . |
| 26 | For example , study of the third sequence might lead us to believe that foggy days are relatively rare occurrences at Upland , whereas the powered transition probability matrix gave a result of 51 % foggy days and 49% clear days . |
| 27 | The observation that large , predatory species of fish do not usually swim in schools might lead us to suggest that the advantage of schooling is in defence against predators , for large predatory fish are not themselves subject to predation . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 'll leave you to answer that one because — with the letter hidden beside your heart — I 'm unable to see the address . ’ |
| 29 | And the other thing erm which er er is good , supposing you 're watching er a programme and there 's a football match on and you 're interested in the , the football er but you do n't really want to keep , you know , switching to find out what the score is , er I 'm talking about teletext as opposed to a programme , you press the update and it w er and if something 's happened , you know , they 've changed and there 's been a score , it 'll come up er er while you 're watching the programme , er it 'll let you know that erm there 's been something happening . |
| 30 | Now you 'll recall I said that we will we will try and isolate try and isolate throughout the afternoon those things which are going to be useful to you . |