Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] i the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I say , Well you 'll give me the only ever give me the negative version of the square root , so if I give you sixteen , you give me minus four . |
| 2 | little bits , little bits and I 'll buy you your tobacco Neil nothing much but little bits of something now if he were working and could give me the full sixty that is thirty for his room and thirty for his food so that I did n't have to worry about th actually paying for him but he was paying me Paul is going to pay me fifty that 's thirty pounds in , I made a rule to Paul that he is going to eat thirty pounds worth of food and there are only twenty pounds in my profit and then the other rule , a man called Alan this window cleaner he wants the room that I 'm in at the moment |
| 3 | ‘ 'E loves Rachel an' 'e 'd give me the top brick off the chimney if I asked 'im , but 'e 's a worrier . |
| 4 | I fondly hoped the isolation of Gullholm would give me the requisite peace and quiet to meet it . ’ |
| 5 | A night spent gummed to the plane 's polyester would give me the full story either way . |
| 6 | In view of the circumstances of his team 's downfall , perhaps the most ironic touch about the final was that Chapman had said in the Sunday Express a week before the game : ‘ I know nothing of the art of clairvoyance , but I should feel happier if someone would foretell me the vital incident which is almost sure to decide the match . |
| 7 | Over supper you shall tell me the whole story , and we shall see what must be done now , to please her . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And you really think I 'm stupid enough to believe that — what was it , blackmail ? — would get me the very thing you think I desire ? |
| 9 | Before setting off I had a thought that just possibly there might be such a tool at the surgery that would save me the extra journey . |
| 10 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 11 | This will give me the pleasurable task of transcribing sections of two Zep tracks from the all-time classic album ‘ Led Zeppelin II ’ . |
| 12 | The electric bite alarms will give me the initial warning and the silver foil will give me a visual guide to what the carp are doing with the bait . |
| 13 | If I decide to keep them you will charge me the special offer prices only , plus a total of £1.50 towards postage and packing . |
| 14 | You can shew me the exact spot and that will save time . |
| 15 | ‘ You can send me the odd card if you like . |
| 16 | If you want to get personal then two can play at that , and I swear on my lifelong friendships with the late Mrs Gandhi , Brian Clough and Michael Parkinson that I will burn my brand new membership card of the NUJ on the square at Headingley if you can name me the full Yorkshire team you 're chairman of . |