Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if you are a very small business or taking on domestic staff you should write a job specification , although you may prefer to make it a more informal list of everything the job entails . |
| 2 | ‘ If Carnelian leaves Stalinvast , ’ Jaq said bluntly , ‘ we may need to take you a vast distance . ’ |
| 3 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 4 | PAMELA : Sir , I am so well satisfied with Mr. Belville 's affection for me and his well-known honour that I can not think myself obliged to any gentleman who should endeavour to give me a less opinion of either . |
| 5 | There is no more natural monopoly than the public utility of water supply and it is obscene that anyone should seek to make it the instrument of private advantage . |
| 6 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
| 7 | Well , having had to avail ourselves of the help of the officer who got rid of our gigantic wasp nest , I should like to say what a superb job they do , but I just wondered in view of the tremendous number , whether there is some kind of way of preventions . |
| 8 | I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 9 | If we can put all this point-scoring to one side , I should like to ask him a question concerning several thousand of my constituents . |
| 10 | The Cathedral could be got into at any time by the Bishop 's door , given how unlikely it was that the Bishop in his currently abstracted state should remember to lock it every time he used it . |
| 11 | so er we must remember to buy him a card and something |
| 12 | The departure from her old home and her arrival in her new one will be a tremendous double adjustment for her to make , so you should try to give it a sense of occasion . |
| 13 | We should try to make it a significant factor in the dramas we create . |
| 14 | ‘ Methinks I should contrive to send her a message , suggesting that she pays me another visit . ’ |
| 15 | Despite its very low fat content it tastes so deliciously creamy that you 'll want to make it a daily part of your healthy eating plan — either as a topping to cereals and desserts or eaten on its own . |
| 16 | It 's only when you think you might want to do something a little more complex and powerful with the information you 're storing that things become more jargonised and complex , and having a help system that is not context sensitive is of little assistance . |
| 17 | No one from your past comes to mind who might want to do you a good turn ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Because if you have , the Company might want to ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 19 | It 's er , obviously , you 'll need to give them a briefing , so they can play the character , but to the end of degree , 'cos you 'll need to respond to things that they say , as indeed , you 'll have to back in influencing situation , back in your own department , back in your own ground . |
| 20 | I 'll need to give you an antibiotic as well Jane |
| 21 | I 'll need to give you an antibiotic as well Jane |
| 22 | I 'll need to show you the ropes . ’ |
| 23 | and he had this handle , a and er they were saying , we 'll need to get ourself a handle , |
| 24 | We 'll need to get you a larger garden . ’ |
| 25 | If you 've had any personal contact with these people you might like to give them a nudge . |
| 26 | When I accepted he suggested I might like to give him a certain sum to help the wine flow . |
| 27 | Okay David , thanks very much indeed for your time and for talking to us today but er if you have a view on that you might like to give us a call . |
| 28 | Oh I 'll have to put you a pair in you two . |
| 29 | Now goes missing , we 'll have to give her a shout . |
| 30 | You 'll have to give her a kiss ! ’ |