Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And you must remember to call me Isabel . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Pay-day today , ’ said Dr Neil suddenly , watching her whisk the duster over the windows and the drapes — she must remember to call them curtains while she was in England . |
| 3 | ‘ For they should have made you twins . |
| 4 | He is about sixty and they should have retired him years ago , but he has nowhere else to go . |
| 5 | ‘ They should have called you Helen , ’ he observed quietly . |
| 6 | At the very least , I should have sent you flowers today , some trinket to prove my affection … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I should have given it consideration in such a small place as Wakefield … |
| 8 | They should have named it resurrection . |
| 9 | She should have done it ages ago . |
| 10 | Daniel 's story certainly confirmed to me that I did the right thing — and that I should have done it years ago , if only for my children 's sake . |
| 11 | Yes , he thought , but I should have done it years ago . |
| 12 | She should have left him years ago . |
| 13 | The duchess apart , little is known of their lives or even what their connection was with this village , but they should have left us £3,000 a year in charities . |
| 14 | I should have told you days ago . ’ |
| 15 | The working man 's 47.7 hours a week in 1964 should have earned him £18.11 ( say £162 a week now ) , but MPs were about to become markedly better off than that as Mr Wilson increased their salaries from £1750 to £3250 per annum ( £29,120 ) . |
| 16 | You should have taken it years ago . |
| 17 | ‘ Miraculously they swept you round to Gullholm , where I must have found you minutes after you got caught in that inlet . ’ |
| 18 | That taunting , dismissive tone must have taken him years to perfect , she thought irritably . |
| 19 | However , since you have no doubt spent hours piecing this letter together ( must have taken you hours , my dear , to get all those words out ) — I 'll grudgingly acknowledge its existence . |
| 20 | JM : I think that that 's a very clever pun and must have taken you ages to think up . |
| 21 | ‘ And I 'm equally sure , ’ McGann went on , ‘ that Bill must have thought us bishops blind to the potential for a Communist threat in this hemisphere … |
| 22 | Right the other thing Ann you you really must get given you pieces of titles you know because that should steer you into it you know the title should be be the first peg you hang your hat on , that 's the first thing . |
| 23 | Or perhaps I should start calling you Stephen — I 'm nearly as old as you are now . |
| 24 | Create a noise , and they 'll come to you ; they 'll want to give you money . ’ |
| 25 | Then they want you to run it for two year , have a mobile home , and if you could prove it 's viable after two years , then there would be a reminder and we 'll consider giving you permission for a house , otherwise , everybody could just put up one tun poly tunnel in half an acre and get a house , could n't they ? |
| 26 | You 'll have to give me time . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But you 'll have to give me time to think . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't know , people l I 'm of them say they ca n't afford to pay the kids , and get the food for the kids , and they 'll have to give them chips a couple of , every day of the week or whatever , but th there 's no need for that . |
| 29 | Now we 'll have to give them beads . |
| 30 | ‘ His heart 's in the right place but he 's a bit mixed up so we 'll have to give him time . ’ |