Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth . |
| 2 | If it is readily intelligible so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and the Legal draftsman can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance … . |
| 3 | If it is readily intelligible , so much the better ; but it is far more important that it should yield its meaning accurately than that it should yield it on first reading , and legal draftsmen can not afford to give much attention , if any , to euphony or literary elegance . |
| 4 | All entries should reach us by 16th November 1992 . |
| 5 | All entries must reach us by 15th March 1992 . |
| 6 | We should leave it until next year and make certain . |
| 7 | If any team member is at all suspect , the coach should put them into third position . |
| 8 | I tell you what you 'll give 'em till next Tuesday and if it do n't come by then you still , you can just cancel it save up |
| 9 | People might do it at first , there might be like an epidemic of wow it 's so cool we can smoke at school |
| 10 | Give us a ring Nottingham three four three four three four we 'll send them by first class post and we 'll put need your postcode . |
| 11 | Now the tickets are four quid each , you can get 'em on the door , but if you 'd like two tickets , phone us on , we 'll send 'em by first class post , we need your postcode , give us a ring now , if you 'd like two tickets for the grand charity dance , modern , old-time and sequence featuring Phil , resident organist at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool . |
| 12 | And I ring up B H and I say , I 'm sorry about Tuesday night , but I 've got this guy that wants to see me , it 's really good , and she 'll say , alright , you 're starting off , O K , off you go , we 'll rearrange it for next week . |
| 13 | We shall consider ( i ) what each might tell us about first impressions and ( ii ) the utility of social psychology based on the transformation of common sense into scientific knowledge compared with a psychology based in common sense and experience . |
| 14 | Well we 'll leave him till last if he 's got |
| 15 | I 'll leave it till next week . |
| 16 | I 'll leave it till next week ! |
| 17 | I thought further of the great fears that the rich must possess , of misfortunes that might reduce them at last to rejoin the human race . |
| 18 | It was pitch dark in the stable and , even with the burning sticks of jharo we 'd brought from upstairs , we could see nothing at first . |
| 19 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 20 | If only I could see him before next week . |
| 21 | So my said , Ooh you know what if it does n't you you know you 'd have none for next term sort of thing I said well I 've got quite a few for next term still . |
| 22 | We could put you on next week . |
| 23 | Let's have him in first thing . ’ |
| 24 | Thank you everybody who said they would do them for next year . |
| 25 | Any Member feeling himself or herself , aggrieved in any way in connection with the Society , shall bring his or her complaint to the Secretary , who will bring it before first meeting . |
| 26 | Smith told them : ‘ If you play really well against what looks like a near full-strength side , some of you will face them in next week 's Test and others will go higher in the national rankings . ’ |
| 27 | Now Lamb must spend the weekend fretting over whether the TCCB will ban him from next Saturday 's NatWest Trophy final . |
| 28 | Shareholders , who received a total dividend payout for 1991 of 3.75p per share , will receive nothing for last year . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps we can bring it in next year , ’ said the head . |
| 30 | I can bring it in next week and play it really loud to the whole class I shall say this is Sarah and Dee where 's Tina Turner then . |