Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [verb] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I suggest that Alan Titchmarsh does one or all of the following in order to fill his pool in summer ( And anyway … |
| 2 | So as soon as someone has faced the critical nature of his dilemma without God ( the first level ) and has come to recognize that if God 's revelation is true he does have a meaningful answer to his dilemma ( the second level ) , then , logically , the next urgent question is , But how may I know that God 's revelation is true ? |
| 3 | May I say that Mrs Kurtz , I would have thought has sent her apologies , and I 'm substituting for her |
| 4 | You see , Miss Williams — or should I make that Fran , so that I can get used to calling you that ? — I could n't very well tell the police what had gone on last night , so I improvised . |
| 5 | Nor should we suppose that T. S. Eliot was just firing off his big guns against R. A. Butler 's wartime Education Act of 1944 , for already in the 1930s there had been widespread criticism of ‘ standardisation ’ and ‘ levelling down ’ . |
| 6 | Why should we think that metabolism is controlled , but not the vortex ? |
| 7 | Should we insist that children spend all their time with a literature whose main non-white representatives are Othello , Man Friday in Robinson Crusoe and the savages in Conrad 's Heart of Darkness ? |
| 8 | Now should we say that B on seeing the pencil after seeing instruments which he did n't know had a feeling of familiarity ? |
| 9 | Why , simply because he is a doctor , should he assume that women will come as trusting , respectful , and , above all , compliant patients who can be dealt with quickly ? |
| 10 | Also it must he said that Jurassic zones , which are the best known , are now being recognised on something approaching a world-wide scale . |
| 11 | Besides , unless I chose to remain here , how could I see that things went on well ? |
| 12 | Could I could I , could I ask that B E S be taken off the distribution codes . |
| 13 | The Freudian realistic view it seems to me , could n't allow you to draw either conclusion , you could n't , neither conclude , that things were better in the past and therefore we ou ought to go back to the golden age , nor , could you conclude that things will ever be any better in the future . |
| 14 | Please could you ensure that cheques drawn on the above account are returned to me after they have been cashed . |
| 15 | Where else could you discover that Al Ittihad have won the Libyan League for the past four years ? |
| 16 | However please could you mention that Forton Parish Council have arranged a presentation about the new Council Tax by Wyre Borough Council . |
| 17 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |
| 18 | But how could we ensure that complexity and mystery were the only qualitative differences between the various skylines ? |
| 19 | But how could we believe that health and education could be the main players in achieving these targets ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why else could they think that father was mixed up in this ? ’ |
| 21 | How could he explain that Kate was his last chance ? |
| 22 | How could he say that God was all vague promises , and small print on guarantees that no one knew if He ever kept ? |
| 23 | Or dare I hope that Miss Havisham would make my fortune and marry me to Estella ? |
| 24 | Would you propose that mark-up is checked before capture ? |
| 25 | ‘ Would you deny that Lady Prendergast 's work has literary worth , then ? |
| 26 | Yes , so would you accept that Mary-Jane , that , that people may consciously er think for example oh no we 're , we 're , we 're , we 're students we 're having a revolution and this is new but unconsciously they might be following some deep historical precedent ? |
| 27 | ‘ Would you accept that Livesey might have been there ? ’ |
| 28 | 1 Would you say that Sam is a " steady " batsman ? |
| 29 | ‘ How old would you say that man standing in the window of that house was ? ’ asked Penelope tentatively . |
| 30 | Q : Would you say that feminism played an important part in your life , Mrs Darcy ? |