Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] that " in BNC.
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1 | It is also perfectly in order to say , ‘ May I think about that for a moment ? ’ before answering a question , although clearly it would become rather tedious if you said that every time . |
2 | ‘ May I look at that pipe ? ’ |
3 | May I look at that please ? |
4 | I , I , I , if I may go on an and er make some other comments on it i is that appropriate or should I wait for that are we still talking about the by-pass ? |
5 | I mean , when I record a solo on an album , I put down on tape exactly what I think is the best possible lead for the song , so why should I mess with that ? |
6 | Should I deal with that right now chairman ? |
7 | And what qualifications mus must you have for that ? |
8 | How long should you spend on that problem alone — and when do you turn to fellow students to share ideas on possible solutions ? |
9 | ‘ Must we go into that ? ’ |
10 | There 's erm And I mean looking after the parish hall as well , why should we bother with that ? |
11 | Well should we quibble about that , not as individuals should we ? |
12 | If , instead of ‘ piecework ’ , the men contracted to get the harvest in by the end of a month , it meant that should they finish before that time they could then go to other jobs on the farm , drawing their usual wage whilst doing so . |
13 | How should it differ from that experienced at ‘ home ’ ? |
14 | What should he do about that young scoundrel ? |
15 | undo it , no way could I undo about that much |
16 | Could I agree with that can I also suggest that if that happens because erm also at some of these seminars are impossible with meetings because we can , we can try and concentrate on on days where , where ready would actually help the attendance because er |
17 | I wish to God I 'd I wish like that , Doctor . |
18 | Think perhaps of a piece of lea , what could you do with that ? |
19 | If the density of workers to the hectare was changed from forty three to thirty four with a consequent increase in the allocation of provision , could you cope with that ? |
20 | Could you deal with that matter Your Worships ? |
21 | Could you deal with that Your Worships please ? |
22 | Any ideas what what could you look at that sort of question and you think this is impossible . |
23 | ‘ You spoke of a moral landscape for murder , ’ she said , ‘ Could you expand on that for us ? ’ |
24 | Well could you , could you expand on that , cos you 're not saying that they , it 's actually passed from people 's D N A ? |
25 | Could you live with that on your conscience for the rest of your life ? ’ |
26 | Could you live with that on your conscience for the rest of your life ? ’ |
27 | What else could you put on that front page ? |
28 | Er er er er er well what else could you put in that would make it more |
29 | could we talk about that some time ? |
30 | Could we get round that by , instead of saying staff comment and pupil comment make the space |