Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anything that I may lawfully do I may also lawfully threaten to do , whatever the motive or purpose of my threat . |
| 2 | I shall not be with you much longer and I may well not see Italy again . ’ |
| 3 | Now he says : ‘ When the chips drop , when I get out , I may not even want to box again . |
| 4 | I may not even hook a fish , for the disturbance of retrieving a float through such shallow water , so close to the fish , would be sure to scare them . |
| 5 | I shall be in Leicester at any rate , and I may very well come and join you , to talk with you about healthy eating . |
| 6 | I realise I am an obsessive sort of person and I realise I may never totally overcome my transsexual feelings . |
| 7 | I may therefore not have heard points made to which I wish to refer . |
| 8 | I must just quickly stress on looking at it very closely last night that only one was in West Sussex . |
| 9 | They find new ways of sharing what resources there are , whether collaborating in local policing or working with health authorities or whatever it is and I think they form the base for renewal of politics because we have to recreate politics for localities upwards and here , just finally chancing my arm , I must just frankly say that I am not clear that over-large amalgamations of unions will be much more helpful than over-centralized government bureaucracies . |
| 10 | And I must not only sit here and endure all this I must read her account of it at the end of the day , and think of something polite to say about it before I find ways of rewriting and neutralizing it . |
| 11 | Having made my excuses , I must now regretfully become one of those unpopular giants who tells you WHAT TO DO and WHAT NOT TO DO . |
| 12 | If I stayed on at Bletchley — which I was reluctant to leave — I should scarcely ever see Leslie before the invasion of France , which we all knew was expected within a very few months . |
| 13 | Whilst in going to the abbey , I should be exchanging one kind of prison for another , she told herself , I should no longer have to pass my days amongst the remnants of the court ! |
| 14 | You do me great honor in proposing me as your President , & if I did not feel that my acceptance of this favour would tend much to defeat the laudable object of your pursuit I should most certainly gratify my own ambition , & have the pleasure to preside at your meetings . |
| 15 | It was late at night and I decided , I was just sort of talking I 'd say , I ca n't get rid of this headache , and I do n't know what I 'm gon na do , I do n't whether I should just not worry about it cos I 'm not that old , and I was really pouring my heart out to him , and he turns round and he says , yeah , you need a new clutch you really need a new clutch . |
| 16 | I should just about have finished at the hairdresser 's by then . ’ |
| 17 | Madam deputy speaker , before I sit down I should also just mention that there is a a European dimension to this issue as in November nineteen ninety two the Vice President of the E C commission , Sir Leon Britton , sketched out some general proposals for community legislation in response to the B C C I affair . |
| 18 | However , I should not automatically assume that all these pieces represent a choral distillation of the ‘ green pastures and meadows ’ style of English composition . |
| 19 | I was told on more than one occasion , that I should not really let outsiders see this sort of thing , even though it was agreed that what I had written was an accurate analysis of events . |
| 20 | Could my fondness have kept you steady I should not now appear before you in this solemn manner . |
| 21 | I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’ |
| 22 | I should n't just leave it on the floor look cos we sha n't find it again and then when the hoover tries to pick it up it will have a fit . |
| 23 | ‘ I was climbing up through this favela ; I should n't even have been there . |
| 24 | I should n't ever have got myself into that position but it 's a wonderful feeling when you get yourself out of it . |
| 25 | ‘ I should n't really haff talked to a stranger like that , ’ she thought , as she hurried back through the wood , ‘ especially a tramp , but if people drop paper about they really ought to be told , because they get other people into trouble . |
| 26 | And er , I should n't really have started this over because Lawrence takes so long to go through it , erm , find Johnson waiting , think it right . |
| 27 | I 'm sure you 're very busy , and I know I should n't really ask you , but we could meet somewhere near your office … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I should jolly well hope you do see it , ’ Lady Woodleigh snapped . |
| 29 | I should jolly well hope so . |
| 30 | ‘ I should jolly well think so , ’ Matt put in , eyeing her sternly . |