Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when I you see I used to push the settee in pull it out I thought well I do n't know I might as just as well leave it here . |
| 2 | Well I 'll just er I 'll just well if I go and get the sort of the tea things ready , the party tea can you put Christopher his erm Thunderbirds tracksuit back on ? |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll do what I can as far as the Corosini are concerned , ’ he said gruffly , scowling at the leap of pathetic gratitude in her eyes . |
| 4 | Erm I reckon you could probably So if you keep practising these . |
| 5 | She would as often as not weep during the song , and these were not glycerine tears , and they were not , except in the later years , produced to order . |
| 6 | My wish , the wish of all of us , is simply that we may as quickly as possible get to the bottom of the shocking and cold-blooded crime which has stunned and appalled the entire country , and arrest and punish those responsible . |
| 7 | I do n't mean to suggest that such things as scientific monitoring or the use of dowsing rods are inappropriate at ancient sites : rather that we should as far as possible leave our preconceptions behind as we approach and allow the site if it wishes , to speak to us . |
| 8 | My Lord point eight , erm , the evidence it all goes to insurance points , solvency and protection of policy holders and in that regard two points , first of all why one can simply say V D S , secondly all their justifications , even if it 's true , the answer is V D S , but in any event they must sure even if , even if V D S was wrong in some way , they would have to show that the restrictions were the minimum necessary in order to achieve those legitimate policy objectives |
| 9 | The foreigners were preoccupied with profit and getting as much as they could as quickly as possible . |
| 10 | In time of war , persons for the time being residing or doing business in an enemy country , whatever their nationality or domicile , are disabled from suing in the English Courts ; but , if sued here , they will so far as possible be given an opportunity of defending themselves . |
| 11 | It should as far as possible be related to the actual profit made by the tenant . |
| 12 | What the ordinary man most wanted of the State was that it should so far as possible leave him alone . |
| 13 | erm As he will obviously tomorrow as well , but erm he was a bit tense and a bit nervous before , but erm I 'm sure that erm he 'll be absolutely delighted with this result . |
| 14 | He or she will glance ostentatiously at his watch , as if to indicate that an expected arrival is late for an appointment and if he happens to meet the glance of a passer-by , he will more often than not look once again at his watch and cast a long-suffering glance at heaven ; as if by recruiting sympathy for a familiar predicament he will pre-empt any suspicion of more suspect motives . |