Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing as we 've had those words for about a week I should think we do know them then . |
| 2 | They must realize she does work |
| 3 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 4 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
| 5 | I stammered something about not understanding cricket , totally incredulous that anyone should suppose I did understand it , or that I should regard the English side as ‘ we ’ . |
| 6 | I mean out of the three that he saw and prefer , I must admit he did prefer forty four . |
| 7 | ‘ I must admit it does sound as if your father is enjoying a new lease of life and possibly he is even trying to recapture his youth . |
| 8 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 9 | I must admit I did recognize a few outfits that me and Nicola used to wear . |
| 10 | Yeah I mean that 's the same as I di I must admit I did have sort of an argument with him once over his music . |
| 11 | you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that . |
| 12 | I must admit I did wonder , but — ’ A hand moved , knocking the thought away . |
| 13 | I must admit I did like being pregnant . |
| 14 | Another said , ‘ I have been thoroughly happy with this diet , though I must admit I do enjoy bread , fruit and salads in the normal way of things . |
| 15 | At this point , we must admit you do have to press a few buttons to get Delta service . |
| 16 | ‘ I must say she does believe in challenging herself ! ’ |
| 17 | I must say I do miss that thing . |
| 18 | erm On social security and health together it 's about ten percentage points higher in West Germany erm and about six percentage points higher in France than in the U K And I must say I do wonder why in West Germany erm you 've got half as many again doctors per hundred thousand of the population of the U K and only about two-thirds as many nurses , which does suggest , you know , differences in national approaches to things like health care . |
| 19 | The point I I simply wanted to make which is why I I sat through the debate , erm is the honourable member for Edinburgh Central er in his er speech er which I I must say I did expect , called for stronger regulations , er we had the argument the other week about whether there should be statutory regulations or whether we should make er the er self regulation system that we have with financial services industries work . |
| 20 | They will call us citizens but we will be something less , perhaps I should say they do call us citizens but we are something less . ’ |
| 21 | Well temperature , of course , is a very complicated thing , but let's assume we do understand what temperature means . |
| 22 | I 'll let you have go at |
| 23 | You have a set of notes here now I 'm not gon na start at page one and work right through to page whatever it is erm they are there for you to take away for you to make notes during these two days er and for you to take away so that they 're they 're for revision and er there are as Bob 's just discovering pages where a I 'll ask you to make make specific notes er that I 'll supply to you as we go along . |
| 24 | The Bank may use them to help control the level of bank lending . |
| 25 | The pressure — it 'll be off them , they are no longer champions — but let's remember they did finish in fourth place and I 've got a feeling that they 're not giving anything away at Oxford Speedway , because they never do . |
| 26 | Wish I could say I did do something organised and worthwhile on a regular basis . ’ |
| 27 | WHAT YOU MAY HAVE I DO NEED |
| 28 | The Iranians , too , were making very hopeful noises that improved relations , which must include British support for a UN resolution blaming Iraq for the Iran-Iraq War , would encourage them to help secure our release . |
| 29 | I think a bit more contrast added to it would help it does lack a little bit of contrast . |
| 30 | Erm but I would say it does indicate the er seriousness of it . |