Example sentences of "people [modal v] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people might say nothing came of our talks , ’ Khrushchev remembered later , ‘ My answer to that is yes and no . |
| 2 | Some people might say I asked for it . ’ |
| 3 | The point is , though , no matter how badly people might say he played that week and won — everybody 's going to miss a few fairways ; Tom Watson was just as erratic in 1983 , that 's his game and he 's no mug — he 'd got it all worked out . |
| 4 | Cos people often used to say to me because I 'd , I 'd played everything you could play except golf , and , and er , and I , I , people used to say you did two men 's work and you I , I met a chap one day , this was an instance , I 'm not trying to blow me trumpet do n't think that at all . |
| 5 | Mr Stuart-Moore alleged Laing wrote the letter because ‘ he was trying to make all look well , so people would think they had gone away together ’ . |
| 6 | I 'm just a counterman , and if my boss knew my wife worked I should get the sack , because people would think he did n't pay me enough ’ . |
| 7 | you know I mean people would think you got it from Marks and Sparks cos it 's got the label |
| 8 | I explained that I was afraid I was jinxed , that I brought death and destruction upon all those near me , and also that I was afraid I might get sent to prison because people would think I had murdered Esmerelda . |
| 9 | He drove about in a horse and cart and one of his tricks was to whip the horse up into a canter and crouch down behind the seat so people would think it had bolted . |
| 10 | Some people would say they had a lot in common and no doubt in some ways they have … except I 'm sure that Philippe … |
| 11 | I suppose a lot of people would say he got his just desserts , they did in that family , because they all came back for , three hours later , and er , gained entry . |
| 12 | ‘ People would say it did n't look so bad , but they do notice all the same . |
| 13 | ‘ Some people would say she killed herself . ’ |
| 14 | I love the passage ( Numbers 14:15-17 ) where Moses craftily dissuades God from killing his own people by suggesting other people will think he did it to cover up his inability to get them to the promised land . |
| 15 | Wear your city brogues with bare feet and people will think you mugged someone |
| 16 | Wear your city brogues with bare feet and people will think you mugged someone for them . |