Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first 10–15 minutes should have seen a few goals in the net for Leeds . |
| 2 | I 've only been on since I read that thing in the square ball , and I suppose loads must have done the same as me and jumped on the bandwagon . |
| 3 | The proviso of the key must have raised a few eyebrows . |
| 4 | Had Koons asked for permission to use the photo , and Rogers had refused , Prutzman said , ‘ Koons could have made the same point about banality with any number of other images . |
| 5 | Even if we were to change the linear arrangement , the three words presented in association would serve to indicate the same process and the same roles of the participants : |
| 6 | " I expect Manners 'ud like to do the same . " |
| 7 | Daedalus would like to do the same thing for human senses , and DREADCO chemists are now at work on his ‘ contrast-exalting spectacles ’ or ‘ Cexspex ’ ( Regd. ) make of a cunning tinted glass . |
| 8 | Where it is clear that the contract-breaker would have taken the same steps anyway the inducement is not an effective cause of the loss . |
| 9 | I knew Malpass would have had no more than a fleeting glimpse of them , but just to be sure , I went behind the bar and found an empty crisp box . |
| 10 | Had it not been for splintered wood and debris Alas on deck , and a ripped sail or two , the storm might have seemed no more than a bad dream . |
| 11 | The plan may have envisaged no more than provisioning the Danish fleet when it was already on the scene . |
| 12 | It says it 's wrong that a judge should have to pass the same sentence on an abused wife who kills a brutal husband as it does on a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood . |
| 13 | A genuine working class origin must have impressed the former Viscount Stansgate . |
| 14 | Had Leeds United not removed Stuttgart , Germany 's coach might have experienced the same difficulties as Roxburgh . |
| 15 | Its role could have been vital , for in theory skilful negotiators might have made the most of military situations which , at a given moment , greatly favoured one side rather than the other . |
| 16 | Blackburn could have offered the same argument . |
| 17 | Mr Edmonds said all companies would have to pay the same base rate so they could not complain of unfair competition . |
| 18 | In other words , the universe would have to behave the same if one replaced particles by antiparticles , took the mirror image , and also reversed the direction of time . |
| 19 | After all she was her friend and she was in no doubt that had the positions been reversed Maggie would have done the same . |
| 20 | ‘ Anyone in her shoes would have done the same thing . ’ |
| 21 | He had waited until the sentry reached the tower at the end of his beat , knowing , after watching the man from the bailey , that the guard would pause to exchange a few words with another man-at-arms before they separated to retrace their steps . |
| 22 | In this respect the CNAA 's central concerns would have remained the same whatever policy governments formulated , so long as there were ‘ non-university ’ institutions seeking approval for their courses under the terms of the CNAA 's Charter . |
| 23 | They are also relatively stable across contexts : for instance , a topless swim-suit would seem to exemplify the same sense of topless as ( a ) , and a topless barmaid the same as ( b ) . |
| 24 | He dialled Dottie 's number , trying not to dwell on thoughts of the times Michael Banks must have done the same from the same phone . |
| 25 | ‘ In a subsequent editorial the newspaper fiercely attacked the CPS decision … and questioned whether the CPS would have made the same decision if the woman had been a black girl caught in exactly the same way on Broadwater Farm . |
| 26 | At this point the author would like to clarify a few apparently trivial points . |
| 27 | Erm , Mr would like to say a few words about the conference overall , er sorry about , yes the conference . |
| 28 | Ten years earlier no Company official would have done much about this , and even in 1757 not many officials would have done the same as Clive : he joined the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daula , led his little army of 3,000 men against the Bengal army of 60,000 , committed his troops beyond hope of withdrawal by crossing the Hughli ( the lesser Ganges ) , and on 23 June 1757 held them steady at the battle of Plassey . |
| 29 | Many set the odds on Rank achieving his ambitions very low indeed , seemingly believing that , as Eric Ambler was later to remark , ‘ a policy of selling British cars to America with their steering wheels on the right would have had the same chance of success . ’ |
| 30 | When one tries to analyse the real reasons for the respect which French cookery has so long exacted from the rest of the world , the French genius for presentation must be counted as a very relevant point , and its humble beginnings can be seen on the market stalls , i the small town charcutiers ' and pâtissiers ' shops , in the modest little restaurants where even if the cooking is not particularly distinguished , the most ordinary of little dishes will be brought to your table with respect , properly arranged on a serving dish , the vegetables separately served , the object of arousing your appetite will be achieved and the proprietors of the establishment will have made the most of their limited resources . |