Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lennon 's devotion to the world of transcendental meditation may have brought him inner peace , but it remained locked behind the doors of his perception until he sang about it . |
| 2 | They are not binding as authoritative directives , though the circumstances of the case may require giving them some weight if , for example , others innocently have relied on them . |
| 3 | In anthropomorphic terms , we should not ask why complex organisms have found it beneficial to be diploid , but why genes living in pairs should have found it beneficial to construct complex bodies to protect and replicate them . |
| 4 | Cos our Corrinne must have fetched me some drinking chocolate she fetched me . |
| 5 | His good looks and twinkling eyes may have won him female fans , but his 6ft 2½in frame and his alleged affair with Gennifer Flowers also firmly marked him out as one of the boys . |
| 6 | Yeah , well I 've only got the one I 've only got the one erm golly how long have I had that yellow must have had it four years or more I 've only worn it about three times I think it 's erm a telly mac and it 's a yellow one erm and it is a bit longer so all these go underneath it , quite well |
| 7 | I am hoping to compile a short book of poems on dogs — I was wondering if any readers might like to send me any ? |
| 8 | Yet he could not believe that the KGB could have discovered his one small secret . |
| 9 | I do n't believe that the fans would have caused me any problem . |
| 10 | Twenty-five percent of the respondents would have found it very easy to attend , 61% would have found it fairly easy , while only 14% would have found it difficult to attend . |
| 11 | They were n't used to the cheek-by-jowl contact it entailed ; the notion of living in the state of interdependence that bound Dora Lavender and Rose Kettle would have horrified them both . |
| 12 | And he goes no , he goes oh I 'm surprised I thought Johnny would have told you all of it . |
| 13 | Others , visiting Paris , would sit in Notre Dame to observe the pulpit techniques of French preachers although the listeners would have found it impossible to order a bifteck from a tolerant waiter . |
| 14 | Goals will help keep you motivated and make you want to run , and they 'll also help you plan a specific , personalised training programme . |
| 15 | The fright we 've given ourselves in recent months will have done us some good if it helps us adjust society back in the direction of common purposes and co-operative disciplines . |
| 16 | The Church of England may have found it easier to accommodate the cult of hygienics and efficiency . |
| 17 | It was my impression that slightly casual management may have turned them all to vinegar . |
| 18 | I suppose the divorce must have affected her more than anyone realised . ’ |
| 19 | A little foresight might have shown them that spending less on early hospitality and a bit more on the venue would have saved them time , money and trouble overall . |
| 20 | Yet the bowler could have had him three times , two sixes just clearing the fielder and a top edge over the wicket-keeper falling harmlessly . |
| 21 | Most villagers were encumbered with the huge broods of the day and it was as much as worn parents could do to keep them warm and fed But John 's parents had time to give . |
| 22 | She found it hard to understand how her parents could have deceived her all her life . |
| 23 | Although if he had done so we doubt whether that committee would have thought it necessary to take any proceedings against the barrister . |
| 24 | No doubt Mr Turner would have found it attractive to paint , but he , Auguste Didier , did not . |
| 25 | The check would have given him more control over the hammers and the freedom to play more powerfully than he had done in 1777 , without making the piano jangle . |
| 26 | THOSE OF US who are convinced there is no longer room for sentiment at the hard edge of professional sport would have found it difficult to comprehend the outpouring of emotion that followed the exclusion of Geoff Marsh from the Australian tam for the final Test against India . |
| 27 | With a front-frame construction , adjustable feet will help to make it level ( these are supplied with the Wickes kit ) . |
| 28 | He could not understand how the West could have allowed it all to take place . |
| 29 | A director may have made it plain that he has a definite intention for a character , but the student may not always see this straight away . |
| 30 | She was n't at all sure she wanted to be shown this short-cut through the woods , although Isabelle must have used it many times , when she was living at Les Hiboux and working at the château . |