Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pron] [modal v] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It never crossed my mind that I might one day have to fight . |
| 2 | The appointment of court organist there was finally offered to Mozart , with the indication that he might one day become Kapellmeister . |
| 3 | But underneath this camp humour lay the constant dread that he might one day incur conviction and imprisonment . |
| 4 | But his lack of affection for her did n't lessen her love for him , nor did she give up hope that she would one day be able to make him feel genuinely fond of her . |
| 5 | As part of the card 's software , there is a DOS sequencer , to drive a MIDI keyboard or synth ( a MIDI adapter cable is available as an option ) , more Windows 3.1 sound mixers than anyone could possible want , a delectable sound sampler , and a utility to allow the more serious-minded user to add both synthesised music and sampled ( digitised ) sounds to presentation packages . |
| 6 | Still , however , I cherished the fantasy that I might one day have a son who would fulfil that dream , and always he had Leslie 's eyes , dark , with soft expressive light . |
| 7 | At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business . |
| 8 | Living rooms that also have to act as office or work room by day ( and more and more people elect to work at home if they can these days ) can still perform both functions with comparative case . |
| 9 | An Observer sale would not make much of a dent but it would staunch losses Lonrho may no longer want to suffer . |
| 10 | But you need to speak with pers well it 's an internal vacancy is n't it , yes and you speak with personnel and they 'll rubber stamp the post , or position rather , age ? |
| 11 | The wife and child that Tod and I will one day have . |
| 12 | Er , my suggestion is actually that er , the suggestion form should be suggestion forms and we must all suggestions to start . |
| 13 | In terms of offering prisoners a range of opportunities to address their offending behaviour and to take up erm an interest or activity which will channel them into other activities , I think at the moment we do less of a good job than we will two years down the line , I think the emphasis now is very much on opportunity and responsibility |
| 14 | It may be predicted with confidence that he will one day be one of the greatest masters of his art . |
| 15 | Eleanor used to say that she inherited her father 's nose and she would one day sue him for damages . |
| 16 | Whether my knowledge that I shall some day die , that a nuclear war is likely sooner or later , that alcohol will kill me , that another person is suffering , does move me in one direction or another , depends on the extent of my disposition to take these things into account in choices , on awareness which may spontaneously vary from one moment to the next and be sustainable only by an effort of will . |
| 17 | Perhaps the knowledge that he would one day die actually gave the poet comfort . |
| 18 | He confessed that he had ‘ missed playing Test cricket over the past couple of years ’ but had never lost the belief that he would one day play for his country again . |
| 19 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 20 | On Raglan Road on an autumn day I saw her first , and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare that I would one day rue I saw the danger , then I walked along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day … |
| 21 | He was almost certain that it belonged to Maidstone but he would newer leave half a glass of wine behind , surely . |
| 22 | His eyes did not leave the view as he said , ‘ Did you ever think when you were living in that flat in Manchester that you would one day own all this ? ’ |
| 23 | Large figurines mainly thrown on the potter 's wheel and decorated in vase-painter 's technique are known from several Greek sites in the late Bronze Age ; and this may be a line where we shall one day be able to trace continuity of production through the dark ages . |
| 24 | I made no notes of these visits to Out Patients , for at the time I had no idea that I might one day feel my experience with cancer sufficiently interesting to write about . |
| 25 | My family , who were threatening to visit us en masse the first weekend of May , ca n't come after all ( plans fell through ) , so wo n't need B & B. But they might some day . |
| 26 | I suppose he 'd feel entitled to use a woman 's body for this purpose as he would any other . |
| 27 | To help you memorize useful phrases it is helpful to prepare dialogues that you can first practice with your language helper and with the tape recorder before you go out and try the phrases with other people . |