Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [modal v] [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I too shall be attending the ceremonies prior to a few days ' relaxation at the hill station of Dalat . " |
| 2 | Our earlier quoted settings , which perhaps could be nudged a little sacrificing fuel burn and noise comfort , produced around 145 knots true air speed at low level , and at height around 155 . |
| 3 | It would help to define how widely the term Gypsy applied , and who exactly could be called a gypsy . |
| 4 | ‘ You really should be riding a horse , ’ Artemis 's stepmother said to her one morning as they waited for the hounds to move off . |
| 5 | With some research topics , such as asking people to say what criminal offences they have committed , the only chance of getting any truthful answers would be with a guarantee that the answers would be confidential ( no one else would be told the answers given by a particular individual ) , and the best way of ensuring this is to allow respondents not to give their names ( anonymity ) . |
| 6 | She may appear to become quite self= centred , and those who have been doing all they can to help her may become exasperated and tempted to hint that it is time she tried to ‘ pull herself together ’ , for by then they too will be feeling the strain . |
| 7 | To burst it now would be to risk the messiness of it re-grouping , possibly cloning itself across the infected area and returning in a small battalion . |
| 8 | I did n't think anyone else would be using the pool this early . ’ |
| 9 | Unfortunately everyone else will be doing the same thing and if one end is blatantly favoured then it is likely to be crowded . |
| 10 | The dominant families of the other papers had what now would be called a low profile too . |
| 11 | The Earl of Bothwell , nephew of the earl who had done James 's mother so much harm , was what today would be called a tearaway : he revelled in leading Border raids , once broke into the Edinburgh Tolbooth to free one of his men from custody , and was widely believed to hold the office of chief warlock to various covens of witches . |
| 12 | A consideration of how Taking the Side of the Other might occur should bring attention to what here will be called the ‘ implicit features ’ of attitudes . |
| 13 | However , now was not the time to probe into his previous daydreams , and before anything further could be said a shout came from Matt , who had left them to attend to the fire burning beneath the two billies of water which hung from an iron bar . |
| 14 | ‘ I know you 're tight , Woody , ’ Finlayson said , ‘ but the only thing you could do for us now would be to shoot the old man . |