Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain cultural distinctions were breaking down and in the anxiety which this provoked we can read the effects of tar-reaching historical change . |
| 2 | Being asked to write stories that would distinguish an idiosyncratic , individualistic and , in some ways , rather odd group of people from the militaristic , regimented and brutal régime they were fighting against , was a challenge to which many found they could rise . |
| 3 | ‘ All right , ’ she said , ‘ and what do you all think we should do ? ’ |
| 4 | But if there 's one job we all know we could handle , given a double-breasted suit and a few handy clichés , it 's that of football manager . |
| 5 | We had a lot of the game , but we all know we can play a lot better than that . |
| 6 | Though this is an inevitable event and one we all know we must expect , the reality almost always comes as a shock . |
| 7 | We all know we should do it , but success within M.I. actually depends on it . |
| 8 | We all know it must happen |
| 9 | Do you remember we all said we 'd meet there ? ’ |
| 10 | But others of us who were Governors were so opposed to it that we all said we 'd resign from the governing body if the school did opt out . |
| 11 | All well we all said it must have been a quick job . |
| 12 | He was such a nice young man , we all agreed it would have made an ideal match … |
| 13 | She was expecting a baby , and we all hoped she would have a son , who would inherit the Linton fortune . |
| 14 | We all thought you could do without extra worries . |
| 15 | He was my room-mate in the days when your school was used as a sort of summer camp for magicians and he actually did disappear one day and we all thought he must have gone home . |
| 16 | We all decided he would become a famous artist . |
| 17 | There are , indeed , countless jobs we all think we could do , given the opportunity and a bit of luck . |
| 18 | I think we all feel we would like more central capital funding , but without it , it 's quite proper that we make er the best of use of the , of the assets we 've got , and we were n't using all our estate as effectively as we might , so for the last few years , we 've had a very vigorous programme of identifying land and buildings that are no longer required , and putting them on the market and thereby enabling us to build new facilities . |
| 19 | As a result we all feel we should have a say in its appearance , but as yet we have no right to be heard . |
| 20 | She … we both thought we 'd like to do something to help . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We both knew we would go to university and not have to get rubbish jobs like a lot of our mates , ’ says Gedge . |
| 22 | ‘ He is misleading people and will do everything in his power to keep away from me because we both know I 'll beat him again . |
| 23 | and erm , we both decided we 'd take this diploma and er Mr erm in his kindness let us erm erm go off to the workshops and do some practical work and erm my wife lived at Stow Upland and I was lodging in Ipswich and er he even allowed us to study in the , in the erm Enquiry Office in the evenings . |
| 24 | ‘ We both decided he should play in the reserves on Thursday . |
| 25 | She says that they all thought they would have to look for other jobs . |
| 26 | But then , that was nothing ; they all knew she would start up some place else . |
| 27 | They all think they can remember . |
| 28 | They had no church affiliation : some were hurt , others were strong , but they all found they could commit themselves heart and soul to what we were doing . |
| 29 | The prosecutor tells them that if they both confess they will go to jail for ten years ; if neither confesses they will get two years ; if only one confesses he ( the confessor ) will get just one year while his fellow prisoner goes down for 20 . |
| 30 | What they felt was out in the open and they both knew it could go no further until whatever lay ahead was over . |