Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Roxburgh , however , will not have it that a combination of injury and English-based players being unavailable because of league commitments has rendered the match with Germany an irrelevance .
2 Then , Poland might just surprise themselves and a crowd expected to fill only a quarter of the 72,000-capacity stadium .
3 They will not tell you whether a child is going to be a good citizen , when he 's nice to know or whether he 's well motivated .
4 In fact , when you are working small burrow systems a dog can generally tell you if a rabbit is at home .
5 Because Designaknit is intended for use by hand knitters as well as machine knitters , the program does not warn you if a garment piece will require more needles than you have on your machine .
6 And yet it could still surprise him that a man could be a sensible and reliable scientist in his work and a fool with women , could show judgement in one area of his life and act like an irrational child in another .
7 Does it always bother you when a man comes within touching distance , or is it just the effect I have on you that makes you flinch away ? ’
8 But nothing and no one could ever really convince him that a world where fathers just disappeared one day and never returned could be anything other than a pitiful sham , a transparent hoax .
9 I always say a man could n't see him and a fox would n't want him .
10 IT does n't surprise me that a survey showed very few Britons would give up their pet for £1m .
11 On another occasion David Bellamy said to me ‘ You ca n't tell me that a canoe would not disturb an otter ’ .
12 The result was a family who did n't understand her , a career that did n't satisfy her and a generation that did n't accept her . ’
13 The patient might rehearse in imagination the most constructive alternative so that he may readily adopt it if a crisis occurs .
14 I do n't SEE WHy people grope us together as holigans 'cos we ai n't alright you get troble makers in every facktion But They do nt publish it if a niggeR does a old Biddy do they give us a faiR chance will someone as for stop being a SKIN I do nt think I will . ’
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