Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] a new " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiffs could not afford to buy a new dredger and had to hire one . |
| 2 | And if you I mean if you maybe could n't afford to buy a new raincoat , you would have a big black diamond cut off a piece of cloth |
| 3 | The soldier , seeing my uninteresting-looking machine , asked me again if I would not prefer to choose a new one , but I refused . |
| 4 | Then he had steered her to a chair , rather than the sofa , which would probably have provoked a new attack of ‘ imagination ’ . |
| 5 | I shall now have to find a new Saturday morning job . |
| 6 | But it ca n't afford to build a new footbridge with ramps at Leominster . |
| 7 | Unless this ruling was overturned by a higher court , the state would either have to enact a new electoral law or would be forced to wait until 1994 ( the date upon which Heinz 's term would have been completed ) to elect a successor to Heinz . |
| 8 | He says his pay-off has left him comfortable , although he will eventually want to find a new career , possibly even returning to journalism . |
| 9 | The ITV companies pay royalties only after sales , but they will soon have to negotiate a new deal . |
| 10 | The owners of the major-league clubs ( they have increased in number from 26 to 28 with the creation of the Florida Marlins and the Colorado Rockies ) will also have to conclude a new contract with the players ' union . |
| 11 | They will also have developed a new technique for controlling reactions within a fusion reactor . |
| 12 | I think this book and these exhibitions can not fail to give a new direction to Modigliani studies . |
| 13 | Germany can not afford to build a new airliner on its own , any more than Britain or France can . |