Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv] [prep] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think , I think I would , having moved the recommendation would seek to clarify what we 're asking the Government to reconsider , erm , because we 're not saying what they should come up with as a new policy , but I think we could add the words , for capital investment , at the end of the motion , recognising that at one level of government , central government it has been the practice in the past , er when they had some capital they could sell in the form of British Telecom shares and er , indeed other nationalised industries , er not to use the er the results erm , er release this realised by that capital disposal for capital investment , instead to use it for revenue purposes , which was in the long term somewhat unfortunate . |
| 2 | In a year , it 'll add up to over a hundred thousand pounds — if that happens the social services department says it 's budget will be so stretched it may be forced to make cuts in other areas . |
| 3 | And then he became even more worried about what she might get up to with a lover . |
| 4 | So the next thing 's the trainees analysis that we said we 'd we 'd pick up on at a later date . |
| 5 | ‘ Um — what are you planning to do today ? ’ was the best she could come up with as a counter-remark . |
| 6 | Allen wondered what comedy they could get up to in a hotel room , and he decided they could smash the place up , with everything falling apart around them . |
| 7 | This appeal turns on the meaning in that subsection of the word ‘ appropriates ’ and will involve the consideration , among other things , of conflicting statements in this House , which I shall come back to at a later stage . |
| 8 | But it is memories that are all he can hang on to in a world of ‘ new men , strange faces , other minds ’ . |
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| 10 | Ninety to a hundred decibels gets pretty uncomfortable , and a noisy factory can go up to about a hundred and twenty decibels and Environmental Health Officers for example are very concerned about this because it causes long-term problems in people 's ears . |