Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We 'll teach you in complete confidence' ) , the Jazz Society ( 'There will be a small written examination before we let you know if you can join' ) and the French Society ( 'Amusez-vous bien et attrapez cirrhose du foie avec la Frenchsoc ! ' ) . |
| 32 | YOU 'LL FIND THEM IN MAIN AVENUE GARDEN 12 — ‘ THE THIRD DIMENSION ’ . |
| 33 | The whole thing seemed faithfully in the past , where we could regard it with intense interest , and surround it with historical debate , but where it could do us , and our generation , no harm . |
| 34 | I could predict them with reasonable assurance in each case , except Addy . |
| 35 | C : See , told you I 'd stuff him in open debate . |
| 36 | If the family were going to take on the outside world , they 'd do it in eccentric style , his father had implied . |
| 37 | David Speedie lost his rag with an invading fan at The Dell yesterday — but his one-man pitch clear-ing job could land him in hot water . |
| 38 | ‘ No-one could accuse you of unnecessary panic , Wallace . |
| 39 | Usually we are melting snow or ice so we do n't bother , but this trip could see us near stagnant water . |
| 40 | He would pump away until he was exhausted , as though by sheer force he could inject her with fertile seed . |
| 41 | The test was whether a child ‘ accompanied as necessary ’ could use it with reasonable safety . |
| 42 | She had a strong sense of the dramatic , and could use it to good effect when occasion demanded . |
| 43 | This is because the system is so complicated that no historian could use it without explicit support from the AI project group . |
| 44 | He 'd keep it in good order from now on . |
| 45 | I enclose a copy of the original pack , and would be grateful if you could provide us with updated information for the rail leaflet , and any suggestions for additional material . |
| 46 | According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance . |
| 47 | He was out canvassing when he encountered an old lady who was ready to vote for him as long as he could convince her about Labour Party policy on cats . |
| 48 | ‘ Luis , ’ I said , ‘ even in England , if a man called me that , I 'd take it as great rudeness . |
| 49 | Peasants with a minimal surplus of food could barter it for vital equipment . |
| 50 | And so , resentfully , he learned concepts that could stand him in good stead . |
| 51 | ‘ We 've had to chop and change on a regular basis this season , but it could hold us in good stead because when everyone is fit again , we 'll know we have people who can operate well in different positions . ’ |
| 52 | The 28-year-old Briton knows a second defeat could leave him in desperate trouble against the man rated by many as the best player in the chess history . |
| 53 | If you could put it in plain English I might be able to understand . |
| 54 | If I could just get a role doing some of the falls in the action replays , say , I could save him from horrible injury , or at least the odd booking . |
| 55 | In her opinion , her love for her husband was not diminished at all just because another man could raise her to sexual satisfaction in a devastating fulfilment which was lacking in Stephen 's love-making . |
| 56 | Consequential loss can be where delay or loss of a letter or package could involve you in additional expense over and above its actual value . |
| 57 | Now there is no definition of what 's small erm erm is erm in er P P G er thirteen and perhaps Mr Curtis could help us in due course erm on an assumption that the new settlement was somewhat larger that th what the County Council is proposing , whether that would erm change the view of York City Council , I I think there is another factor again I could be corrected on this by Mr Curtis and this tended to come out in the greenbelt local plan enquiry , er and that York City Council seem progressively to place more importance on peripheral development than on the new settlement strategy |
| 58 | Gabriel had to wait until Sergeant Troy had finished his dance with Bathsheba before he could warn him about possible damage to the ricks . |
| 59 | If that had happened after the sale of the National Bus Company , one could accept it as good business . |
| 60 | Now we could n't have him in this year to give the others a chance so this is how you voted for the nineteen ninety three racing personality of the year on Channel Four and let's take it in reverse order starting with the person who finished fourth . |