Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] the [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other radicals who were present argued that they should join with the eleven newly elected people , ‘ reasoning that since we held the initiative we would be able to force the pace , drag some of them along in our wake and force the others quickly to resign ’ . |
| 2 | The roars and cheers of the crowd covered any sound she made and , like a wraith , she made for the stairs , sweating even in the bleak February cold at the thought of who she might meet in the unknown upstairs . |
| 3 | So he said he did n't care where he went so as much as to say so I thought right then we 'll go to the Regal tonight . |
| 4 | Uniscan could persist throughout the 1950s without much difficulty since it in no way threatened national independence . |
| 5 | The appointment of Article 11 Tutors and the blurring of distinctions between Chapter II and Chapter III provision in rural areas meant that university extra-mural departments could encroach upon the earlier explicitly legitimate function of the WEA as the main organiser of student demand through its branch structure . |
| 6 | It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions . |
| 7 | But all that could change with the latest EG models . |
| 8 | He used to come in Oct October and he used to drop off the ten o'clock train here . |
| 9 | He prophesied that the triumph of communism would lead to the withering away of the state . |
| 10 | We know that we ought to care for the subnormal precisely because they are subnormal : they are weak , defenceless , at our mercy . |
| 11 | ‘ For to obviate the inconveniencies that might result from the too frequent communication with the out pupils the Professor will demonstrate to the latter only what might be useful to them as Surgeons and Physicians to the human body , such as the most important demonstrations of comparative anatomy as likewise experiences [ experiments ] on several animals , which could not be attempted on Man without imminent danger , and lastly , a comparison between epidemical and epizootic diseases — therefore the out pupils ought to be considered by the Society [ College ] as a separate Class : the consideration of which ought not to have any influence as to the situation of the establishments . |
| 12 | AT LAST the electors have an opportunity to put in power a government that will look after the needy instead of the greedy . |
| 13 | And a lot will depend on the 27-year-old tomorrow when he gets his first taste of League of Ireland football . |
| 14 | Reservations about this course will already be taking shape , so instead of describing it further I will guess at the two most likely criticisms . |
| 15 | will meet after the 7.00 pm evening Mass at the Priory on Wednesday . |
| 16 | JOHN Major will go on the offensive today to try and save his job after the Tories virtually put him on probation . |
| 17 | Erm , I will start with the two most important pieces of information that I 'm going to give you this afternoon . |