Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] the [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He prophesied that the triumph of communism would lead to the withering away of the state . |
| 5 | We know that we ought to care for the subnormal precisely because they are subnormal : they are weak , defenceless , at our mercy . |
| 6 | AT LAST the electors have an opportunity to put in power a government that will look after the needy instead of the greedy . |
| 7 | And a lot will depend on the 27-year-old tomorrow when he gets his first taste of League of Ireland football . |
| 8 | JOHN Major will go on the offensive today to try and save his job after the Tories virtually put him on probation . |