Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the migrants may only go as far as southern Europe . |
| 2 | Use your mirrors , on narrow or winding roads or where there is a lot of oncoming traffic , drivers of large or slow moving vehicles should be prepared to pull in and slow down to stop as soon as there is suitable opportunity , well , before you take off or turn left or turn right , or slow down or stop , use your mirrors , you should always look behind even if they 're none , a motor cycle should always look behind either , then give the appropriate signal if necessary , remember the routine |
| 3 | I 'm sure the , I 'm sure they 'll all go away very when you , before you came . |
| 4 | We might even go so far as to say that amplification of deviance among one group rather than among another could simply be due to chance . |
| 5 | Indeed , one might even go so far as to say that , were it not for the ‘ discovery ’ of Siberia 's seemingly inexhaustible resources of ‘ soft gold ’ , that is , an abundance of fur-bearing mammals — in particular the highly-prized sable — the Muscovite government would have been without the economic foundation for the growth of its political power . |
| 6 | We might almost go so far as to say that Lyly has embroidered an elaborate garment round the simple idea " Euphues was a young coxcomb " . |
| 7 | I 'd rather ask early rather than late . |
| 8 | The party could only go as far as the unions would allow and their influence was apparent at all levels . |
| 9 | And you could only go as far as the money would go , could n't you ? |
| 10 | Could only get as far as the kitchen . |
| 11 | Manager Alan Lockwood was forced to bring in a number of young faces and he could only look on agonisingly as they struggled against more experienced golfers in gusting winds . |
| 12 | Slowly she imagined taking one step after another until she reported that she could physically go no further because the slope of the ceiling was so steep . |
| 13 | Look , if you do n't mind a bit of running you could just come as far as the Tube with me and we could continue this conversation on the way . |
| 14 | Her balance was very poor ; she could not stand up on her own , because strong associated reactions would pull her left side over ; her left Achilles tendon was extremely tight ; her left shoulder was very painful ; her arm was pulled into a bent position , with the hand tightly closed in a fist ( flexor spasm ) ; she could hardly sit up straight because of the severe spastic muscle pull on the left side of her body ; her mother had to push Dawn everywhere in her wheelchair , and give her total nursing support . |
| 15 | And that 's why he says to sleep and then if she could n't get to sleep she could like sit up tonight so he could get some sleep instead . |
| 16 | By 1939 Europe could meet her own needs of agricultural products only in olive oil and wine ; in 1880 she could still do much better than this . |
| 17 | The Collector 's chivalry was aroused by Miriam 's weakness , for the heart of a gentleman still beat beneath his ragged morning coat ; besides , he found her an attractive young woman in spite of everything , for she could still smile as sweetly as ever . |
| 18 | Whether we in this country could ever get as far as the Americans have done , remains to be seen . |
| 19 | It could well go on forever unless one of two things happens , unless everybody guards themselves against giving information away , which as a matter of practice many will do , and many probably wo n't , or secondly that some legislation is brought about to make this an offence , and to treat it seriously . |
| 20 | We 'd even go so far as throwing modesty to the wind , and say you wo n't find better value for money holidays or flights anywhere else . |
| 21 | I 'd even go so far as to say I 'm falling in love . |
| 22 | Some swim into the Baltic , others pass through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean and may even travel as far as the Black Sea . |
| 23 | Which is one of the reasons , by the way , why another thing you will get murdered for in the er workshops is taking two hammers and hitting the heads against each other , because they 're hardened and y they may well shatter quite explosively if you do that . |
| 24 | True , these sources overlap , different as they may be in the nature of their risk , difficulty , and complexity , and the potential for innovation may well lie in more than one area at a time . |
| 25 | The Conservatives would not always win under the electoral system of 1918 , but they would rarely do so badly as to allow anyone else to win . |
| 26 | More than four in five said they would still holiday abroad even if hot summers could be guaranteed in Britain . |
| 27 | Caspar was not the ideal person to be shoulder to shoulder with , because he would probably melt away altogether if there was a real threat . |
| 28 | Like her , the General had prayed and hoped for the violet 's return , and now it had come and it would surely blossom more gloriously than ever before . |
| 29 | Landowners and farmers implicitly recognized this division , but they also realized that life both on the farm and in the village would ultimately run more smoothly if the socially divisive effects of potential class conflict could be dissipated or overcome . |
| 30 | One may indeed go so far as to assert that the Japanese occupation of Indochina was the key issue in the conflict between Japan and the US which led to the attack at Pearl Harbor ; and after what was , initially , a rather lofty approach to the problems of Indochina and Southeast Asian security , America 's final demand that Japan remove its forces from both China and Indochina ( 26 November 1941 ) was met with the equally final Japanese rejection which manifested itself at Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Southeast Asia . |