Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [prep] a [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The relationship of settlements to cemeteries can be considered using the results of large-scale excavations as a control , and the actual distances between such features may act as a guide even when a relationship can not be directly inferred .
2 On the whole we are , until suddenly panic reigns and we must rush to a class again and limber up .
3 For instance , the Institute of Personnel Management proposes that organisations should consider including a commitment not to discriminate arbitrarily on the grounds of age in their equal opportunities policies .
4 The point of headroom is that those above should act as a support rather than as a control .
5 To rid himself of some of the frustration , Wright , who I know and like , should look for a solution very close to Highbury in Alan Smith .
6 We must insist on a world where natural diversity is valued and protected for the benefit of all .
7 ‘ In about an hour and a quarter , the coach should stop at a signpost about five miles from here .
8 You should relax for a while when you have finished before rushing off to get on with life .
9 When I mentioned Burma , his feeling of satisfaction was obvious , though his sense of integrity had prevented him from deciding that I should go to a country so close to his own heart .
10 So , we think for a little while ahead you should go to a school where you 'll be looked after ; I mean , where you can sleep , and where he wo n't get at you . ’
11 So it 's six hundred , plus about half , which comes to a about nine hundred , should come to a bit less than nine hundred , and it does , so that 's almost certainly
12 If you must get into a dilemma then charge further into it in an attempt to gain control of your destiny once again .
13 We must put in an order tonight . ’
14 Writing in the Yorkshire Miner he declared : ‘ The day of the exploited miner must come to an end now .
15 Moreover we must refuse by a criterion often rhetorically invoked in these doubtful positions ; by the criterion of the strictest intellectual coherence and rigour .
16 All connections to the cold water cistern should start with a gatevalve so that the new section can be isolated if necessary
17 I suppose you might think in a case now you might think that er er certain people are n't entitled to welfare benefits or something that
18 The range of natural environments contained within Yugoslavia itself is far greater than one might expect in an area only 5 per cent larger than the United Kingdom .
19 Well that 'll do for a minute so I can use it .
20 ‘ One day we 'll ride into a town where my mother and father are in the audience , and they 'll see me …
21 This is not as wild a question as you might suppose in a country where every Buddhist is a monk some time in their lives , and can slip into the habit again at any time .
22 Between three and four hours later they 'll arrive at a point about thirty miles from here . ’
23 After the trade wars with the West over cars and electronic goods , who can tell what that might mean for a country so dependent on trade ?
24 We 'll go for a drive somewhere , grab some lunch if there 's time … ’
25 He said : ‘ I wo n't stay for a shower , I 'll go for a swim instead . ’
26 I think they 're gon na do the ramblers one together cos then they 'll go for a walk together .
27 Might walk under a bus tomorrow . ’
28 ‘ I thought we might go for a coffee somewhere , and then there 's something I 'd like to show you . ’
29 Charlie was n't frightened of any Germans , but he still hoped that the war might come to an end quickly and that his father would return to Whitechapel and his routine of working at the docks during the day and drinking in the Black Bull at night But with no letters and only restricted news in the papers even Mr Salmon could n't tell him what was really happening at the front .
30 Think I might put in a note actually .
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