Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] from [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 's hypothesis is not primarily concerned with interaction between an individual speaker and an interlocutor , although this might follow from it as a special case . |
| 2 | Frederica could not see Alexander at all : indeed she had noted he was not there : she stared around and around now at colourless air and sand as though he might rise from them like a mirage . |
| 3 | If I cry , the Monster cries — more piteously , longer , louder — not because it is sad , of course not , never out of sorrow or pity , no , merely because Jimbo has cried and thereby been noticed , for his self These scraps of attention the Monster would take from me to the last smile , the last nod , the last little pat on the head . |
| 4 | If you can allow your child or your teenager to experience these consequences ( short of any which might cause them serious pain or hurt ) , he or she will learn from them without the addition of sermons , scolding or smackings . |
| 5 | Historic Scotland has recently spelt out the service standards customers can expect from it with the publication of a new charter leaflet . |
| 6 | Before turning to that geographical variability , however , and what we can learn from it about the nature of a place , a brief outline of the strike 's context is provided . |