Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] in [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't want his title or his money , although I must say in all honesty I did enjoy the London season . |
| 2 | That would give the electricity supply industry the free run of the distribution network , while consumers could signal in any way they liked on their own mains wiring without bothering anyone . |
| 3 | He was a star by the early Sixties , and then he could move in any circle he wanted . ’ |
| 4 | So I brought them home with me so I could , I could take in actual fact I could take them back . |
| 5 | We received many letters when she died , and one was from a girl called Janine , a 17 year old taking A levels , saying if she could help in any way she would willingly do so . |
| 6 | So if the lady was on fire , you 'd leave it basically to the Fire Brigade , obviously if you could help the lady , get a ladder up to the window to get her out of the room or something like that , you would do that , you would help in any way you can , but the real experts are the Fire Brigade so we leave all the er real technical stuff to the Fire Brigade . |
| 7 | In my experience , the teams will throw in any ball they land their hands on — no-one really knows whether it is the playing ball or not . |
| 8 | He is a talented lad who shows great respect for his elders and will play in any position I tell him to . |
| 9 | To , to make people feel sorry for them and they have no shame at all in breaking limbs and distorting their features and all so that kind to make themselves look as pitiful as they possible can because they 're going to live a life of a beggar and they tell us it 's very profitable being a beggar in some lands , people can make in this country they reckon up to in places like London a hundred pounds a day being a beggar that 's more than you earn a day is n't it ? |
| 10 | The why the Pakistanis can vote in this country they 've got a British passport . |
| 11 | Well anything , any message I suppose , you can key in any message you want |
| 12 | This may be because the complaint has political overtones ; ( b ) the authority can call in any complaint it wishes to supervise ; ( c ) any matter not subject to a complaint may be referred to the authority who may investigate it . |
| 13 | Now , d do n't forget index-linking is not the same as salary increases , and in a time of rapid inflation , prices go up , salaries go up , and the government can interfere in any way it wants with the R P I index . |