Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We put patriotism and self-sacrifice into them , and there is no doubt that after they have learnt a certain amount of that , ’ he explained as he outlined his strategy to the National Defence Association , ‘ they will feel bound to take up the defence in one form or another , should it be necessary , when the time comes . ’ |
| 2 | It is a sad loss to this House that the right hon. and learned Gentleman should have decided to lay down the burden of representing the electors of Warley , West . |
| 3 | But it is probably good advice to plan this sort of book every bit as much as the writer of the puzzle detective story will have had to work out the plot and most of what is necessary to sustain that plot . |
| 4 | Ah they would have had to wash up the plates and the knives and forks . |
| 5 | It 's a work that must have seemed to sum up the traumas of the war years and their aftermath for you ? |
| 6 | One would n't have wanted to split up the family . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't think he 'd have wanted to jump off a cliff or anything , but I think it bothered him — you know , the weight gain and things like that . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He says he ca n't remember exactly but he thinks he may have tried to pull out the knife . |
| 9 | How could History have failed to bring about an end to history ? |