Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [pron] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he agreed the police could have given them a few day 's notice of the situation . |
| 2 | The sort of thing that would have delighted him a few months ago — he would have chuckled over its witty irreverence , and imagined with pleasure Clare 's shock and embarrassment had she come across it . |
| 3 | I strongly recommend that we leave such arduous duties to your two companions , who will undoubtedly have asked themselves the same question . ’ |
| 4 | His companion was a head shorter and he was thin ; but a reader of character would have stamped him the more evil of the two . |
| 5 | Ironically , one of Mr Yeltsin 's critics , Mr Ruslan Khasbulatov , speaker of parliament , might have swung him a few votes by appealing at the start of the session for deputies to behave responsibly , seek compromise and encourage ‘ dialogue , not monologue ’ . |