Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tranmere would have won more comfortably if Aldridge , the League 's leading scorer with 38 goals , had managed to convert a fortuitous penalty , awarded for a handling offence by Butters . |
| 2 | The problem is that the invitation must have come rather late as Carolyn recalls : ‘ I walked in about six o'clock and Diana went : ‘ Quick , quick I 've got to meet Charles in twenty minutes . ’ |
| 3 | The implications of the new technological revolution go far beyond the silicon chip and its offspring , a message that may have penetrated as far as Kenneth Baker , Britain 's Minister for Information Technology . |
| 4 | Similarly , if the gravitational mass of the proton were significantly different , one would not have had stars in which these nucleides could have been built up , and if the initial expansion of the universe had been slightly smaller or slightly greater , the universe would either have collapsed before such stars could have evolved or would have expanded so rapidly that stars would never have been formed by gravitational condensation . |
| 5 | America yielded first place despite its exports rising 8.5% in volume terms , compared with a rise of only 1.5% for Germany ; and it would still have done so even if unification , which added $22.5 billion to the exports of the former Federal Republic , had never happened . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't suppose I 'd have done so well if Maggie had been in charge ’ he was a Minister in the Wilson government . |
| 7 | But she should have got as far as London . |
| 8 | The car , which could have raced as early as May , will be fully prepared for action with Prost behind the wheel next season . |
| 9 | She should perhaps have noted more positively that Brahms labelled this as a plain Allegro , unlike the corresponding movement of No. 3 , which he marked Allegro maestoso . |
| 10 | The visitors might have replied almost immediately when Mark Stepney rounded the defence but put his shot wide . |
| 11 | I need n't have worried too much because Seve was in complete control on the first round . |
| 12 | Son batted at least as well as Miandad and Mujtaba , and lasted longer than Malcolm or Ramiz , but it has to be admitted that with a fifth day available , his team would have lost as surely as England did . |