Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only occasionally ( as in the 1830s and the 1870s ) did conflict burst out in an overt and organized expression of discontent . |
| 2 | Not only that , but he must have swallowed the large Garry Dog I had on the line , which must have floated down in an unrestricted way to him . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The first two weeks off were difficult because I could have fallen out of an automatic cup spot , but last week was great . |
| 4 | Growing up in a South African mining town , the son of a reasonably successful lawyer , he might easily have settled down to an ordinary , respectable career , following his father into law , perhaps , as one of his cousins did , or becoming an architect like another of them . |
| 5 | Boyish , flaxen-haired , fresh-faced , with a spring in his step , he could have slipped out of an old singing/dancing Cliff Richard film . |
| 6 | Alan was the sort of driver who would have gone out on an ice-skating rink . |
| 7 | The government could have clamped down at an early stage with tough deflationary policies . |
| 8 | At 133 for 2 , England might have fought back for an honourable draw ; or they might not . |
| 9 | Programming might have started out as an ancillary task in a student 's special subject of physics chemistry or psychology but soon takes over as the dominating interest . |