Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [modal v] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge said , the men 's defence would have involved a re-examination of the events of nineteen seventy four . |
| 2 | On the communications front , Clinton 's programme would help fund a national information network linking homes , businesses , classrooms and libraries . |
| 3 | Her family says they can only hope that Katharine 's tragedy will help bring a change in the law , so at least other victims will benefit from her experience . |
| 4 | But Somalia 's refugees may have suffered a less appalling fate than the hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian refugees in Somalia , who have existed in desolate camps for nearly 10 years . |
| 5 | A slash from Siban 's talons would have inflicted a wound which would have taken weeks to heal . |
| 6 | Florist 's foam will help to turn a shallow bowl into a lovely container . |
| 7 | It had not occurred to him that Jessica 's behaviour might have put a suitor off , more that Parr would want to go and smack her cheeky face , as he would have done . |
| 8 | Intergenerational mobility : that is , the son or daughter has a different social position ( higher or lower ) than that of the parents ( for example , a miner 's daughter might train to become a teacher ) . |
| 9 | The firearm in an angel 's hands must have had a powerful impact on Indian converts . |
| 10 | In such a case , either you , or the seller 's conveyancer will need to prepare a transfer of the share . |
| 11 | But any weakening , however temporary , in the prince 's dominance would serve to produce a more normal relationship . |
| 12 | Even so , the sequence of events remains rapid and Eorpwald 's death must have constituted a serious threat to Eadwine 's position south of the Humber . |
| 13 | After Alan Duff , very few teachers ' books would have stood a chance . ’ |
| 14 | The scientists involved , including Douglas Higgs , the chief scientific officer for the Crown during the Maguire trial , had not told the trial that substances other than nitroglycerine on the defendants ' hands could have given a positive reading , or that " rogue " positive results could occur , nor had they disclosed this to the May inquiry . |
| 15 | And we 're always revising that picture of the past , in other words , somebody else in twenty-five years ' time will have to do a different kind of social history . |