Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [modal v] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 2 | From my position at the entrance to the dug-out I could see the wounded in the sunken road in the same positions they were in before the shelling started . |
| 3 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 4 | I told her she might' get a chance , though of course I would have the ultimate control . |
| 5 | Of course I 'd like the other things , but it 's just not relevant to the relationship . ’ |
| 6 | Of course I could settle the whole thing by opening the cow up , but Mr Bailes was an old-fashioned type and did n't like the idea of my diving into his animal unless I was certain of my diagnosis . |
| 7 | If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’ |
| 8 | The sea was flat , faintly streaked by a waning moon , and through the porthole of the saloon I could see the Southern Cross and the Milky Way , unblemished by cloud . |
| 9 | But for my part I would reject the undue influence case on the ground that the influence brought to bear by Mr. O'Brien was not , in the context of a normal husband and wife relationship and bearing in mind Mrs. O'Brien 's character and capabilities , sufficiently undue . |
| 10 | At the end of the chapter I shall make the paradoxical point that the theory we are looking for may actually need to seem improbable , even miraculous , to our subjective judgement ( because of the way our subjective judgement has been made ) . |
| 11 | In this chapter I shall describe the genital region in man and woman and discuss some aspects of normal sexual function and variations in sexual behaviour |
| 12 | Through the gap in the fence I could see the red-haired woman hacking away at the tangle of greenery with a large silver blade that flashed in the sun . |
| 13 | On the side which will hold the fixed panel , apply a thick bead of mastic around the inside of the jamb recesses , and up the joint with the jamb . |
| 14 | The Ministry of Agriculture in Britain has developed a forecasting system based primarily on soil temperature in the early spring which can predict the likely severity of nematodiriasis . |
| 15 | There was much interest in a broadly based Middle Eastern Command which would enlist the willing support of the Arab states . |
| 16 | Among his sacred possessions were an enormous club which could raise the slain to life again ; a magic harp whose music made its listeners forget sorrow ; an inexhaustible cauldron from which no-one is turned away hungry ; and two marvellous sheep — one eternally roasting , the other forever feeding in readiness for slaughter . |
| 17 | 1 Prepare a script which shall meet the following requirements : the complete typescript to make a book of not more than 32 pages a complete list of any textual or illustrative copyrighted material to be included together with full information on source of such material supply a complete art brief for any illustrations required |
| 18 | Japanese director Nagisa Oshima wants him for the lead in Valentino , a movie which will explore the destructive effect of fame on silent screen stars . |
| 19 | The misunderstanding described above was one of five reasons found by the village case study which would explain the low usage rate for the lobon-gur mixture . |
| 20 | In its action plan to save threatened cetaceans the Cetacean Specialist Group of IUCN has given the highest priority to a study which would monitor the scattered gill-net fisheries in the Gulf of California . |
| 21 | All recognised , however , that it would be the groundswell against terrorism and crime which would give the new body its momentum . |
| 22 | An analysis of interpellation and legitimation which would underpin the central claim that subjects are constituted by ideology is thus striking for its absence . |
| 23 | But the conditions of science as a practice which may escape the functional determination of ideology , are not explained . |
| 24 | In addition to all this , the SIB is given the power to issue Codes of Practice which would define the general principle referred to earlier . |
| 25 | Mandela on Oct. 12 said that the ANC was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalization if the business community could provide an alternative which would redress the economic imbalances in the country . |
| 26 | I am happy to have a de minimis figure which would avoid the bureaucratic nightmare that we do not want . |
| 27 | JAGUAR and General Motors were last night locked in crucial talks over a deal which would safeguard the luxury car maker from being taken over by the rival US motor giant Ford . |
| 28 | But the push of teachers is an intervening force which may take the black youth from the realms of inflated ambitions and outlandish dreams of becoming a world champion , winning an Olympic medal or holding aloft the FA Cup to the sometimes arduous and frequently unrewarding world of practical ambition , gritty perseverance and strengthening resolve . |
| 29 | NoS would provide a focus to weld together the splinter groups of the left into an unstoppable force which would sweep the Labour Party before it . |
| 30 | ‘ A lead of 2-1 guarantees nothing , except the fact that we need to be on our toes against a side who will relish the big occasion . ’ |