Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 If I 'd told you about the entry earlier on it might have lulled you into a false sense of complacency .
2 ‘ If a driver knows that any attempt to overtake the car ahead of him will risk a fine or disqualification , then he will not try , ’ the Austrian said .
3 In that case both of them will move inwards under the effect of magnetic force .
4 It took the view that the upper limit is arbitrary , and might operate unfairly , since a person just above the limit receives no assistance , whereas a person just below it might have to make a substantial contribution but would have the security of knowing that that contribution represents the maximum liability for costs regardless of the actual cost or the outcome of the case .
5 They turn the water off , and then when they say do you want the water back on you can have a meter , but they do n't tell you , you pay thirty five pound a quarter for the meter , and that 's without a bit of water going through it .
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