Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] and [indef pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One approaches the west façade of the cathedral up steep flights of steps and the triple entrance porch leads , not into the nave due to the steepness of the hillside , but below it and one must ascend further steps inside to reach the nave above the porch . |
| 2 | They 'd see us coming hours before we got up there on foot , the girl would have been spirited away before we got anywhere near her and nobody would speak to us except in their incomprehensible dialect . |
| 3 | like David Bowie will sing with them and everybody will take a turn singing with them , like that , that woman that sing that Barcelona you know , er whatever her name is I suppose she 'll , she 'll sing at erm , er and somebody else might sing that Barcelona you know that one |
| 4 | Like the values for Young 's modulus or stiffness , the figures vary a great deal between different substances , but then , so do the strengths of the chemical bonds within them and one might expect the engineering strengths to be proportional to the strengths of the chemical bonds . |
| 5 | The crowd parted round him and no-one would meet his gaze . |
| 6 | Sheriff Presslie told Taylor : ‘ The consequences of the accident will obviously bear heavily on you and nothing will take it away . ’ |
| 7 | Finish by saying ‘ now all fall over ’ and , as you do it , you lean in to the person next to you and everyone will fall over like a row of dominoes . |
| 8 | She 's going to sit there in the hospital , and they 'll keep an eye on her and someone will put her on the evening bus , just as she planned . |