Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He published at least one book a year ; readers who began could not put them down , though at the end of the book they had received nothing . |
| 2 | ‘ All those companies you own ca n't run themselves . |
| 3 | Which is why one and half volts you know wo n't do you much harm . |
| 4 | The new packages you mentioned will certainly help . |
| 5 | If trusts , as is often said , depended on the testator 's intention and little else , then to launch into a discussion of the wordings they employed may well seem perverse . |
| 6 | The flapping of their wings and the strange cries they make would indeed have been eerie for those who Mew nothing of bird migration . |
| 7 | Only one shadow lay over Sally 's life , a secret shadow that none of the luxuries she enjoyed could quite banish . |
| 8 | Thereafter , engaging the family in a discussion of the problems they face can quickly indicate the current nature of family relationships and interactions . |
| 9 | The publications you produce may well fit into a set of identifiable categories ; brochures , newsletters , flyers , books , manuals and so on but it 's how you produce them that 's important . |
| 10 | Many of the rooms he found would not do . |
| 11 | Each of these sources provides new information that will enrich the ideas you start out with ; and the materials you explore will also provide a springboard into completely new ideas , that you are unlikely to have simply by contemplating the poems themselves . |
| 12 | There were girls who followed Must n't Grumble from gig to gig just to be near the boy , recording these concerts on reel-to-reel tape-recorders . |
| 13 | Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite ! |
| 14 | It seems that there are some minds which travel will never broaden : vulgarity , riotous behaviour , high spirits and horseplay have scandalized the establishment since the birth of tourism — the 1980s Costa Brava lager lout had his parallel in the Victorian excursionist . |
| 15 | Men who work can not dream ; and wisdom comes to us in dreams . |
| 16 | The examples we illustrate should not tempt readers to ‘ generalise from the particular ’ . |
| 17 | We have heard quite a lot , colleagues , about pensions and pension schemes over the last eighteen months perhaps we have to actually thank Mr Maxwell for raising the issue , even if those pensioners he cheated wo n't thank him . |
| 18 | And when it comes to discussing the birds and bees with their parents , nearly half the boys we questioned would rather talk to mum . |
| 19 | The group begins discussing some of the other wets they hope will now get the push from Major 's cabinet : ‘ William Waldegrave , he 'll be out . ’ |
| 20 | 1.11 In Roberts v Sparks [ 1977 ] CLY 2643 , where the plaintiff was thrown out of the defendant 's vehicle , the court reduced his damages by 25 per cent because the injuries he suffered would clearly have been avoided by wearing a seat belt ; but it added back 5 per cent for the injuries he would have suffered if he had been wearing a seat belt . |
| 21 | ‘ The latest events you describe can only add to her unhappiness . |