Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Macca said in his column , that nobody knew about the deal until it was all but completed and said he was sure everyone at Leeds and the supporters would wish him great success at Blackburn .
2 If you touch a wolf spider with your finger the sharp spines on top of the body and the legs will cause you searing pain .
3 Manufacturers will sell us fresh air if they can make money out of it — the new Scoop guitar is a point in fact .
4 It is a factor that Mr Crosby recognises : ‘ Tactics can win you these games , but more often than not it is whether the players have the experience and the bottle . ’
5 Remember that switching off both idle-up functions will give you normal throttle control for starting .
6 One of the big syndicates will give it full coverage , and I 'll never have to work again .
7 If you get stuck , pressing a combination of keys will show you one solution but , will not show you the graphics display that follows , to see that , you must solve the puzzle yourself , and judging by the opening graphics should be pretty good .
8 And if Third World countries defaulted together , the very size of their combined debts could give them massive bargaining power .
9 There are more than 200,000 cubic millimetres of neocortex , and every cubic millimetre contains at least 50,000 neurons with 500 million synapses ; these figures may give you some idea of the complexity of the computer we have in our heads .
10 Kempton would have liked to have ridden Foinavon in the National himself but displayed loyalty to his owners on two counts — his minimum riding weight of 10 stone 10 pounds would put him 10 pounds overweight ; and he had another horse running at Worcester .
11 I mean f I d I doubt whether firms would do it these days eh ?
12 Wrap around glasses will give you some protection .
13 Community Care 's news pages will bring you up-to-date information on the latest research and innovations in practice .
14 Small producers will find it tough raising the extra cash and are likely to pack it in — and poor meat-eaters may buy something else if pork costs 10p a pound more .
15 Clarification of such issues and principles will give you immense strength in your management task — actually giving you more power to achieve your destined goal .
16 What Arran wanted was £5000 ; what he saw clearly enough was that the support of 5000 Englishmen would lose him four times that number of Scots .
17 ‘ Four thousand revs will give you 90 mph in the Formula First , ’ he said , ‘ and in a car which is one and a half inches off the ground , that will feel like 190 mph , so it should be plenty fast enough for today . ’
18 Growing exports would give them foreign currency — the means to raise living standards and modernise their factories .
19 White House chief of staff John Sununu objected on the grounds that a reduction in gas emissions would freeze US economic growth .
20 I think a lot of people feel vaguely when they see two duffers marrying that the duffers must prefer it that way .
21 On particularly clear days ( the locals will tell you that midwinter provides the best of them ) the view reaches as far as the Vosges in France and Switzerland 's Jura .
22 People do n't seem to look at other people , whereas in the towns and villages in the north that I have known the locals will bid you good day or smile as you go in and out of shops or even just crossing the street .
23 Practising teachers will find them useful resource books .
24 You know all the psychiatrists will tell you that comedy is a kind of biological mechanism to save us from all the things we fear most , death being one of the , you know , the most is just a spit away you see .
25 The winter games will bring us 2 weeks of snow and ice .
26 Doctors can ask us all sorts of intimate questions and expect honest answers ; in return , we expect them to treat this knowledge confidentially and not to gossip about the state of our health .
27 These examples should give you some idea of how to approach your own list of foods .
28 From time to time , hard-pressed debtors will offer you post-dated cheques .
29 Two thousand points is the usual size for battles that will last an entire evening , and three thousand points will give you enough troops for a battle that will take most of a day to fight .
30 Two thousand points is the usual size for battles that will last an entire evening , and three thousand points will give you enough troops for a battle that will take the best part of a day to fight .
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