Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I can think of a I can think of a few th of them who are going to be completely incomprehensible to you . |
| 2 | Yes I I can remember as a child my grandmother 's erm , family all lived in the east end and I can remember that the you know on the occasions that they used to come down and see us there was always tins of fruit and all sorts of |
| 3 | The letters said that the payments were made without prejudice to any right to recover them which might arise as a result of legal proceedings . |
| 4 | ‘ Something tells me you may bump into a little politics on the way . ’ |
| 5 | Behind them she could work with a charm and singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes . |
| 6 | Behind them she could work with a charm and a singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes ’ . |
| 7 | At one point of the journey through them you can take to a boat , and to carry you back to the daylight there is a miniature railway . |
| 8 | If you and I were doing it you you 'd think about a lot |
| 9 | She who could kill with a single fingertip . |
| 10 | Well we we used to join as a , you know , you could become a friend of gardens |
| 11 | Since we can never investigate all protons , any general statement about them whatsoever must depend upon a principle of this sort . |
| 12 | I had never tried cutting paeonies , thinking they would not last very long , but Daphne tells me they will survive for a week or more with proper conditioning . |
| 13 | The congers were ugly-looking brutes , some of them three feet or more in length ; Pierre warned me they could bite through a sea-boot . |
| 14 | I assure him I will return with a treaty that I can recommend to the House or come back without a treaty . |
| 15 | In fact now she was away from him she could think of a hundred and one things she should have said — done — and what the hell was the matter with this damned car ? |
| 16 | Then she stepped away from him , fearful of her own weakness and afraid that if he kissed her she would dissolve into a quivering jelly that would melt from sheer ecstasy . |
| 17 | Diana 's reaction to the tragedy teaches her she can cope with a crisis and take control . |
| 18 | I mean they they can change in a year . |
| 19 | With the usual kindly swat , and again directing his intellectual energy towards moral concerns , Johnson replies , ‘ No sir , he can not have pleasure in music , at least no power of producing music ; for he who can produce music may let it alone ; he who can play upon a fiddle may break it : such a man is not a machine . ’ |
| 20 | They may ask for an extra premium if they 're including it they may ask for a bit towards it , but they can give a better cover . |