Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [conj] [vb base] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened the seals as carefully as I could and read the file . |
| 2 | ‘ I know , and I have plans to have it , if I can but gather the energy in a month or two . |
| 3 | I can but echo the tributes that have been paid to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Leicester , West ( Mr. Janner ) . |
| 4 | If you 're trying to catch somebody immediately after a crime , you grab every man you can and smother the area . |
| 5 | Use the back rings of the cooker whenever you can and turn the handles out of sight . |
| 6 | A couple of you get down there as fast as you can and watch the cottage . |
| 7 | Continue for as long as you can and record the number of steps . |
| 8 | Continue for as long as you can and record the number of steps . |
| 9 | Then jog properly for as long as you can and record the number of steps . |
| 10 | Continue for as long as you can and record the number of steps . |
| 11 | Repeat as many times as you can and record the number of steps . |
| 12 | Do as many as you can and record the number of steps . |
| 13 | Repeat as many times as you can and record the number of steps . |
| 14 | Do as many as you can and record the number . |
| 15 | Hunter observed that ‘ … the whole viscera when all the Blood is press 'd out goes into a very little bulk , even the Liver will lose vastly of its bulk and in short the whole viscera will come into a small compass when they are well clean 'd and put into dry cloths ; you are then to go to the trunk of the Body and empty it of Blood as well as you can and press the Blood out from the Face , Hands , etc. as well as Arms , and the more Blood is pressed out the better ’ . |
| 16 | It would be great if we could but believe the fable that hedgehogs live mainly on insects and worms and the like , but undoubtedly they destroy the nests of many ground-nesting species of birds , taking both eggs and young . |
| 17 | But , as justly observed by you , we must do all we can and leave the rest to God . ’ |
| 18 | Many people work at their machines while they can and leave the hand work for quiet times , such as in the evenings whilst watching television . |
| 19 | Yeah cos if you could clarify that point it might or tell the pressure we 're under . |