Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With the nesting period stretching for up to 10 weeks , the bill for this kind of activity in Orkney alone can quickly reach £20,000 . |
| 2 | Ten-year-old Marvin Grugel just ca n't decide Picture : DAVE KENDALL |
| 3 | THE PARTICIPATION of Grand Frere in the opening race at Ludlow today may hardly seem epoch making , but he will propel Martin Pipe to yet another landmark . |
| 4 | Debbie suddenly ca n't resist cheese — one reason she 's slowly regaining the three stones she lost recently . |
| 5 | I 'm afraid Mr. Optimist here can not see Leeds winning , or keeping a clean sheet . |
| 6 | Dick really could n't make head or tail of the place and resorted to believing that he had no personal problems , and that the Centre had little to do with cures , which was true . |
| 7 | Britain simply can not afford anomalies that are so damaging to one of its strategic manufacturing industries , to its balance of payments , not to mention tax revenue . |
| 8 | Alternately loving and hating , Leith just could n't get Naylor out of her mind . |
| 9 | Leeds just could nt keep possession for any time , so were nt building attacks , even the clearances started going out of play . |
| 10 | One may be amused — though not very — that after living in Italy for forty-five years Max still could not speak Italian , but such insularity is not to be imitated . |