Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he goes , the Ewes may want to redress the balance . |
| 2 | Jim may have known the assailant or he may have entered the house either quietly or under a pretence |
| 3 | Shearer 's former strike partner Matt Le Tissier should have carried the match ball home last night as the hero who sunk Dalglish 's expensive assembly of stars . |
| 4 | Gloves off as Kendall and Clough must graft to dodge the drop |
| 5 | Lukic must have seen the ball extremely late but still managed to get down well . |
| 6 | The truth is that Chelsea should have had the game sewn up long before Beasant 's blunder . |
| 7 | Walk ( 1967 ) suggested that the introduction of a community psychiatric service in Chichester may have reduced the suicide rate in elderly female patients . |
| 8 | Chief Fyvie may have passed the retirement age but he was still in fine shape physically . |
| 9 | The DoH may have to redraft the guidelines , and even if the legal difficulties are overcome the guidelines may not appear for another two to three weeks — a frustrating delay for professionals at a time when social worker are increasingly being blamed by the public for failing to control young people in care . |
| 10 | It means chairman Paul Woolhouse may have to quit the club after claims that he has missed a deadline to pay for £3million worth of shares . |
| 11 | Her previous experience as queen of England conceivably added to her attractions , and Swegen 's treaty with Richard may have facilitated the discussions , especially if , as is quite likely , Cnut was present when it was made . |
| 12 | Then Bella must have taken the receiver . |
| 13 | The only bright spot on the horizon as far as she could see was that Barney must have turned the corner and be getting better . |
| 14 | Larne should have taken the lead two minutes later when a right wing cross from Fay sailed over Beck but McCourt , running in at the back post , somehow managed to steer his header wide . |
| 15 | Regular regenerative operation on Anerley Hill must have awaited the delivery of these cars , probably in December 1906 . |
| 16 | GERMAN football legend Franz Beckenbauer must have headed the ball too many times to say he believes he was a flower in a previous life . |
| 17 | It was a coincidence that , once again , Branson should have met the object of his romantic attentions at the Manor , early in 1976 . |
| 18 | In the 20th minute , Wright might have finished the game as a contest . |
| 19 | And when Red Square echoed and re-echoed to the boom of a 21-gun salute as 800 bandsmen played the national anthem , the ghosts of the Tsars in the Kremlin could have recognised the Russia they lost . |
| 20 | In addition doubts were expressed if the United States could hope to fight the USSR successfully without British assistance . |
| 21 | The result stood because the referee , after consulting his linesmen , decided that Scott could have seen the ball coming at him . |
| 22 | Equally no-one travelling on to Nicaragua could fail to notice the difference from Guatemala — people still have to live with civil war but for ten years have had a government that has actively promoted mental health . |
| 23 | And in some cases this is undoubtedly so : if he had wished , Winder could have challenged the resolution raising council house rents by way of an AJR . |
| 24 | Had genealogy been kinder to Scotland that night of illegitimate sex might have produced two players around whom Jock Stein could have moulded the Scotland team of the early '80s . |
| 25 | If Freud could manage to retain the pleasure principle , and also outline theoretically how other principles might operate , using energy from different instinctual sources , then this would be a perfectly reasonable development . |
| 26 | A little later , Emily was looking through her accounts and came across a bill for French calf ; thoughtfully , she turned it over in her hands , Hari would need to buy the calf too and the usual practice was to pay for it at the end of the month . |
| 27 | Earlier yesterday an Inkatha spokesman had said he did not think Mr Mandela would dare to attend the funeral . |
| 28 | Lady Eleanor would have opened the door to her Prioress . |
| 29 | Indeed , there was still a chance that , terrified they might lose a crucial test of confidence in the chamber that Democrats have controlled for four decades , the president 's managers on Capitol Hill would seek to delay the vote . |
| 30 | Harry had told her very little about his discussion with Sir Gregory : all she knew was that Tristram had been caught trespassing and that Jennifer had been caught going to meet him ; but although each had sworn that nothing untoward had happened , and their reserve and good behaviour seemed to confirm their innocence , Ann could not forget the scandal they had caused ten years before , nor could she believe that Tristram would have scaled the Roscarrock wall simply to sit with his cousin and talk . |