Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one end was a bed — a double bed , I noticed — and a huge wardrobe ; at the other , a closed door led through into what must have been a very small room , a dressing-room perhaps . |
| 2 | WHEN HUNDREDS of nuclear engineers came together for what should have been a festive shindig last week , there was universal gloom . |
| 3 | His dry sense of humour spilled over into what might have been a harrowing session and by carefully chosen words and clear illustrations we came to see the value of the painstaking work required by those at the scene of a major accident . |
| 4 | Branson protested loudly to whoever would listen : the Virgin fare was a ‘ realistic ’ one , which reflected his airline 's lower overheads . |
| 5 | Sarah talked excitedly about what would happen when I became pregnant — what a wonderful child we would have , and all the things we could teach him . |
| 6 | Crushed tightly together , the mass held its ground stolidly , and watched curiously for what would happen next . |
| 7 | It was clear , too , that Kanhai , who had taken over the leadership from Sobers , was coming to the end of his career and that whoever took over from him would have the opportunity for an extended run in the job if he were successful . |
| 8 | it 's a pity cos I mean if we put , if , if Billy went away on I could use it |
| 9 | I thought if you went up and yo and yo we , you went back down you could keep your higher class . |
| 10 | But as the plane taxied along the runway at Praia airport and I looked out on what could have been a simulated view from a lunar module , I sensed how daunting the task would be . |
| 11 | And he did so at what must have been a very fashionable address : 36 Wilmington Square , Spa Fields , peopled with Esquires and seemingly rather an unlikely location for such an enterprise . |
| 12 | Those who spoke ill of him would find it difficult to continue such activity without a jaw to move , he considered , and made a mental note to put one of the Secte Rouge in charge of security . |
| 13 | A family of four slept on through what could have been a tragedy in this farmhouse near Thame . |
| 14 | In the Trocadero large quantities of objects were displayed in a crowded , haphazard fashion , and , while Picasso was undoubtedly overwhelmed by what he saw and experienced , the impression he carried away with him must have been of a very general , metaphysical kind . |
| 15 | He remained there for what must have been an anxious day and a night while the elephant returned to and from a nearby stream with trunkfuls of water with which it was finally able to loosen the roots of the tree , push it over , then trample its victim just as his belated rescue-party arrived on the scene . |