Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I thought if you went up and yo and yo we , you went back down you could keep your higher class . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A family of four slept on through what could have been a tragedy in this farmhouse near Thame . |