Example sentences of "[coord] [modal v] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm , and if anybody else has any other post they , they 're interesting in doing in taking on or , or would like to help with that could be said as well could n't it ? |
| 2 | Adult dogs sometimes find these rather distressing , however , simply because the dog has little freedom of movement and may start to panic under these circumstances . |
| 3 | The crusaders had returned to their interstellar castle — which flew onward from nowhere to nowhere just as it had done for many millennia , and must continue to do for many millennia more . |
| 4 | I have worked towards that and will continue to work towards that policy , which is our union . |
| 5 | We have been conceiving and speaking of causal circumstances as sets of conditions , and will continue to speak in this way . |
| 6 | We all carry a few purely personal mysteries , some of which will never be solved in this life , but may continue to gnaw for all our years . |
| 7 | A court would interpret such words in their natural manner which is objective , i.e. the Secretary of State could not simply rely upon his own subjective beliefs , but would have to point to some evidence from which it could reasonably be inferred that , for example , Napoleon was a person of hostile origin . |
| 8 | ‘ Have you , ’ he enquired , ‘ thought how many women there must be in this country who are giving birth this very minute who know nothing about babies , but will have to cope without any help whatsoever ? ’ |