Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I Call 'd at the House , where you said I shou 'd dine , |
| 2 | Woil had told him that where they flew golden eagles would be near . |
| 3 | I like the way they splice on their headstocks ( almost invisibly underneath the headstock facing ) but not the way they make up the depth of the heel with a very different-coloured piece of mahogany — although I suppose some people might . |
| 4 | I know he has a meeting scheduled in St Maarten for the 20th , so I assume two nights will be fine . |
| 5 | We recycle everything we can and work in an environmentally friendly way , so I think these tests should be done on a regular basis . |
| 6 | ‘ No , but once you become known sales will increase , ’ said the publisher . |
| 7 | We have received no formal approaches of this sort although we believe some organisations may have expressed some informal interest to DTI . |
| 8 | And although they felt some roads would be too narrow , committee members on Thursday gave it their general support . |
| 9 | Proponents of this definition often assume that criminal law is closely related to the consensus , although they accept that law may be tardy in reacting to changing attitudes . |
| 10 | There was n't room for her to stay in the flat with the three other girls so they decided that Katrine should stay in Piazza Pitti in Debbie 's flat . |
| 11 | But they 've found similar temples in other parts of the world , the same sort of arrangement of stones , so they think this religion must have been everywhere once . ’ |
| 12 | International Relocation Company , which specialises in home finding for expatriates , recommends giving at least two weeks ' notice for an appointment with a British day school although it says international schools may be viewed at short notice . |
| 13 | Although he holds that value can be realized in the absence of consciousness , Moore does not believe that situations not involving consciousness can be very good . |
| 14 | He wanted his prose to be objective , scientific , devoid of personal presence , devoid of opinions ; so he decided that poetry ought to be written according to the same principles . |
| 15 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 16 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 17 | However , I 'd be dishonest if I pretended that life would suddenly become rosy again . |
| 18 | As I say I 'm not going to respond immediately cos I think other people ought to . |
| 19 | If she kept quiet Penry might sleep longer , and wake in a better mood . |
| 20 | But if she did that John would n't be able to let himself in with his key . |
| 21 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
| 22 | If we accept that accountability can be interpreted in a moral and professional , as well as a contractual , sense then it is possible to assume a concept of professional development . |
| 23 | Because there are so many locations within the Castle , it simply is n't practical to detail every last carpet and piece of furniture — if we did this book would be twice the size ( and twice the price ! ) . |
| 24 | The consequences of erecting barriers — even if we could do that — to produce and use fuel at a price that we could achieve only if we erected those barriers would have a direct effect on the cost of power . |
| 25 | If they hoped that freedom would automatically bring intellectual variety and competition they must be disappointed with the press and pessimistic about the effects of deregulation on broadcasting , however . |
| 26 | If Chesterfield win then we 're in into the realms of er the old calculator , er because if they win all teams will have three points . |
| 27 | But Birmingham must have won today cos they had equal top must have won I would have thought . |
| 28 | ‘ If it rains , ’ he said gloomily , ‘ if it rains that heap will set like mixed concrete and we 'll never be rid of it' ; and though there was no sign of a break in the weather he covered the slowly diminishing heap at night with clear plastic , weighted down with stones . |
| 29 | Although the threat of competition from institutions offering conveyancing may have receded for the moment , solicitors must not be complacent about the threat from the institutions because the Government may again consider encouraging outside competition if it seems political mileage may be gained . |
| 30 | Now we know that such a deformation can not take place in a polymer , for if it did some atoms would move relative to their topological nearest neighbours by far more than covalent forces would allow , dissociation would occur ( chain scission ) and the nature of the polymer would change . |