Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [verb] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people thought we should have beaten England the last time . |
| 2 | There was every reason , apart from the unexpectedness of the news , why this should have given Eliot the greatest distress . |
| 3 | He must have given Marius an electric shock , or injected air into his veins , or — ’ |
| 4 | For the Latin that the adult Charles read , and presumably wrote , so fluently , he must have owed Walahfrid a large debt . |
| 5 | I could n't help but imagine the scene of panic and desperation that must have taken place a few hours earlier - the young dolphin fighting and dying in a few frantic spasms , its grieving mother well able to defend her child from sharks but helpless against a silent , resisting wall of nylon . ’ |
| 6 | He must have changed ponies an awful lot . |
| 7 | During the Penal Times , Catholics must have thought spires a Protestant invention . |
| 8 | You should aim to make bathtime a relaxing and enjoyable experience . |
| 9 | The Nottingham Forest manager admitted recently his run-ins with the FA might have cost Nigel a regular international place . |
| 10 | It was this impression that might have cost Labour the marginal seats — especially in London and the South — it needed to make the breakthrough . |
| 11 | If not , you may like to give candidates a short written summary about the job , the company , pay and conditions , to read while they . |
| 12 | Consequently he could see making car-purchasing a joint effort as an expression of love . |
| 13 | Could you think of any other words that we could use to describe Manyara the eldest sister ? |
| 14 | ‘ First , I 'd like to see Alexander the Great , please . ’ |
| 15 | And so the point I 'm making is that , is that a modern insight into Darwinian evolution is based on a wholly scientific basis and social Darwinism may have got Darwinism a bad name by associating it with slogans like survival of the fittest , but modern Darwinism er is n't like that . |
| 16 | For example , we have yet to explain why congruity with a verb 's bias has a bigger effect when it is paired with gender cue , since the availability of a gender cue would appear to make congruity a redundant cue . |
| 17 | ‘ If the plane had crashed everyone would have called Glenn a tragic hero for his efforts . |
| 18 | He would have given Archie a hard time , I 'm sure of it . |
| 19 | These and other strange animals would have given Olduvai a unique ambience , but the basic framework of the present-day savannah environment had already been established . |
| 20 | Mark Hateley , who squandered an opportunity in the final minute two weeks ago which would have given Rangers a 3–1 lead , made dramatic amends . |
| 21 | Charles Innes , an experienced lawyer who advised Lord Dundas in political matters , had no doubt about the desirability of acting to meet Glassford 's wishes , pointing out that Carrick had not been dismissed for malversation , which would have made reinstatement a difficult matter , but for ‘ some piece of neglect or inattention ’ , and in fact another of Dundas 's correspondents appeared to get closer to the heart of the difficulty when he met with Glassford , reporting that |
| 22 | Had times been normal we are sure that Mr Crawford would have made Otago the foremost province in the Dominion . ’ |
| 23 | The degree and meaning of prostitution was an important issue in itself ( one estimate would have made prostitution the fourth largest female occupation ) but more important , given the double standard , was the reservoir of venereal disease especially syphilis , that it was perceived as constituting , a threat particularly to the efficiency of the armed services , and it was concern over this that led to the passing of the Contagious Diseases Acts ( in 1864 , 1866 , 1869 ) . |
| 24 | I am amazed how he can justify giving Portpatrick an 8 for challenge and Stranraer a 7 . |
| 25 | It can help to give teachers an adequate conception of the communicative competence which children need in order to cope with the demands of modern life . |
| 26 | Their new found skills can help give LASMO an extra competitive edge — that 's the payback for us . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Our products can help give people a calmer , more well-ordered existence , ’ she told one American interviewer . |