Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You ought to find someone on the same wavelength , who knows your mind , your love of freedom , who thinks of you the same instant you think of him . |
2 | ‘ But what I really do n't understand is why on earth you should think anyone of a sound mind would actually want to gain entry into your very confusing family ! ’ |
3 | Perhaps they reflect nothing at all except the accidents of conception : but I suspect that there is often , in fact , a buried clue here , and that if we could unearth it we should know something about the early growth of many market towns that no documents will ever tell us . |
4 | So , the research worker should know something about the main ways to obtain information from the library . |
5 | We must do everything with the utmost precision , and beauty of tone . |
6 | If the Minister is genuinely concerned about maritime safety , he must do something about the massive proposed cuts in the coastguard service . |
7 | She had no idea , until then , why she was acting as she was , or what she suspected , or why , indeed , she should suspect anything but a straight pick-up , and one so simply and attractively engineered as to be quite unalarming ; a normal minor wolf on the prowl , with a long weekend to while away , and an eye cocked for congenial company , preferably intimate , but in any case gratifying . |
8 | This is not necessarily a central problem , but the Kingman Report does recommend that pupils should understand something of the systematic nature of languages other than English . |
9 | Whilst treating anyone with remedies they should avoid anything with a strong smell , scent , aroma or perfume . |
10 | Staff must attend one in every three meetings and they are asked to acquaint themselves with what took place if they were absent . |
11 | The tail should resemble something like a rounded surfboard tail . |
12 | He did n't know when he 'd be back and she should cancel everything for the next several days . |
13 | Right , and let's do one on the other one as well . |
14 | At Key Stages 1 and 2 , these might include someone from the local archaeological unit , the museum or archives or a local historian , especially someone used to speaking to young children . |
15 | Oh and I 'll have one for the last card . |
16 | ‘ They wo n't have regular fashion articles , but might have something on the political significance of hemlines . ’ |
17 | ‘ We rejoice that our brother has passed through the valley and is in the everlasting arms of the Saviour ’ might mean something to a Christian but it is difficult for anyone else to understand . |
18 | and er and I said to Laura , ah I know , I 'll put so I 'll , I 'll , I 'll put something on the big screen so you know , some videos whatever . |
19 | On top of which , I 'll put everything in a cardboard box for you free and for nothing . ’ |
20 | We might propose something like the following for English : then and now for past and present ; be and have for continuous and perfective : |
21 | ‘ You 'll find one on the next landing . ’ |
22 | ‘ Then I 'll find something with a thicker hide and tougher meat . |
23 | Hard though he tried , Floyd could make nothing of the inward half and Couples , having gone to the front with a birdie at the ninth , was never caught again . |
24 | The all-alloy 24-valve twin-cam engine is described by Cosworth as being of the ‘ high-efficiency ’ type , and follows the ‘ modular ’ theory — meaning that the basic design could suit anything from the three-cylinder unit to a V12 . |
25 | They referred to his dependency upon the Black vote ( as though the Democratic Party itself could win anything without the Black vote , and as though Alaska and Vermont were strongholds of Black populations rather than white snow ) . |
26 | You 'd need someone with a good deal of local knowledge to pull that off . ’ |
27 | Confusion was muddling her responses , putting up barriers where she 'd give anything for a free and open path forward … |
28 | Using such stereotypes , one can then argue that the occult sciences of the Renaissance could contribute nothing to the new sciences of the seventeenth century . |
29 | He was so efficient , I 'm wondering if he could do something about the disgusting chick pea casserole they serve on the Intercity 125 . |
30 | Ruth kept her distance from him but she could do nothing about the wretched aura that surrounded him . |