Example sentences of "but it [modal v] [verb] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly , if we had entered five times as many patients there might have been a significant difference but it might have gone either way and we have not been able to show any improvement in response erm to either the Pasteur relative to the Evans or vice versa . |
| 2 | Every broken marriage , every wrecked career must have one , in some form or another , and doubtless career and marriage might have drifted aimlessly on together for a few more years if the sea had been clear of Carlas , but it would have ended some time or other , and possibly with a lot more pain than there was now . |
| 3 | ‘ But it would have made all the difference to Project Eden , ’ Cheryl muttered . |
| 4 | She said another member of the family would have been able to help after the theft but it would have caused more inconvenience . |
| 5 | That approach was also rejected , because it was getting too close to a rating system , but it would have had some logic , a factor that is entirely outwith the system with which we are now confronted . |
| 6 | But it would have taken more courage than I could muster . |
| 7 | By section 56 , Acme was permitted to transfer the software because there were no express terms in the licence agreement prohibiting this , but it should have transferred all copies of WORDY . |
| 8 | But it must have taken some sweet talking from Newman to persuade Mansell 's wife Rosanne to agree . |