Example sentences of "[verb] [vb mod] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George felt no call to admit that the tackle he was using could in no wise cope with a pike . |
| 2 | One can indeed use could in a positive sentence evoking a past capacity which was never even exercised : ( 11 ) Ten years ago , the super-powers could already destroy the world 1000 times over . |
| 3 | For ev'ry one they hasten 'd to the Grave , |
| 4 | And yet this , perhaps , is as strong an argument as the best of their sex is able to produce , tho' convey 'd in a greasy light . |
| 5 | The twelfth century was characterized , therefore , by fewer but more protracted wars , which smouldered for long periods between short , sharp bouts of conflict , like the war that covered must of the reigns of Henry I of England and Louis VI of France , the one inaugurated by the great rebellion of 1173 , which outlived both Louis VII and Henry II , or that against Catalan claims in the south . |
| 6 | … and from them rose A cry that shiver 'd to the tingling stars . |
| 7 | In his careful , helpful , written and oral submissions Mr. Baragwanath , who appeared for the respondents before the Board , accepted that special leave to appeal would as a general rule be granted by the Board in the exercise of its discretion to a petitioner who had been erroneously refused leave to appeal as of right save in exceptional circumstances , for example , where the judgment of the courts below and the record available led the Board to conclude that the petitioner 's chances of success or the amount involved did not justify the imposition on the respondents of the delay and expense which an appeal necessarily entails . |
| 8 | About 420 A.D. , a powerful king called Coel ruled must of the North of England and South of Scotland , including what is now Ayrshire . |
| 9 | Their savage eyes turn 'd to a modest gaze , |
| 10 | Watts had earlier published The psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament , and Apply 'd to the Christian State and Worship before , others had followed . |
| 11 | While the Guests ravag 'd on the smoking Store , |
| 12 | It is perhaps surprising that Mr Lamont did not do something to stop the iniquitous practice of large firms delaying due payments to small firms , which has put may of the latter into serious difficulty . |
| 13 | Even if I allow him to scribble down a few paragraphs of his own fiction ( and I do not see why I should ) it still follows that any words he might write must in the first instance be composed by me . |
| 14 | I Call 'd at the House , where you said I shou 'd dine , |
| 15 | under the Title of Bottom the Weaver , and acted by small Parties at Bartholomew Fair , and other Places : and since publish 'd under the Name of the Fairy Queen . |
| 16 | 1809 The Meeting having understood that great confusion and Litigation arises from the measure in Barley Deliver 'd at the Different periods … now order henceforth the measure in Barley shall be sixteen pecks of the Islay measure at all seasons … |
| 17 | 1804 It has now been represented to the Meeting that the Town of Bowmore is very much annoy 'd by a destructive Crowd of Pigs running up and down the Streets , and that many of the Inhabitants , regardless of Property . |
| 18 | The charge that we 're making will in no way gobble up the whole of that allowance , by any stretch of the imagination , but I can imagine people out there now reaching for their phones and probably going to disagree with me . |
| 19 | " The Meeting Considering the great Exertions of the Legislature in Surpressing the Distilling of Spirits & the great revenue given up by Ministry for the purpose of providing a sufficiency of Grain for the use of the nation , which in many parts is threaten 'd with a Famine , and Considering that great Exertions have already been made in surpressing the Distilling in this Island , This Meeting unanimously Resolve Individually and Collectively to exert themselves in putting a total stop to the said Illegal Practices … " |
| 20 | The Earl of Nottingham , a Tory who was to make his peace with the Revolution , nevertheless opposed the invitation , condemning it as " high treason , in violation of the Laws … and that allegiance which I ow 'd to the Soveraigne and which I had confirm 'd by my solemn oath " . |
| 21 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |
| 22 | By the mid-1730s the Upholders Company saw fit to make available to their members blank funeral invitation tickets for overprinting , affiliation to the company being shown by an inscription on the plate-mark beneath the illustration , reading ‘ Perform 'd by the Company of Upholders at Exeter Change & at their Hall in Leaden Hall Street . ’ |
| 23 | She had a mind of her own and what she wanted would in the end decide what was done . |