Example sentences of "[adj] things [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she was not at ease herself and did not expect to be until she had told him all the painful things he would surely wish to know . |
| 2 | TEN TASTY THINGS YOU CAN EAT MORE OF |
| 3 | Ten tasty things you can eat more of : |
| 4 | One of the most exciting things you can do with Harris 's hawks is what 's called ‘ flying a cast ’ . |
| 5 | Those are the exciting things I 'll explain later . |
| 6 | Some of the exciting things I could do without . |
| 7 | ‘ I think there are a few things we ought to get straight , ’ he said coolly . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll just fetch a few things we might need . ’ |
| 9 | When we find this extremely difficult , there are a few things we can do to make it easier . |
| 10 | that I 'm w now , so what I suggest we do , is before we say we must make your premenstrual tension better with various manip various bits and bobs , and there are quite a few things we can do to help . |
| 11 | I have enclosed a few things I would like you to look at when you have a moment . |
| 12 | Come ashore with me — I have a few things I must do . |
| 13 | ‘ Listen to me , pal , because there are a few things you could learn . |
| 14 | But in the depth of Winter say , er from November up to after Christmas , there were very very few things you could notice and erm goodness knows how many times I fell back on he was one of the last persons to be churning with horsepower . |
| 15 | ONE OF the few things you can do more efficiently in an aircraft than anywhere else is get drunk . |
| 16 | There are a few things you can do to make sure that when Animosity strikes the effect is minimal . |
| 17 | But before you install one , especially of the coal or gas-burning variety , which needs the correct flue conditions so that harmful fumes are expelled , there are a few things you must check . |
| 18 | One of the few things he could instantly recall from his own brief marriage was his wife 's grilling a kipper on a gridiron over the fire . |
| 19 | there were a few things he could bring with him . |
| 20 | He concludes that , although there are indeed some things we can not and would be immodest to hope to know , there are others that we can know . |
| 21 | In particular , while some things we can do give us great satisfaction , other tasks leave us cold . |
| 22 | I can think of some things we should have done earlier . |
| 23 | Today he was dressed as a country squire , but some things he could not disguise : the muscular build and fair hair . |
| 24 | Of course , there were some things she could not know about . |
| 25 | Some things you wo n't read in the media : Queen were overblown , pompous shite and do n't forget it . |
| 26 | For some things you may find it difficult to see how to improve on them or you will not be able to think of suitable substitutes . |
| 27 | If you were a gardener , love , you 'd know as there are some things you ca n't transplant . |
| 28 | There 's some things you ca n't do out on the street . ’ |
| 29 | Some things you ca n't do on your own . |
| 30 | Some things you can not steal . |