Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the crowd became too large or the children too cheeky , the stall owner who had granted me permission would disperse them . |
| 2 | And then the woman that would lend them money 'd say , well you 're not having any more , so you 'd got to try and find somebody else who 'd lend you money . |
| 3 | These are the subjects whom screening would detect in larger numbers than real cases . |
| 4 | I knew my heart would break if he left me and she was threatening to come and find him ! |
| 5 | Someone , I thought dimly , was waiting to see if I moved : and if I moved there would be a third thud and my heart would stop . |
| 6 | This time I thought my heart would stop . |
| 7 | From time to time , walking in the crowded arcades of the Plaza Mayor , my heart would miss a beat as I fancied I saw Jordi mingling with all those similar dark heads and slender figures . |
| 8 | If I touch you here , then I certainly have everything my heart could desire . ’ |
| 9 | If he wo n't kiss me , my heart will fail … |
| 10 | I ca n't see , but I must feel , or my heart will stop , and my brain will burst ! |
| 11 | And I did so : the Ancient Mariner but without his enthusiasm , knowing that my story would spread out in waves , carried by travellers inside and outside South America . |
| 12 | To have that evening with Francis once more , not all of it , just the moment when I was through the door and heard him say , ‘ Do n't go , do n't go , ’ and I would n't have gone , and my story would have had a different end ? |
| 13 | I know , too , that my hair might look great if I left it alone . |
| 14 | I 've got brown eyes , brown hair , quite a weird nose that sticks up ; my hair can get scruffy in the wind … and I like my ears . |
| 15 | ‘ I never thought my hair could look so good , ’ said a delighted , new-look Aimee . |
| 16 | Highlights for me are the duets with the Chick Corea on Liza , Someday my Prince will come and the Hancock ‘ standard ’ , Maiden Voyage ; the interplay and mutual understanding on show here is astounding . |
| 17 | Uniformly excellent , especially Some Day my Prince will come . |
| 18 | Anyway , I 'd been staying with them in darkest Kensington , at Mr Gibbon 's very grand , three-storeyed town-house in Ascot Square , just off Addison Road , and working at a branch of Mondo-Food on Victoria Street ( they were trying a new line in Haggisburgers at the time and the manager thought my accent would help shift them . |
| 19 | It 's all right my hubby can wait for his lunch I are n't bothered . |
| 20 | I for my part would think it axiomatic , however , in order to avoid the risk of grave breaches of the law that in any case where time permitted , where major surgical or other procedures ( such as an abortion ) were proposed , and where the parents or those in loco parentis were prepared to give consent but the child ( having sufficient understanding to make an informed decision ) was not , the jurisdiction of the court should always be invoked . |
| 21 | But , having regard to all the circumstances , and particularly the nature of the second mortgage , I for my part would find it impossible to say that I was convinced that the appellants had the necessary intention to act in contempt of court . |
| 22 | But L'Histoire de France is his first exploration into the world of colour , and I for my part must admit to finding it a little less than convincing . |
| 23 | In these circumstances , I for my part can see no material distinction between the council in the present case and the Crown in the Hoffmann-La Roche case [ 1975 ] A.C. 295 . |
| 24 | I for my part can see no error in the exercise of his discretion in this respect . |
| 25 | I rather think that the RN instructors on my course must have suffered at the hands of the Customs on returning from a foreign tour as they really gave us a hard time . |
| 26 | My case can attract no eager newsmen . |
| 27 | I recommend that you use a good brush and learn to paint with it well ; if you can master using the brush there will be no need to mess around with varnishes , which in my case will alter the appearance of the painting . |
| 28 | Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so . |
| 29 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 30 | ‘ Even my grannie could have scored from there ! ’ |