Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For preaching he would sit cross-legged on the chancel step , there would be bells to make up in sound what was missing in sight , and incense to enlist a further sense . |
| 2 | If you are really serious about cooking you can order ‘ Freds Recipes for Edna 's Cookbook ’ which is on 4 discs Order Code : 8220 which includes 3,500 different recipes for you to browse and use from Breakfast and Sandwiches to Meats , Poultry , Seafood , Pasta , Gravy 's , Vegetables , Beverages , Cakes and many others . |
| 3 | The protein interacts with only one of the DNA strands and based on the fact that the complementary strand competes for binding it would appear to have little affinity for the double stranded form of the oligonucleotide . |
| 4 | Erm sixty six percent of people believe that the people you vote for say they 'll do things for you but once they 're in they forget what they 've said . |
| 5 | Yes , as soon as she was through sunbathing she would amble into the village , which she knew reasonably well , and she would use the public phone box to get in touch with her father . |
| 6 | A BOY went on a crime spree after realising he could n't be locked up . |
| 7 | Those totems were my warning shot ; anybody who set foot on the island after seeing them should know what to expect . |
| 8 | After saying it would produce a £200 facsimile-transmission unit designed to bring electronic mail to the person in the street , the PTT has finally acknowledged that the project is a non-starter . |
| 9 | A DEPRESSED mum has vanished with her three mischievous sons after saying she could not cope with long school holidays and mounting debts . |
| 10 | ARTS centre staff are celebrating after hearing they will receive a £40,000 boost to improve facilities at their home in a former church . |
| 11 | A man who thought he 'd lost pension payments worth thirty-eight thousand pounds with the crash of the Maxwell empire is celebrating after hearing he WILL be paid . |
| 12 | A judge took pity on Nicola Lee , 19 , after hearing she will be haunted by the tragedy for the rest of her life . |
| 13 | WORLD-BEATING Merseyside high jumper Steve Smith leapt into a war of words with chief coach Frank Dick after learning he must jump off with rival Dalton Grant for a place in the British European Cup team . |
| 14 | Two days after insisting he would not be tempted out of international retirement , Kriss Akabusi was controversially named for the 400m hurdles , ahead of the new British champion Gary Cadogan . |
| 15 | After freezing it will widen the cracks further and may rust steel reinforcements . |
| 16 | After drying you can always apply a little more to ends that refuse to lie flat . |
| 17 | Keith Pringle and his girlfriend Leanne Rees had repeatedly split up but got back together after discovering they could n't live apart . |
| 18 | The young health correspondent on a new glossy mag he was freelancing for said it could be one of three things . |
| 19 | A man I do not wish to write for wants me to go to Vientiane , where virgins are $10 a go , and a woman I do wish to write for says it would never work because she is emotionally involved with me . |
| 20 | She seemed to accept Neil 's presents as her right and , what 's more , was increasingly taking it for granted they would be expensive . |
| 21 | Most people take it for granted they can out-smart a peeper like me without too much trouble . |
| 22 | She could n't quite remember when it was that she 'd realized Georg took it for granted they 'd get married as soon as she was old enough . |
| 23 | Even things people take for granted we ca n't do . |
| 24 | Defender Peter May is out injured for Stockton , whose manager Alan Robinson said : ‘ The minute we take things for granted we will come unstuck . ’ |
| 25 | She took it for granted he would be eager , and released him from her bear 's hug . |
| 26 | And she had slept with Rufus in the Centaur Room , it being taken for granted she would share his bed , though Adam did not think her wishes had been consulted . |
| 27 | He took it for granted she would be there to service him whenever he wanted it . |
| 28 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
| 29 | Between waking and full consciousness I see clearly that I should never have so casually left the inn once I had got there , taking it for granted I could get back quite simply . |
| 30 | I do n't count all the deer I 've bumped into since it 's taken for granted you 'll see a few of the elegant beasts galloping away over the heather no matter which hill you 're on . |