Example sentences of "[det] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could go back to work , she supposed , only if she did that everyone would want to know why . |
| 2 | Er , of course er , Yeltsin does sometimes take own measures and that 's because the situation genuinely is very dangerous er and er , I think that everyone would agree that really . |
| 3 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
| 4 | You could n't go was er I 'm not going to recommend that everyone should go out and buy a dog . |
| 5 | Yes that 's what I mean , I noticed that the man who did it balanced it rather nicely , he had some actors some politicians , that everyone can contribute especially in a . |
| 6 | But what it meant is it got read , written into the constitution , it meant that everyone can buy a gun . |
| 7 | Okay so I think that erm some of Mill 's system he has given us and accounted them a type of theory of democracy but seems to me deeply by between two ideas , one is that everyone will have a say in government and the other is they should n't be allowed decisive say if they are going to say the wrong thing so that on the one hand we have democratic equality of a source , on the other hand we have an independent theory of the good and a democratic process should be allowed to disrupt the good of the nation and Mill just does n't seem to be able to put these two elements in erm proper coherent fashion . |
| 8 | Where a statutory authority is under a mandatory obligation to supply a service , whether with a saving or nuisance clause ( that nothing shall exonerate it from proceedings for nuisance ) or whether without such a clause , the authority is under no liability for anything expressly required by statute to be done , or reasonably incidental to that requirement , if it was done without negligence . |
| 9 | That nothing can stand in the way of |
| 10 | It 's not just that nothing can harm them ( that old suave illusion ) , but that nothing can harm anyone they care about either . |
| 11 | And Hereford was so blocked that nothing could move . |
| 12 | Is it an affirmation of what his junior energy Minister says : that it will be acceptable for the Scottish Office to be staffed by Members from constituencies south of the border , or of what his Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for Scotland have said in the past 24 hours : that nothing will happen , or is he considering the possibility of affording the Scottish people the right to determine their own future in a democratic fashion ? |
| 13 | Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it . |
| 14 | ‘ Master Taplow , ’ he whispered , ‘ there is very little I can do for you except make sure the gaoler gives you your wine , pray for your speedy death and that in Purgatory Christ will have mercy on your soul . ’ |
| 15 | However , there seems to be very little I can do with it . |
| 16 | Until you have indicated that , there is little I can do . ’ |
| 17 | There is little I can say . |
| 18 | Lewis said : ‘ I was n't at Yarmouth and there is little I can say . |
| 19 | However , I think Steven Micklewright has summed up our concerns very ably , and there is little I can add at present . |
| 20 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 21 | There was really very little I could do actively to refute the charge of selfishness . |
| 22 | I thought my eyes must be starting out of my head , too , but there was little I could do ; I was trying the best I could to think of something distracting to say to Eric . |
| 23 | ‘ There was little I could do to set her mind at rest except be myself , but I think they feel comfortable with me now . |
| 24 | The least I would expect would be an immediate invitation from the Prime Minister , come and see me , because if it was happening on the streets of any city in Britain and the MP stood up and said what I 've said I think he would be in Downing Street within the night . |
| 25 | and he said well it was the least I could do under the circumstance . |
| 26 | At the very least I can find the keynote speaker at each one and chase him . |
| 27 | Probably thirty eight pence each I should think . |
| 28 | Towards the end of each I will describe a recent example of a person who lived and suffered in such a way . |
| 29 | I think what we 'll do is hear each of those three presentations and then I will allow a time for comment , especially discussion after each I will limit that to make sure we get time for all so that 's that 's the way we 're going to do it . |
| 30 | I should say it 's convenient for neither I should imagine . |