Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before sending the jury out yesterday , Mr Justice Turner told them that to convict they must be sure an ordinary person would have regarded the means by which Ward obtained the cash as dishonest . |
| 2 | Certain cultural distinctions were breaking down and in the anxiety which this provoked we can read the effects of tar-reaching historical change . |
| 3 | In this case the Bill concerned an issue of conscience on which many felt it would be inappropriate for Parliament to divide on party lines . |
| 4 | Being asked to write stories that would distinguish an idiosyncratic , individualistic and , in some ways , rather odd group of people from the militaristic , regimented and brutal régime they were fighting against , was a challenge to which many found they could rise . |
| 5 | ‘ All right , ’ she said , ‘ and what do you all think we should do ? ’ |
| 6 | We all knew it would be disastrous ; we foretold that her husband would walk out , that her other children would suffer : we saw she was the only one of the family unit who could n't bear not to see the fruit of her womb , however sour , ripen , drop and live . |
| 7 | As a consequence , it is now back in the game as a sponsor of a conference that can lead to peace , as we all hope it will . |
| 8 | May I ask you to consider what happened in case it should recur , which we all hope it will not ? |
| 9 | But if there 's one job we all know we could handle , given a double-breasted suit and a few handy clichés , it 's that of football manager . |
| 10 | Even if we do have jobs and incomes we all know we could be touched personally by public events at any moment . |
| 11 | We had a lot of the game , but we all know we can play a lot better than that . |
| 12 | Though this is an inevitable event and one we all know we must expect , the reality almost always comes as a shock . |
| 13 | We all know we should do it , but success within M.I. actually depends on it . |
| 14 | We all know it must happen |
| 15 | Do you remember we all said we 'd meet there ? ’ |
| 16 | But others of us who were Governors were so opposed to it that we all said we 'd resign from the governing body if the school did opt out . |
| 17 | All well we all said it must have been a quick job . |
| 18 | He was such a nice young man , we all agreed it would have made an ideal match … |
| 19 | She was expecting a baby , and we all hoped she would have a son , who would inherit the Linton fortune . |
| 20 | We all thought you could do without extra worries . |
| 21 | He was my room-mate in the days when your school was used as a sort of summer camp for magicians and he actually did disappear one day and we all thought he must have gone home . |
| 22 | When we all thought it would . |
| 23 | ‘ And we 'll come back to this room some day and laugh at the days when we all thought it would be so dreadful . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We 're doing quite a lot of research in most of these areas — though of course we all agree we ought to do more . |
| 25 | We all decided he would become a famous artist . |
| 26 | There are , indeed , countless jobs we all think we could do , given the opportunity and a bit of luck . |
| 27 | Band member Shawn Stockman adds : ‘ We miss the opposite sex and we all think it would be nice to have someone around , someone that we could love and who would love us . |
| 28 | I think we all feel we would like more central capital funding , but without it , it 's quite proper that we make er the best of use of the , of the assets we 've got , and we were n't using all our estate as effectively as we might , so for the last few years , we 've had a very vigorous programme of identifying land and buildings that are no longer required , and putting them on the market and thereby enabling us to build new facilities . |
| 29 | As a result we all feel we should have a say in its appearance , but as yet we have no right to be heard . |
| 30 | She … we both thought we 'd like to do something to help . ’ |