Example sentences of "[pron] and [modal v] [vb infin] the " in BNC.

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1 Mark Tinkler is a pretty good ball winner/tackler himself and may get the nod when he recovers from his injury .
2 My mother had said to Lili one day that she thought I was marrying Syl because he was so much older than me and would take the place of my father .
3 Instead of sending donations to different charities direct , providing the minimum annual sum is over £120 a year ( or over £10 a month ) , donors can ‘ gift ’ the money to CAF who will maintain a ‘ charity cheque account ’ for them and will distribute the money to whichever charities they nominate .
4 One says that you should never wash them and should leave the mud to dry before brushing it off .
5 Can you think of any more modern day people that you think could inspire you and can show the gifts of the Holy Spirit in their lives ?
6 On March 26 , 1952 , they signed the agreement now sued upon which has three clauses : ‘ ( 1 ) the husband will pay to the wife for her support and maintenance a weekly sum of One Pound Ten Shillings to be paid every four weeks during the joint lives of the parties so long as the wife shall lead a chaste life the first payment hereunder to be made on the Fifteenth day of April 1952. ( 2 ) The wife will out of the said weekly sum or otherwise support and maintain herself and will indemnify the husband against all debts to be incurred by her and will not in any way at any time hereafter pledge the husband 's credit .
7 Crozier sought to delay the making of the statement on the ground that it defamed him and might prejudice the jury in Barnet 's action against him , which would come on for trial some six months later .
8 The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre-match warm-up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing-room as mud-stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game .
9 When asked she said that she would like her mother to stay with her and would prefer the nurse to obtain any necessary information from her mother .
10 He said : ‘ I will keep her on the same round but I will keep an eye on her and may switch the rounds .
11 so let's get rid of some of it and let's make the angle theta .
12 It would mean our new South Ayrshire hospital leaving the NHS as we know it and would pave the way for a two-tier health service in Ayrshire . ’
13 Occasionally this contrivance could overshadow the less congenial reality which lay behind it and could override the more mundane , everyday exploitation of work on the land , but this , given the conditions under which farm workers lived and worked , was only sporadically successful .
14 Even the dogs do n't like it and will avoid the mixture from the dog in front at all costs .
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