Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rational arguments and the need for money may keep it submerged but from time to time it is so inflamed that it can no longer be suppressed . |
| 2 | She had intended , and was obviously successful , that George Langley should think she had asked her parents to come . |
| 3 | The crowd was surging out of the hall , we were carried along with it and I was worried about the baby in all this pushing and shoving , but did n't like to mention it in case William should feel he had to take care of me . |
| 4 | On the negative side , the small shareholder may find himself scaled down to such a small stake that a sizeable portion of profits would be wiped off by share-dealing costs . |
| 5 | The Law Society is now positively encouraging articles in commerce and industry and your Careers Adviser should keep you up-dated on the possibilities . |
| 6 | Loving in truth , and fain in verse my love to show , That she ( dear she ) might take some pleasure of my pain ; Pleasure might cause her read , reading might make her know ; Knowledge might pity win , and pity grace obtain ; I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe , Studying investions fine , her wits to entertain ; Oft turning others ' leaves , to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburnt brain . |
| 7 | In fact I was quite embarrassed by her arrival as I was aware that listeners might think I had invited her . |
| 8 | The standards of CNAA courses were therefore so well established that major shifts in , or the removal of , the validation tradition through peer review might imperil what had been achieved . |
| 9 | Before Edward could answer she sprang to her feet . |
| 10 | If they did n't leave the shed door properly shut , Mrs Wright would know someone had been in . |
| 11 | Thus where we might add that he killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed , Zande would say he did so because he was bewitched . |
| 12 | They reckon that dubbing French dialogue on to the kids ' favourite soaps will keep them switched on in class . |
| 13 | Now talking bout the Cosmo , I 'll come back to that again because there was a lad there and he was in the Independent Labour Party , and er his name was Eric and er this pamphlet will tell you said he answered more questions when he spoke , and at nineteen he was he spoke , he answered more questions than any other speaker had ever answered at the Cosmo you know he got a record for answering questions . |
| 14 | This does mean , of course , that there is no control over the model 's yaw axis ( rudder to you fixed-wing flyers ) during the descent , although the natural weathercock effect of the fuselage will keep it lined up in the direction of flight . |
| 15 | ‘ As I told you , the PM will indicate what happened . ’ |
| 16 | The adventure takes place in our world ( Earth , that is ) and Luigi can find himself transported all over the world . |
| 17 | Bereavement can leave them devastated and with many difficulties . ’ |
| 18 | Ronni could tell he did n't like her attitude one bit . |
| 19 | Elena would regard anything called the Central London Polytechnic as an institution of the same rank , and therefore worthy of her . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , but under protest , ’ Theda said , a fleeting vision of herself in the peach gown passing through her mind , together with a swift question as to how Benedict would think she looked in it . |
| 21 | Cos nowadays if you if you did something like that folk would say you 'd gone a bit funny . |
| 22 | The heroine 's image faced fearful odds in the cube but she 'd make it and the girl would think she 'd just fallen asleep . |
| 23 | She said that when she was … that Simon would think you had killed her . |
| 24 | What did he mean when he said half of England will think he got it wrong ? |
| 25 | Now a consultant will come she said . |
| 26 | ‘ You 've already dismantled the link to Kirov , so there 's no way the authorities could prove he had n't acted on his own initiative . |
| 27 | Langley Park could find themselves relegated tonight if they lose at Brandon , who beat them 3–0 in midweek , and other results go against them . |
| 28 | It might make sense to argue that no bona fide university could exist which did not also conduct research . |
| 29 | The malai jumped a mile-you could see he 'd nearly had a heart-attack — before heading for the ground , shouting our number and whereabouts to his friends . |
| 30 | And Cardiff could see what had happened . |