Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | post traumatic stress , I have my own views about what will happen there |
| 2 | I told her no messages had been sent and suggested that if Uncle was a businessman — I thought it better not to mention that we already knew he was a multi-millionaire businessman — he might naturally tend to be secretive and that he might also be reluctant to broadcast the fact that he had lost his yacht through what might have been his own fault . |
| 3 | We must remember that to deny someone control of their own lives is to offer them a most profound insult , not to mention the injury which the frustration of their wishes and the setting at naught of their own plans for themselves will add . |
| 4 | The Dutch , for example , had what at least from their own point of view were admirable and generous plans for what might have turned out to be an independent Indonesia ; but , like the French , had failed to persuade their Republican adversaries that their ultimate freedom was assured in European hands . |
| 5 | I have already had queries about what will happen . |
| 6 | Yeah , but if you took the watch off it should stop . |
| 7 | Other long-tail types impair flight and show greater sexual dimorphism , but variation in their initial evolutionary cost suggests differences in how female preferences for them may have evolved . |
| 8 | There was then the decision about what should happen to the foods division . |
| 9 | Right so has anybody got any sort of strong opinions about who should go ? |
| 10 | together you and Jan between you , you and Marty between you could do that |
| 11 | Those are important and worthwhile projects , and we must ask the Government where the money for them will come from , especially if £1.4 billion is gobbled up by the proposals for King 's Cross . |
| 12 | In 1946 a Committee at Stoke began planning a curriculum for what would become the University of Keele . |
| 13 | The new tenants have no rules about what should happen in the pub . |
| 14 | " There 's rules about who can ride up with the driver , " I said looking at John Russell and wondering if he had any ideas . |
| 15 | Ultimately , he dashed out of bed and caught a cab to the theatre — where he arrived thirty minutes after what should have been curtain time , to see his erstwhile audience walking away , dejected looks on most of the faces . |
| 16 | And I think a contest between us will come off . |
| 17 | As far as the first case is concerned , I take it that part of the process of rational reflection on a set of moral principles and courses of action for myself would involve consulting others ( the experts , if you like ) . |
| 18 | The remedy for one will exacerbate the other . |
| 19 | There had been doubts about which would break first , Christmas or booksellers ' spirits . |
| 20 | Those who have any doubts about it should note that there is scope for further improvements in productivity . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew if I was n't careful my obsession for her could destroy me . |
| 22 | Er and of course if you 're in one group , you might think that something 's trivial and you might denigrate another a group for talking about those things , when in fact that group sees it as an important talk about it might see the thing that the other group hold dear to talk about as something trivial , and to denigrate . |
| 23 | Golda Meir replied that ‘ if he was ready and willing to confront us and the world with a fait accompli [ i.e. annexation of Arab Palestine ] — the traditional friendship between us would continue and we would certainly find a common language in arranging matters of interest to both sides . ’ |
| 24 | He refused to believe that physical laws should not make a definite , unambiguous prediction for what would happen . |
| 25 | The decisions you make concerning the right goals for you will depend on your current weight , your optimum weight , and the eating and exercise habits you recorded in your preparation phase . |
| 26 | A second ploy used by buyers is the ‘ sell cheap , the future looks bright ’ technique : ‘ We can not pretend that our offer meets you on price , but the real pay-off for you will come in terms of future sales . ’ |
| 27 | The Jews of Jesus ' day believed there were millions of demons about who could possess people , causing illnesses of mind and body and tempting them to sin . |
| 28 | Explaining this popularity is not difficult : Edmund was himself killed by the Danes , and it was perhaps only natural that veneration for him should grow in the area which had formed his kingdom , and seen a great deal of the renewed conflict between Danes and English . |
| 29 | Many of us share some deeply felt worries about what will happen under the current procedures until the changeover takes place in 1993 . |
| 30 | A good picture is worth any number of words for it can communicate a point quickly and succinctly , and in any language . |