Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Part of the Stress Syndrome is the likelihood that whatever you do to cope will only result in yet more self-criticism . |
| 32 | There are few specialist clinics and those that do exist can not cope with the demand . |
| 33 | Domestic servants often remained unmarried , or if they did marry could sometimes carry on working , so their age structure more closely resembles that of male professions ( see Table 5b ) . |
| 34 | I think that few girls would enjoy hunting and those who did hunt would not revel in the thrill of it , ( as the boys did ) at least for along time . |
| 35 | I think Miss should n't have said what she said because Jay has n't got a problem . |
| 36 | Honest journalists will be justifiably annoyed and there is no guarantee that those who do accept will actually produce a more favourable report than would otherwise have been the case . |
| 37 | And perhaps what she does know wo n't help me , anyway . |
| 38 | What you 've done wo n't sink in for ages , but you wo n't want to get off that horse . ’ |
| 39 | No one who had seen would quite forget it . |
| 40 | If Beth had not come back early then what she had done would not have mattered . |
| 41 | Luckily they seemed to want , even need , to talk , so it was n't necessary for me to try to head him onto other subjects as I had felt might possibly have been the case . |
| 42 | She had been appalled by Churchill 's decision to shoot down German aircraft — marked with the red cross — picking up ditched fliers in the Channel , and she argued passionately that the saturation bombing of Britain 's cities — bombing that Hitler had promised would never happen — had been forced on him by Churchill 's repeated refusal to stop the air-raids on Berlin that had set the whole thing off . |
| 43 | But as long as we 've got ca n't enjoy myself , ca n't even have a fag , might as well have , not be going ! |
| 44 | Erm what have I got here oh I know what I 've got must n't pinch our book must I . |
| 45 | He did not doubt that she was a prisoner , for these were the Warden 's men who they had thought would not dare come so far into the forest . |
| 46 | The sunshine when she landed at Heathrow was a cruel reminder to Alyssia of the lazy days in France she had thought would never end . |
| 47 | Cheltenham Clerk of the Course Philip Arkwright said racing would not have been possible yesterday . |
| 48 | Mr Pilling said overcrowding should n't sway a magistrates decsion . |
| 49 | What the mother finally decides to do will probably result from the opinion of someone else — whether that someone is her own mother , the local midwife or whichever childcare expert happens to be in vogue at the time . |
| 50 | He could have kicked himself , however , for imagining that although Eleanor had kept to her promise of inviting him to a meal , the ‘ little party ’ she had proposed would actually materialise . |
| 51 | ADULTS who would love to return to study can now learn in the comfort of their own home . |
| 52 | To belabour the point of whether or not he had knocked would only make her sound shrewish , and she did n't want that added to his list of uncomplimentary adjectives , along with brash and brassy ! |
| 53 | Having received three quotes from three different companies , I wanted the company chosen to agree that they would n't exceed a certain price and they have confirmed that the mower we 've chosen will not exceed eighteen thousand six hundred and sixty eight pounds and this is for everything , this is the mower including the new cab erm and all the fittings that we wanted included on mower . |
| 54 | However , the fact that disease incidence continues to rise must surely attest to the inadequacy of such drugs to cope with it . |
| 55 | The coroner sat with lips pursed , staring down at the empty platters and dishes as if wishing the food he had devoured would magically reappear . |
| 56 | But then Miss see could n't move out of my sight , she was the only friend I had amongst all these strangers . |
| 57 | The excess to which some have pointed may well disclose the absence of something crucial , but for that we must defer judgment . |
| 58 | But as too many ‘ left ’ cultural theorists line up to claim their rightful place in the bin-bags of history , the space they have evacuated should not go unfilled . |
| 59 | When house prices begin to rise again , all the assured shorthold tenancies in properties whose prices have risen will suddenly look unattractive . |
| 60 | And TV cameras homing in on incidents referees have missed can only make the officials feel a little incompetent . |