Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb mod] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd normally vote Labour , ’ she said , ‘ but I do n't think I can this time . ’ |
| 2 | In fact , I do n't think I can this week , " Sara added in a rush . |
| 3 | Mike said : ‘ She breathed for three minutes , giving us hope she would one day be able to breathe for herself . |
| 4 | Mike said : ‘ She breathed for three minutes , giving us hope she would one day be able to breathe for herself . |
| 5 | I hope we 'll some action in the near future . |
| 6 | Father Heidt feels women like Gloucester Cathedral Chaplain , Vivienne Faull , are being conned by the debate into believing they may some day be ordained . |
| 7 | In 1968 , the watershed year of the student riots in Paris , when most of the new generation of radicals were denouncing the Labour Party as hopelessly fuddy-duddy , he had joined up , believing it would one day become the focus for a new alliance of Right-On movements , Now , more than a decade on , his dream was starting to come true and the new radical politics were about to be released on an unsuspecting populace — with mixed results . |
| 8 | When he first struck up a friendship with Joanna , he could never have suspected it would one day put him firmly in the frame in a potential murder investigation . |
| 9 | I do n't think you will this year cos , cos you have n't I 'm having to say oh come on we 've got to go and visit her . |
| 10 | After his arrest he threatened officers by drawing his finger across his neck to suggest he would one day kill them . |
| 11 | However the Village Association would be willing to subsidise it should other arrangements be made to continue . |
| 12 | Well I sa , I mean I took her on to look after her and I did n't think there would any problem |
| 13 | When the Earl of Pembroke , as President of the Council in the Marches , tried to reform that court , its Solicitor , John Amyas , commented : ‘ I perceive there shall few men 's estates here be unsearched . |
| 14 | Mind you I suppose you can certain pupils you remember their names . |
| 15 | Finally it will contain the facilities to repair and rebuild itself should any combination of climate , beast , and machine conspire to break the structure down . |
| 16 | Consultants claim it could double services between Queen Street and Waverley stations with a train leaving every fifteen minutes . |
| 17 | Consultants claim it could double services between the trwo cities . |
| 18 | But , on the contrary , it had been the beginning of the lifelong fight for Swift , because Jamie knew it might one day fall into his lap . |
| 19 | A well known joker thought he would liven things up a bit . |
| 20 | colours , that means you can double bank on the lawn , you can have two games going on at once . |
| 21 | Mr I think we can sorry Professor Lock . |
| 22 | I think they should double check and treble check to make sure someone does n't escape . |
| 23 | A man who would touch you for ten francs , and go home and paint what would one day be worth ten million . |
| 24 | I said I wish I could happy go lucky like that I do n't think she re , she rings me up , you do n't wan na ring me ! |
| 25 | I was secretly hoping I would one day find a way of escaping and returning to my own country . |
| 26 | I think as early as 1947 you said you must one day make music on film . |
| 27 | No you , you go down , off and she said you can full holidays arranged daily , and we came that was on the Tuesday , the Wednesday I had to phone them , done on Friday ! |
| 28 | They generously hoped she would one day be happy with Angel again , and were afraid for her , knowing that Alec d'Urberville was constantly tempting her . |
| 29 | Environment Secretary Michael Howard , presenting the review , said there would public consultation and changes could take place within two years . |
| 30 | They 're never going to get rich or famous , but they love thinking they 'll one day be legendary to Those Who Really I now . |