Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun sg] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mythical Rome : make this a holiday you 'll always remember by visiting all the wonderful sights of the capital |
| 2 | So this a thing you wo n't like about it , is that if you 've got er , thirteen columns and ten rows , that means you have to create hundred and thirty range names , which you wo n't enjoy doing . |
| 3 | Given half a chance they would ‘ retrobolt ’ ( what curious technical names they give to hearsay these days ) everything we hold dear . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't you listen to Woil , 'cos given half a chance he 'll tell you all sorts of nonsense that no eagle should listen to , ’ Kraal said when Woil first started talking like this after Creggan 's arrival . |
| 5 | Shelley smiled back , but she was well aware that he meant it , and that given half a chance he would stay the night . |
| 6 | Not in an evil way at all , but if you gave him half a chance he 'd hammer you into the ground and stamp on you . |
| 7 | Given half a chance she 'd have taken on the job of finding a soul-mate for Shannon with all the crusading zeal of a missionary , since she was blissfully convinced that true happiness could be found only in a strong relationship such as the one she had . |
| 8 | For half a second you might have thought his fist had smashed me across the room , except that I follow through my dive into a roll and end up squatting on the floor , eight feet away , with the pistol pointing straight at his guts . |
| 9 | Half a cupful you used to get for a ha'penny . |
| 10 | If he had bumped into anyone worthy of half a mention he would have told us . |
| 11 | He did n't know how high a temperature they could take before they went into shut-down , and he supposed he would n't get a chance to record his findings if he did pursue the experiment to the end . |
| 12 | On such a cargo he could easily make himself twenty pounds a week , plus . |
| 13 | I can see that in such a case they might make a gift of paintings or other works of art for tax reasons , for example , and would n't care if they were sold or not . |
| 14 | In such a case he would be bound to take the woman as he found her , if sued by her , and her pregnancy would be just as much a a physical condition in his victim as would be the case of a person having an eggshell skull . |
| 15 | In such a case you 'll commonly dispense with making a copy for your file . |
| 16 | In the event of death occurring in such a case I would accept that it could be an unnatural death . |
| 17 | ‘ In such a case I must be satisfied , ’ he said blandly . |
| 18 | In such a case it may well be advisable to draw up the contract to cover stages that can be defined in this way and make contracts for succeeding stages conditional upon achieving agreed criteria of success for prior stages . |
| 19 | The method is of special advantage in cases when a seller delivers an epitome of title accompanied by photographic copies of the title documents , some perhaps complicated and lengthy ; in such a case it may be expedient to make your own " notes on title " on the epitome itself to save duplication of documents . |
| 20 | If appearing on behalf of a respondent in such a case it would be essential to argue the alternative reasons when showing what was the reason for dismissal . |
| 21 | The court discussed the example of a solicitor 's clerk and said that in such a case it would be improper for him to work for another solicitor in his spare time . |
| 22 | In such a case it can pay to set up an ancillary file when the file is loaded . |
| 23 | In such a case it will very frequently involve a lesser or lesser-known crime . |
| 24 | In such a case it will be difficult to persuade a court to imply any further obligation : see the judgment of Lord Denning in Potters Ballottini Ltd v Weston-Baker [ 1977 ] RPC 202 . |
| 25 | In such a case it will invite discount houses and clearing banks to bid for Treasury bills of one or more specified maturities . |
| 26 | If either kind of conjecture fails an observational or experimental test it will be falsified , while if it passes such a test we will say it is confirmed . |
| 27 | In principle on such a scheme it would be possible for every candidate to get a pass mark , or indeed to get the highest grade . |
| 28 | Before we enter into such a relationship we should first of all be convinced that there is a proper basis for it . |
| 29 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |
| 30 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |