Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [modal v] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But Jamie or Gary should prove to be suitable donors . |
| 2 | I had to tell you , but , if you like , either I or Ian will go for you . ’ |
| 3 | By the time that she had balanced the tray on a small table , the silver teapot carefully placed where Matey could preside over it , Mrs Darrell had embarked on an attack on Dr Neil and the profession which he had taken up . |
| 4 | My hunch that Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer would emerge on top proved to be bang on target . |
| 5 | This is vintage Saddam : over the past 21 years he has swung between killing Iraqi Kurds and offering them more self-rule than the Kurds in Turkey , Iran or Syria can dream of . |
| 6 | ‘ If someone tries to get into the first room , two of the three men will fight , but Rupert of Hentzau or Detchard will run into the second room and kill the King , ’ Johann said . |
| 7 | Quite where Ireland will go from here is impossible to predict ; it will be enough just to avoid the maulings at Wales — as Triple Crown winners — suffered in New Zealand on their ill-fated two-test tour in 1988 . |
| 8 | The hope that the BBC or ITV would move into this job as they would for Commonwealth or Olympic Games was never realistic but it has taken Sheffield a long time to come to terms with the fact . |
| 9 | The first stop was RAF Turnhouse , where Carrington would dine with Hamilton , he hoped , or at least have a good wash and sandwiches before their briefing session and the antics of the night began . |
| 10 | The most serious objections to the new plan are the effect on county finances of six or seven fewer home matches , the possible resultant loss of members and the fact that cricket on traditional peripheral grounds such as Aigburth , Harrogate or Bath might have to be eliminated . |
| 11 | And I 've got to get there on time , too , or Elise will go up the wall . ’ |
| 12 | Washington wags suggest the Clintons may add a sound-proofed music room where Bill can relax with his saxophone . |
| 13 | With the system , a government official in , say , Zambia or Paraguay can punch in a 19-column set of data on local tax and interest rates , together with other factors important in planning a new dam or factory . |
| 14 | Small groups of men at Bristol or Glasgow might succeed in obtaining advances in wages ; more often than not their efforts were countered by the employers and it was noted by the Board of Trade that disputes ended when " crews were obtained elsewhere " or " seamen were replaced by others at a reduced rate " . |
| 15 | This was certainly true of his year as social security minister , where Major would prefer to be remembered for dispensing fivers to freezing pensioners in the form of severe-weather payments ( even though they received only one each for one week ) , than for helping to draft the 1988 Social Security Act . |
| 16 | It gave the producers the chance to create some enticingly colourful kaleidoscopes , largely by Lazlo Kovaks ' cinematographic wizardry ; otherwise there was little about the film that either Nicholson , Dern or Strasberg would admit to being proud of . |
| 17 | Turkey or Poland will play in the U21 champ.ship . |
| 18 | At the end of the day , debates over whether we are taking Ecstasy or Ketamine may prove to be missing the point . |
| 19 | The propagandists go so far as to assume , even to assert , that it would not result in any splitting of the party vote : in other words that votes transferred from Dandy or Deadman or Doughty would go to another of these three running-mates and not elsewhere . |
| 20 | Lawrence said : ‘ I need cover but there is no question that Ian will stay in the side on Saturday after doing so well against Leeds . ’ |
| 21 | The national coach could not rule out the possibility , either , that Ferguson might go from the under-21 squad to the full international pool at Ibrox in the space of 24 hours . |
| 22 | According to Soviet sources , however , the US side had softened its previous position that Najibullah would have to be removed from power before elections could be held , and was now considering a compromise under which he would remain President but would give up control of the military , the security police and the media to non-partisan bodies . |
| 23 | There was nothing that Trent could do on deck . |
| 24 | But David Holloway in The Daily Telegraph was put off by the author 's ‘ inalienable cynicism ’ and Nicci Gerrard in the Observer damned it as ‘ a competent novel that Mortimer can pull of without really trying ’ . |
| 25 | Although Hayward might talk about his " lodger " in a jocular fashion , he was proud of his association with the great man of letters and defended both his privacy and reputation . |
| 26 | It was his tenant John Combes who revolutionized Reddish , on the assumption that Cray would pay for most of it . |
| 27 | It is these developers , of course that DEC will depend on to produce the the Alpha-compiled NT applications that will deliver the high performance promised by the processor . |
| 28 | It is these developers , of course that DEC will depend on to produce the the Alpha-compiled NT applications that will deliver the high performance promised by the processor . |
| 29 | At such a time , when attitudes were changing but no effective consensus had emerged , it was not surprising that Truman should see in Churchill 's forthcoming speech at Fulton ( Missouri ) an opportunity to discover how far a sea-change was taking place in American opinion . |
| 30 | He estimated that Isabel would have about one minute to negotiate the treacherously wet embankment , cross the ditch , and scramble up the other side . |