Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] a [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every ship must have a manifest for each port she calls at . |
| 2 | The country might prefer a tired to an unfamiliar team . |
| 3 | The only thing that I might need a medical for is my thirty thousand pound life insurance . |
| 4 | Okay , right what we are going to er do now is create a constant , we 'll need a constant for our regressions so if you type the letter Q to come out of the data processing environment right type the letter Q right and then go into the er constant creation menu , which is option one of the data processing menu right , you 'll , you 'll be asked for a name for if you like call it C or constant or Fred Bloggs , just supply a name to your constant term . |
| 5 | Fast working enthusiasts might complete a sled in time to enter the trans-Pyrenean dog-sled race on 25 January 1992 . |
| 6 | Went back yesterday , tomorrow I 'll carry on , Thursday I might have a lay in |
| 7 | You might get a hot in the night . |
| 8 | Displacement might involve a sliding along the signifying chain which connects the ditferent manifestations of evil and subject types , conflating two or more of them ; thus the sexual deviant may also ‘ be ’ a witch , an insurrectionary , or a papist . |
| 9 | He 'd tell him , he 'd get his orders from the office , cos the Deputy Harbourmaster he would go down all the sound he sound in river and see what wanted taken out , then he 'd say to my father I 'll dredge at so and so belo below docksill and docksill what they used to do they used to , my father what he 'd do he 'd put stakes on the mud , a short stake and a long stake on account of the tide and he 'd , he 'd make an imaginary on that stake , then he 'd go ashore at Wolverston , phone up what have you got on your docksill , the fella might say it 's ten feet , well he 'd say right we 'll make that twenty feet , so that 's er , that 's what he used to work on to dredge the river . |
| 10 | Brian Barnes , the man who beat Jack Nicklaus twice in a single day , could introduce a new-look to the Senior 's Tour in Britain . |
| 11 | When you have a positive Z score for one , you 'd expect a negative for the other . |
| 12 | Five shillings ( 2s. less than the lowest amount which , according to Rowntree , could support an individual for a week ) was held to be too low . |
| 13 | Let's have a free for all ’ . |
| 14 | No man 'ud want a lay like that ! |
| 15 | This , together with the interim dividend of 2.3 pence per share paid on 5 October 1992 , would make a total for the year of 3.3 pence per share [ 1991 8.5 pence ] . |
| 16 | One study ( Hunt , 1978 ) , however , found that one-quarter of the 65–75 age-group ‘ would like a relative to visit more often ’ . |
| 17 | Those who have Rights of Common would receive an Equivalent for those Rights ; and even the Cottagers living on the Borders of the Forest , who , by our Information , at present waste their Time in pilfering in the Woods , would find useful Employment , from the Demand for Labour which the Inclosure and Improvement of the Wastes would create , and might perhaps be led to Habits of Industry . |
| 18 | And no Department will prepare a brief for its Minister on anything outside the departmental purview . |
| 19 | Bénéteau will build a maxi for them for the race . |
| 20 | The hard disk can be reused but it will need a new AT controller card . |
| 21 | Mr West predicts that January 1 will mean a free for all . |
| 22 | This may represent a failing by doctors to initiate adequate therapy , but there are other possible explanations . |
| 23 | As the restrictions arise in a two-equation model ( rather than the single equation we considered before ) , we now require a method of summarizing the variation in both equation errors so that we can compare an unrestricted with a restricted model . |
| 24 | A person can become a Christian for all sorts of reasons , but it is vital for Christianity if it is true , that he think through his faith afterwards to the point where he understands why he believes — at least to the level at which his mind demands satisfaction in understanding other areas of life . |
| 25 | But without new supplies from Algeria it is doubtful whether it can sustain an offensive for long . |
| 26 | And , we can have a main for seven pound fifty- ish . |