Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know could be I 'll I 'll a large part of it may I do n't know whether all of it but a large part of it will be here 's the English for you know that sort of thing . |
| 2 | I translated as well as I could a Scottish strath with its green basin , and the heather slopes rising from it lost to rabbits and sheep and rock . |
| 3 | Blanche : I ca n't stand a naked light bulb , any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action . |
| 4 | She was a woman alone , making as best she might a terrible virtue of her solitude . |
| 5 | So always treat those in exactly the same way as you would a normal roundabout , so that you 're coming up and always assuming that people should give way etcetera in the manner in which they should unless the roundabout directs otherwise . |
| 6 | What this means is simply that each time you line up a shot in the viewfinder and before you press the button , you should look on it not as an individual shot as you would a still photograph hut as one of a group of shots . |
| 7 | He meant amputate , as you would a diseased limb . |
| 8 | 7 Remember to replace your brush roughly every three months , as you would a manual toothbrush . |
| 9 | Making expressive music with the aid of such devices is easy : just switch the quantisation off and treat the sequencer exactly as you would a multi-track tape recorder . |
| 10 | Basically , you hold this as you would a short leash , wrapped around your bottom two fingers and tied to your glove , so that you can easily pay it out as you increase the flight distance . |
| 11 | You need to replace the brush heads as often as you would a conventional toothbrush . |
| 12 | If the promise was not met , could the employee use the mail message as s/he would a postal mail letter to sue for breach of contract or to support other legal action ? |
| 13 | People here get just as excited about the prospect of buying a new bike as they might a new car . |
| 14 | Well they might a little bit later then . |
| 15 | Do you think women feel that they can approach you more easily than they would a male director ? |
| 16 | He said unions had to be ready to ‘ pressurise ’ any incoming administration headed by Mr Kinnock as hard as they would a Conservative Government . |
| 17 | Spontaneous demonstrations throughout the country marked its affectionate tribute to Elena as they would a few days later , around 26 January , pour out their loyalty and love to the Comrade on his birthday — for the last time . |
| 18 | He himself always adhered to the layering method , as set out in his first publication , the smaller Dictionary of 1724 : ‘ In the Spring prick a great many Holes with an Awl about a Joint that will be in the earth and cover it would a good Mound to peg it down . ’ |
| 19 | I think it will a long way , but you 're quite to draw it to us , and to ask us to set out on that road . |