Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was dreadful and not something I ever imagined could happen in a British hospital . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ This is the day I always dreaded might arrive . |
| 3 | by no means the perfect pub , but as good a place as any to spend an evening in a town which I always thought would make an ideal site for a nuclear test . |
| 4 | A Bible passage that I sometimes imagine might have been set in a school playground ( or assembly hall ) is found in Matthew 9:37–38 . |
| 5 | Ted Dexter , whom I sometimes believe must dwell in Dr Who 's Tardis machine , would be hard-pressed on that point . |
| 6 | As with all money purchase schemes , the amount of pension you eventually receive will depend on two main factors : the size of the fund you have been able to build up and the fund 's investment performance . |
| 7 | Leith swallowed hard , and knew , before the weakness of loving him , the weakness of wanting him battered down the rest of her defences , small though those defences were , that she had to appeal to that in him which she somehow knew would make him hate himself if he took her . |
| 8 | As a parent , what would you like to see happen in the schools , or what sort of schooling would you best think would suit your child 's needs ? |
| 9 | The XCLs which you already have will perform well in snow without the use of snow chains . |
| 10 | But some things you just know will happen . |
| 11 | By signalling clearly the significance of the ideas you present — and the attitude you are adopting towards them — you enable your reader to follow the essay as a coherent and developing debate , in which the generalisations and conclusions you finally draw will seem reasonable and justified . |
| 12 | You hardly know will scatter |
| 13 | Instead , all her warmth , her care and indeed her regal skills will be utilised to ensure that her grandchildren will inherit the respect that she once believed would come by right to her children . |
| 14 | The consequences of dieting generally fall into two distinct categories : those you dearly wish would happen , and those that actually do happen . |
| 15 | You get you officially get should get paid time and a half on Saturday morning . |
| 16 | What kind of policing policy would you actually say would have been would be suited to the flats anyway ? |
| 17 | But to think of Le Gall and Bruce as making mistakes which we now avoid would miss the whole point . |
| 18 | The package of tax and national insurance changes that we actually propose will include lifting the ceiling on national insurance contributions , which will affect only those on individual earnings of £405 a week , or £21,000 a year , from April ; introducing a new top rate tax of 50p in the pound , which will affect only those on individual earnings well above £30,000 a year . |
| 19 | Of course , British Members of the European Parliament if they so wished could make their points and their views known . |
| 20 | In such a team operation there will normally be a clear standard mandatory difference of responsibility but in practice what they actually do can overlap and overlap differently for different teams . |
| 21 | He outlined his scheme in a letter to Henry IV of Germany , whom he fondly imagined would look after the interests of the papacy in his absence , But within a year Gregory and Henry were at war , and Gregory had to divert his ‘ crusade , to deal with enemies nearer home . |
| 22 | Right yes but even if , even if Romeo took marriage , the fact does n't always mean you 're chicken does it just say let's talk about it instead . |
| 23 | Whoever he finally chose would have to come from the right stable . |
| 24 | So AT&T is trying to oust Mr Exley and his board , which includes some of the people it once hoped would run its own computer business . |
| 25 | The law is putting into effect what it reasonably presumes would have been the intention of the parties . |
| 26 | It is ironic that the man from Windsor who was nursed back to good health in a London hospital by the woman he later married should end up as a health authority magnate . |
| 27 | It appears that the mother would be eligible for financial assistance in returning with the children to Australia , whereas the father and the lady with whom he now lives would have to fund their own travel arrangements to England and to that extent the father would be disadvantaged . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the institute has increased its prediction for unemployment , which it now thinks will peak at 3.2 million in the first quarter of 1994 . |
| 29 | Just worrying about it maybe happening could wreck a whole party . |
| 30 | The intent of the politician was of course to create a feeling of obligation , which he undoubtedly hoped would stand him in good stead at the next election , but such feelings were all the stronger because the shrewd political manager never breathed a word about a bargain or the anticipated political return . |