Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rational arguments and the need for money may keep it submerged but from time to time it is so inflamed that it can no longer be suppressed . |
| 2 | On the negative side , the small shareholder may find himself scaled down to such a small stake that a sizeable portion of profits would be wiped off by share-dealing costs . |
| 3 | The Law Society is now positively encouraging articles in commerce and industry and your Careers Adviser should keep you up-dated on the possibilities . |
| 4 | Loving in truth , and fain in verse my love to show , That she ( dear she ) might take some pleasure of my pain ; Pleasure might cause her read , reading might make her know ; Knowledge might pity win , and pity grace obtain ; I sought fit words to paint the blackest face of woe , Studying investions fine , her wits to entertain ; Oft turning others ' leaves , to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburnt brain . |
| 5 | The standards of CNAA courses were therefore so well established that major shifts in , or the removal of , the validation tradition through peer review might imperil what had been achieved . |
| 6 | Now talking bout the Cosmo , I 'll come back to that again because there was a lad there and he was in the Independent Labour Party , and er his name was Eric and er this pamphlet will tell you said he answered more questions when he spoke , and at nineteen he was he spoke , he answered more questions than any other speaker had ever answered at the Cosmo you know he got a record for answering questions . |
| 7 | This does mean , of course , that there is no control over the model 's yaw axis ( rudder to you fixed-wing flyers ) during the descent , although the natural weathercock effect of the fuselage will keep it lined up in the direction of flight . |
| 8 | ‘ As I told you , the PM will indicate what happened . ’ |
| 9 | The adventure takes place in our world ( Earth , that is ) and Luigi can find himself transported all over the world . |
| 10 | Bereavement can leave them devastated and with many difficulties . ’ |
| 11 | The heroine 's image faced fearful odds in the cube but she 'd make it and the girl would think she 'd just fallen asleep . |
| 12 | Now a consultant will come she said . |
| 13 | Langley Park could find themselves relegated tonight if they lose at Brandon , who beat them 3–0 in midweek , and other results go against them . |
| 14 | It might make sense to argue that no bona fide university could exist which did not also conduct research . |
| 15 | The malai jumped a mile-you could see he 'd nearly had a heart-attack — before heading for the ground , shouting our number and whereabouts to his friends . |
| 16 | I decided that it was perhaps because they were n't possessive and had given no other human being the feeling that having been once disgorged he was n't safe and at any moment might find himself gobbled up again and back in the confines of a body not his own . |
| 17 | Candy would think she 'd lost her mind . |
| 18 | Johnson hoped that his gift would ensure she did not forget him . |
| 19 | At last Roman would know she had spoken the truth when she 'd denied knowing Garry . |
| 20 | The Kensington exchange had reacted fast , and the inquiry would show they had done their best . |
| 21 | The system will to increase the opportunities for reducing losses still further and the Journal will keep you updated . |
| 22 | That a gentleman should do it showed an uncommon understanding of the difficulties involved in running businesses with too much debt outstanding . |
| 23 | Try as the leadership might to erase what happened , nothing can be done to change the one fact on which the future of China turns : the men who ordered the assault on Tiananmen Square will surely die long before the youth they ordered to be killed . |
| 24 | SHe wondered , and dreaded , when hir conscience would insist SHe did something about him . |
| 25 | Mauve would think he lacked guts . |
| 26 | Toby Farrar 's wife would think he had been in the wars . |
| 27 | That one gram 's credit will keep you locked in to your dealer . |
| 28 | Pick up a diamond and the play of light on its clear multifaceted surface will hold you fascinated . |
| 29 | If you want to be kind , the character can find himself manacled to the wall in one of the empty cells . |
| 30 | He rather doubted Caroline 's story , but it was flattering that any woman should think she 'd had him . |