Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] [vb infin] use the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I 've got ta get some cornflakes today , my Gary must 've used the last few this morning . |
| 2 | He did n't expect to find any as the hotel had recently been refurbished and the KGB would have used the latest available technology , burying it in the plasterwork , the heating and the plumbing . |
| 3 | In reply to the question as to whether Nigel could have used the Datsun , Morrison could n't say . |
| 4 | Denis Brockewell was asked if Kim would have used the knife in this way . |
| 5 | If upon the hearing of such setting aside application C.N.L. were to succeed , and P.C.A. were then to co-operate by handing over the documents before , rather than at , trial , C.N.L. could start using the material to prepare their evidence for trial — albeit by then , of course , the trail would have cooled still further . |
| 6 | Overturning this residence order the Appeal Court was clear Nottinghamshire SSD should have used the Act 's public law provisions from the outset — it should have gone for a care order or a supervision order , enabling social workers to oversee the children 's welfare . |
| 7 | Dr Lyons said Moore may have used the phrase ‘ the people I love ’ because he did not wish to name those involved as his parents might see the note . |
| 8 | She hoped Miss Cress would ask to use the bathroom . |
| 9 | Finance Minister Otto Herrigel confirmed at a mid-April 1990 conference that Namibia would continue to use the South African rand as its currency until 1992 . |
| 10 | To start with , Mercury One-2-One , which launches in the summer with a big pitch to the mass market planned to start in the autumn , will be limited to the south east , but ‘ someone who is regularly out of London will have to use the existing cellular network , so cellular will always be able to charge a premium for that . ’ |
| 11 | Annie must have used the house-phone to have her paged at the restaurant . |
| 12 | Shildon said : ‘ If MacQuillan had lived , Eliot could have used the information to persuade people to change their minds about letting him have a free hand with the Post . |