Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that instance you could issue a B one so that he would have some money coming in . |
| 2 | Well why did n't they get a mile away from where they put that money they could 've , they could 've been planned it away , a mile away all |
| 3 | For however he acquired that money he must have acquired it , Wexford was certain , during the 19th or the 20th of May . |
| 4 | ‘ We 've always known what we did n't want our music to sound like , but we never realised that out of all that chaos we 'd sound so laid back . ’ |
| 5 | that cow I 'll run down the stairs quick enough when the signal comes , salter 's away seemed to love throwing it out do n't they ? . |
| 6 | Perhaps when you hear that bit you 'll hear it 's still like a train C , D there C , D , C , D , C , D , C , D |
| 7 | ‘ That bit I could do without ’ . |
| 8 | Once armed with that freedom they might surprise Mr Cash by also seeking membership of the community . |
| 9 | Out of that income he would have put £1,500 per annum back into the firm , so he would have had £6,000 a year to spend or save . |
| 10 | The erm , with that addition I will move the recommendation in paragraph three of minute twelve of the property sub-committee 's minutes , to make representation to the association of county council urging the Government to reconsider it 's policy in not allowing local authorities permanently to make use of the full amount of capital realised from sales of assets . |
| 11 | At the end of each level you 'll find a shop where coins can be exchanged for extra weapons and life . |
| 12 | In each award you must complete four sections . |
| 13 | Perhaps one day when you are in that direction you will allow me to show you my department in the university . ’ |
| 14 | Clovis 's reign , Gregory claims , lasted thirty years ; with a little difficulty we can compute the dates of his accession as 481 , the defeat of Syagrius as 486 , the victory over the Alamans as 496 and the king 's death as 511 . |
| 15 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 16 | In each case we may trace from them important effects on learning in schools today on the curriculum plans , on policy and programmes for teacher training and , most significant , on the attitudes of teachers themselves and of those who train them . |
| 17 | In each case we can choose a scale above which the material may be considered homogeneous , but below which the structure needs to be considered . |
| 18 | The computer is very fast ; it can be set to scan the text of journal articles and print out the titles of all which use significant key words more than a stated number of times , and it can be set to tell us how many times Shakespeare used a particular expression , and in each case it can give the results quite astonishingly quickly . |
| 19 | In each case I will stop the film every five seconds . |
| 20 | In each case I will stop the film every five seconds . |
| 21 | Suppose Delia had become friendly with Angy and gone to her flat that afternoon She 'd have been one of the last people to see her alive . ’ |
| 22 | The views should will be quite nice from parts of that course I would think . |
| 23 | In the light of the judgment in that case we would uphold the applicant 's objection to the proposed interview on the third rather than the first of the grounds put before us . |
| 24 | ‘ We hope Mr Stein will be working for us long into the future and obviously in that case we would need to apply for another permit for him . |
| 25 | Before we graduated from a wheelbarrow to a muckspreader , every year we would ring the contractor for a quote and say ‘ in that case we 'll spread our own . ’ |
| 26 | Unless we 're well enough to , unless Dave 's well enough to go swimming , in that case we 'll swim . |
| 27 | Well , in that case we 'll forget it . |
| 28 | If there is a coastal plain you 're to find it , and in that case we 'll meet near that southern coastal city — ’ Burun gestured , searching his memory for the name , ‘ — Ruysdal . ’ |
| 29 | I said in that case we will make you a concert in mid January and I think he said are coming with them . |
| 30 | In that case we will attempt to do this now and we 'll talk about interval naming afterwards those of you who can please attempt it there will be questions here that some of us ca n't . |