Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does n't mean that the others had no ‘ powers ’ , that they seemed to do little for me may have been my own lack of receptivity . |
| 2 | I 've had a marvellous clear out — got every single shirt on to the line — and when you take that off you could put it in the bucket so I can get it out tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | But biologists can be much more specific than that about what would constitute being " good for something " . |
| 4 | Her Sacred Majesty , being by nature full of mercy and clemency , who is most inclinable to such pitiful complaints and will not endure to hear such tragedies made of her people and poor subjects , as some about her may insinuate , then she perhaps for very compassion of such calamities will not only stop the stream of such violence and return to her wonted mildness , but also con them little thanks which have been the authors and counsellors of such bloody platforms . |
| 5 | However , it must be remembered that to do this of itself would incur an exchange risk . |
| 6 | Coach Dick Best ruefully remarked : ‘ I guess if they 'd been Gloucester boys half of them might have turned out ’ . |
| 7 | They were told also that half of them would face redundancy . |
| 8 | Half of them would gain at least £10 a week and another quarter at least £20 a week . |
| 9 | MdBs generally stand high in public esteem — higher than our own MPs — and half of them will have entered the Bundestag by way of party lists . |
| 10 | Not one of them , he said , was able to read the Bible correctly , but all could dance a quadrille , sing , and half of them could waltz . |
| 11 | She already has 70 people will to pay just £2 per month for ten months , half of which will go to Breakthrough , and the rest to provide prizes , and she needs just 30 more to make the One Hundred Club work . |
| 12 | This will be supplemented by an intensive study of 40 households , half of which will include at least one unemployed adult worker , in an attempt to ascertain the cultural significance of the broad social and economic developments that will be uncovered in the previous sections of the research . |
| 13 | But one very rough guess by Paul Portney of Resources for the Future suggests a cumulative cost , in 1990 dollars , of perhaps $136 billion , roughly half of which will fall on the private sector and disproportionately on manufacturing . |
| 14 | It was highly likely that only half of us would complete the training , he said , and that many of us would try to desert . |
| 15 | Half of us could continue to drown ourselves in usquebaugh and self-pity ( ‘ Here 's tae us , / Wha 's like us ? / Damn few/ All deid ’ ) , the other half could relax , relieved that the English would be continuing to do our thinking for us . |
| 16 | Realeat founder Greg Sams predicts that within 20 years half of us will have a vegetable-based diet , and the greatest swing has been seen among the young . |
| 17 | Each of the Six Clerks in Chancery was reputedly worth £3,000 annually ; while this sum was certainly exaggerated , even half of it would have been a substantial amount . |
| 18 | how to handle the nerves , I 'll say right now and half of you may want to walk out of the room . |
| 19 | It is not surprising that many people , some of whom may have seen the equity in their homes rise tenfold , should decide to spend more . |
| 20 | Performing King Lear in the round meant making eye-contact with members of the audience , some of whom may have really been embroiled in mayhem the actors were merely playing at . |
| 21 | Similar attitudes of troops of occupation of all ages and in all places , from South America to India , help us understand the revulsion now felt by many Britons , some of whom may have been sympathetic to Rome and hopeful of recognition of their natural rights and dignity . |
| 22 | He was survived by his widow and seven sons and five daughters , some of whom may have been from his previous marriage . |
| 23 | I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage . |
| 24 | The January 1983 Medau News would contain an article explaining the new system to all and a letter would be sent to class secretaries ( some of whom may have changed since Sept. ) asking again for their help in encouraging membership amongst class members . |
| 25 | They made extensive use of sub-contractors , some of whom might agree to bring as few as a dozen men-at-arms and archers to the force . |
| 26 | That meant a reservoir of skilled engineers , some of whom might have accumulated 15 or more years ' experience before being made redundant or taking early retirement . |
| 27 | Investors , some of whom might have earlier come out with a fortune were suddenly losing . |
| 28 | The true type , as personified by my own and other mothers , was destined to bear child after child , some of whom could miscarry , some of whom could die , and all of whom were a perpetual source of worry and expense . |
| 29 | In so far as the general picture is intelligible , it appears that we are dealing with a group of warlords in the north , some of whom could claim to be upholding Roman jurisdiction . |
| 30 | The true type , as personified by my own and other mothers , was destined to bear child after child , some of whom could miscarry , some of whom could die , and all of whom were a perpetual source of worry and expense . |