Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1939 fashions were similar to the 1960s vogue , which may explain why Mr Cross believed the girl was real rather than an apparition . |
| 2 | Mr Brandreth was President of the Oxford Union in 1968 and stayed on the following year , a high profile position which may explain why Mr Clinton remembers him . |
| 3 | I should think probably Mrs. Thatcher would send a letter to the Three Hundred group saying that she supported your aims , did n't she ? |
| 4 | Maybe he should follow up Lenny Campion 's suggestion , have his eyes tested for strain . |
| 5 | To enliven their dull stretch to Banff , Boswell had started a conversational entertainment , into which Johnson entered merrily — that their famous Literary Club in London should take over St Andrews university , and thereby rebuild the city . |
| 6 | The meeting was arranged for ten o'clock ; in their anxiety , they arrived twenty minutes early , and Ernest suggested that for politeness ' sake they should walk up White Horse Lane and back , to kill time . |
| 7 | It is with more pleasure that I thank all those who have helped my ideas about the Lorenz equations to develop ; they are many , but I must mention particularly Peter Swinnerton-Dyer , Bob Williams and Paul Glendinning . |
| 8 | Mr Gummer should pick up Mr MacSharry 's ideas and remould them to meet sensible criteria . |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe you should talk ter Albert Buller when 'e calls next time , ’ he suggested . |
| 10 | First , Mr Clark must roll back Preston Manning 's Reform Party , which has spread rapidly through western Canada from its base in Mr Clark 's native province of Alberta . |
| 11 | ‘ I believe our communities expect the number of uniformed police trying to combat these crime should also be increased ‘ It seems ridiculous that the Home Secretary should turn down County Durham Constabulary 's bid for only 20 additional officers . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ At first Eadred tried to bluff , claiming Sir John was a local landowner , but then he confessed that Santerre was funding Abbot Bere 's construction of the crypt but told me if I wished to know more , I should ask either Sir John or the abbot . |
| 13 | And I 'll beat up Tony Adams after . |
| 14 | If you enjoy a whodunnit , you 'll lap up Janet Laurence 's Hotel Morgue ( Macmillan , £12.99 ) . |
| 15 | You 'll see when we see today 's film run that this response wo n't have been nearly as rapid as the one he 'll show when Miss Quinn takes him . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll ring up Uncle Bean , and ask him to come and fetch us , ’ Nutty decided , but the Nicholsons had no phone and the nearest call-box was past the cinema in the town-centre . |
| 17 | You 'll see how HSA SuperPlan pays CASH direct to you to help towards your family 's healthcare . |
| 18 | Tomorrow , we 'll see how Francis Tuthill , his co-driver , Anthony Sewell and their Porsche 9-11 completed the final leg across Australia to claim victory . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll go up Glen Gelder . |
| 20 | While we are on local government matters , perhaps Derbyshire county council could be included in the extraordinary audit so that we might establish why Mr. Reg Race has lasted only nine months and the pay-off has not been announced to the public ? |
| 21 | Come on let's ring up Aunty Felicity . |
| 22 | ‘ As you may remember when Peter Lipscomb spoke to you last year , we have embarked on a £53 million investment programme . |
| 23 | Hector , who came and went at will through her open chamber door , was in turn barking and yelping , and she could make out Mrs Diggory 's voice . |
| 24 | And they could bring down Mr Major as well as Mr Lamont . |
| 25 | Not only that , but only the same breakthrough could bring about Philippe Chaumont 's release now . |
| 26 | Uncle Bill would perch me on the handlebars of his bicycle and we 'd spin along Lower Granton Road beside the railway lines , with engines and strings of wagons shunting dose to us and the engine-drivers shouting hello to Uncle Bill , and beyond them were the masts and funnels of ships in the harbour . |
| 27 | A slim attractive girl in jeans hovered near , her pose suggesting I could approach her ; but before I could do so Señora Sanchez accosted me . |
| 28 | Perhaps England could sign up Bernard Tapie for the games next week . |
| 29 | ‘ But he promised Nicola that she 'd take over Jane Pargeter 's presenter 's job ? ’ |
| 30 | Then you could walk up Madison Avenue and see a fake in the window . |