Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he should have delayed writing them a little longer . |
| 2 | The R.S. he had had so proudly stamped on the front was fading now , and the leather strap had almost worn through , so lately I had been carrying the satchel under my arm : Tata would never have considered buying me a new one while the . |
| 3 | I would n't have considered giving you the job if my friend Lord Coleworthy had n't recommended you so highly . |
| 4 | Caesar will never know how fortunate he was to survive this episode ; Mr Richards could well have attempted to administer him a Mars bar instead . |
| 5 | Any ‘ different ’ dream he had around that time might have served to give him the ‘ vehicle ’ he was seeking . |
| 6 | But I think we would have tried to find her a job rather more removed from mine , over time . ’ |
| 7 | She would have liked to do it a further time , after luncheon , but Alexandra was adamant . |
| 8 | Aunt Margaret tucked up Victoria and hung over the cot for a long minute as though she would have liked to sing her a lullaby . |
| 9 | She would have liked to deny me the gin and vermouth I was craving , but I would soon be a married woman and she could n't . |
| 10 | He was careful to exchange addresses and telephone numbers and , if he had not been so short of funds , would have suggested buying her a drink at the Ritz , outside which they were both standing . |
| 11 | He did not loiter to catch her although his apparently wayward path could seem designed to cross hers every now and then . |