Example sentences of "[indef pn] [modal v] [vb infin] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 2 | Nobody can pretend for a minute that they do n't know what 's going on . |
| 3 | Meaning lies in the mind , beyond words — just as one may search for a word to express one 's meaning . |
| 4 | In general if an illness has appeared rapidly and vigorously over a matter of hours then one should look for a cause in the preceding few hours or day at the most . |
| 5 | So on the flip side , in other words , nothing positive about the press release but positive about one truth , what one should say for a press release . |
| 6 | Though he 'd scarcely taken his eyes off her , and in a strange sort of way appeared to be fascinated by her , she sensed it was the kind of reluctant fascination one might feel for an intriguing , but poisonous snake . |
| 7 | There are some very good authors in the list , but recalling that there has never been a good book on poppies or penstemons , one might wish for a little more innovation in such lists . |
| 8 | Where government takes the form of absolute power ‘ the one who controls it appears to the people as a divinity … this religiosity can not fail to have its usual effects on punishment ’ ( Durkheim , 1973 : 305 ) , making punishment more severe than one would expect for a society of the same level of development but a less absolute government . |
| 9 | It is important to note that the consonants that have undergone assimilation have not disappeared ; in the above examples , the duration of the consonants remains more or less what one would expect for a two-consonant cluster . |
| 10 | He seemed so nice and dependable — just the sort of person one would like for a brother — and it hurt her to think that he might be double-faced . |
| 11 | Often employees are moved around an organization with the same consideration that one would have for a table or chair . |
| 12 | But in the meantime how pleasant it is to find oneself arriving in the evening for the first time in some lively little English market town , where one can forget for a while the noisy onward march of science , and settle down to meditate upon the civilised past . |
| 13 | One can forget for a while the rigours faced everyday and appreciate wholeheartedly the kind of escapism that lies at the root of ‘ The Passionate Shepherd to his love ’ and ‘ The Garden ’ and all other poems which make up the pastoral garden . |
| 14 | That 's where everyone 's different of course but erm I , I think it is , it is it is a factor that erm one can watch television or can listen to the radio or one can go for a walk or do all sorts of things as it were before noon and midnight but three or four in the morning , you know , when everything is |
| 15 | Around Napo , after 15 years of colonisation , there are still appreciable areas of untouched forest within 1.2 km of the road ; elsewhere in Ecuador , after 30 or 40 years of colonisation , one can walk for a day away from a road without reaching the forest . |
| 16 | ( In 1953 Pollock produced a canvas called Easter And The Totem which anybody might mistake for a Krasner . ) |
| 17 | Oh er , anybody can stand for an M P |
| 18 | Trestles make it all so much easier and safer , and it is worth while having a second one so that everyone can relax for a few minutes if it is proving difficult to align both wings to get the main pins in place . |