Example sentences of "this [verb] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( This assumes they can recall this accurately ) . |
| 2 | Certain cultural distinctions were breaking down and in the anxiety which this provoked we can read the effects of tar-reaching historical change . |
| 3 | When this occurs we can say that " hand A is perpendicular to hand B' , or that " hand B is perpendicular to hand A " . |
| 4 | If anything like this occurs you may need to reinterview all the witnesses . |
| 5 | If this happens he will change the angle of climb automatically as the glider starts to gain height , and he will continue to pull it higher for a few seconds even if a power failure has occurred . |
| 6 | If this happens you can make a suicidal leap and start the level again — you 're never permanently trapped on a screen that ca n't be completed . |
| 7 | If this happens you should create a new DC based on the rejected one and change it appropriately to include the assessors ' comments . |
| 8 | The rabbit then drops downwards and as soon as this happens you should reintroduce the line ferret . |
| 9 | If this happens you will have to begin reading again , as explained on page 73 . |
| 10 | ( Very occasionally we have a meeting that goes on later than this and if/when this happens I 'll let you know afterwards . ) |
| 11 | ‘ When this happens it can stop the oxygen supply . |
| 12 | This done you can obtain your certificate of madness , as a fun souvenir of Gubbio , from the nearby shop ! |
| 13 | Whenever this happened he 'd get his paints and brushes out and start on another panel for Uncle Titch , who had the contacts with the fairground people . |
| 14 | Under this heading one must include a capacity for malevolent violence which , in Duiker 's rather chilling and non-committal words meant that where power was seized , people 's liberation committees were established and ‘ class enemies were punished ’ . |
| 15 | Three of the studies pointed out that this was common in elderly patients , and that this indicated they should receive lower and/or less frequent doses . |
| 16 | If you do this exercise it will provide you with an idea of how much time to spend on each assignment . |
| 17 | If they let this happen he would shoot the girl . |
| 18 | By the time this appears I will have been here a year ( 11 January ) . |
| 19 | This meant we could walk much further up the valley without re-tracing . |
| 20 | This meant they must have had a hired car to take them to the airport or have gone by tube . |
| 21 | This meant he would need to double the time to twenty days . |
| 22 | This meant he could tell us about his experience and shed some light on the strengths and weaknesses of the nursing care he received during his 15-day stay in the unit . |
| 23 | This meant it could concentrate on two core businesses — security printing and heating and bathroom products . |
| 24 | This meant she could continue to level her basilisk stare ( the one which she reserves for special enemies ) at selected MPs . |
| 25 | This meant I could blame the problems on other people or on situations outside myself . |
| 26 | Does this mean we should sit back and do nothing ? |
| 27 | Did this mean she 'd get away before her father caught up with them ? |
| 28 | I stared at him and this close you could see that he was young . |
| 29 | This means one must avoid calling from another room , talking with your face in shadow , walking away before you have finished the sentence or calling something over your shoulder as you go out of the door . |
| 30 | In practice this means they can borrow more cheaply than banks and thrifts which , being unable to compete with them , have increasingly decided to join them . |