Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think I 'd call New Zealanders foreigners , ’ ventured Greg Hocking , in protest . |
| 2 | However , I must confess I do n't think I will buy new machines again . |
| 3 | If interest is earned in a separate account from the cheque account I would expect automatic transfers to keep the cheque account at an agreed limit . |
| 4 | In many imposing antique shops you will see stately bookcases full of attractive calf and vellum . |
| 5 | He kept their backsides so warm you could have fried eggs and bacon on them ! |
| 6 | If you lose your keys , or if someone steals your keys , or if you move into a new home and you do not know who may have spare keys change all the locks immediately . |
| 7 | It must be tight-fitting but at the same time easy to remove , for as the caterpillars grow they will consume enormous amounts of nettles . |
| 8 | The authorities say they 'll provide alternative services for everyone who uses the Centre and that they hope to redeploy the forty staff . |
| 9 | Jordanstown couple Sean and Patti McMurtry say they will take civil proceedings against the medics , who were found guilty last week of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council . |
| 10 | Equally clearly once the doorway is installed it must have precise dimensions . |
| 11 | Nationalist sympathisers such as Robin Angus of stockbroker County NatWest WoodMac , say it could bring new opportunities through the creation of a more flexible tax structure . |
| 12 | The emergency services say it could cut vital minutes from the time it takes to respond to a call . |
| 13 | If this were the case in driving it would have important implications for peoples ’ ability to learn to avoid danger . |
| 14 | At least one deal has been mooted which would allow European firms to publish simultaneously in several languages . |
| 15 | Criminalising them would cover trivial matters , such as neighbours quarrelling over a lawnmower . |
| 16 | People with whom one has had personal or professional differences — a row or a clash of principle — are best avoided ( albeit sometimes with real regret ) because meeting them might demand emotional resources that are n't there , open old wounds , or challenge one 's public certainties that in fact feel all too precarious . |
| 17 | Yet , because policymakers often neglect demographics , those who watch them and exploit them can reap great rewards . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've decided I must have schizoid tendencies . |
| 19 | Moreover , frameworks are being sought which may open new doors . |
| 20 | Should you try this version and register you will receive regular updates anyway so I believe it is worth a look . |
| 21 | ‘ Mother Francis says we should have enquiring minds , that everyone should ask . ’ |
| 22 | Dean Patterson says the use of solar energy is important to all people around the world … and he says we will say electric cars on the road within five years but even with the sun shining … they 're are breakdowns … punctures and problems … a driver says they 've had a stone fly up and brake the chain but they 'll get going again |
| 23 | When a deviation from expected behaviour occurs we can detect definite phases of the control process . |
| 24 | I hope we can do other things . |
| 25 | Merging companies believed they could achieve significant gains in productivity and profits , and government policy assumed that these would offset any adverse effects from an increase in monopoly power . |
| 26 | ‘ He says they should save old newspapers because , I quote , ‘ folded up tight they make good logs for the fire and , in extremis ’ — that 's what he says , the fucker , in extremis — ‘ they make better insulation than wool . ’ ‘ |
| 27 | Even when people are very severely disturbed they can express legitimate choices about whether they wish to be alone or in company , occupied or relaxing , about the food they like , about whether they would prefer silence or a music-filled room , and so forth . |
| 28 | As we have seen they may involve other types of expert as well . |
| 29 | Each offers slightly different and more appropriate benefits to the players , so that the individuals have a secure platform from which we hope they will make serious bids for international success . |
| 30 | ‘ But I hope they will allow independent investigators access to the inquiry . ’ |