Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that point he becomes marginally important to my future , and I might just make out a client sheet for him . |
| 2 | Turning to the volume 's introductory pages , I read some encouraging words that at once led me to hope that I might yet track down a few potential search areas that had not already received too much attention . |
| 3 | But I could n't set up an ideal control system . |
| 4 | I could n't think up a lie , despite all my recent practice . |
| 5 | I could n't summon up a double bass in the short time that I had this rig , which was a shame since , like Hughes & Kettner 's BassBase , the unit is flexible enough to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of the instrument , the primary reason for the onboard notch filter . |
| 6 | I could n't keep doon a thing I ate . |
| 7 | One girl was a hard , chain-smoking sales machine letting me know I could not set up a multi-national congress without multi-national advertising . |
| 8 | When we got to the pub my hands were so swollen and red from picking up the jug and throwing it all day I could barely pick up a pint to drink . ’ |
| 9 | The drop down to half-moon Rhossili Bay below me was almost sheer , and the sea was striped with shimmering blue and white as endlessly long parallel lines of surf moved in slow motion towards the expanse of sand , on which I could just make out a few figures as tiny specks . |
| 10 | I could just make out a figure wheeling a bicycle up the drive . |
| 11 | Almost — but I could just make out a narrow stretch half-way over where the water flowed smooth and fast with each swell . |
| 12 | You know like , if I 'm really thirsty , I could just gulp down a glass of water or a glass of orange , just like that , but with fizzy drinks , I do n't know , I ca n't swallow them very easily , just sort of er , |
| 13 | G Chairman , if I could just pick up a deliberate accuracy rather than |
| 14 | ‘ I could probably draw up a long list . ’ |
| 15 | I would normally set up an area to the right of the input range but for ease of taking screen dumps I have here gone lower down — do not copy my example in a real database that is going to grow bigger ! |
| 16 | ‘ I would n't rule out an announcement quite soon , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Yes , yes , just disappeared , yeah , right , right , well I 'll ask Alistair , oh well uhum , I would n't hold out a lot of hope , huh , somehow , his uhum , he puts in an appearance at the summer fair for half an hour and looks round , says I think I 'll go now , , I 'll leave you to it you know , keep the children , , that 's it , is n't it , his taken our Clare in to buy a tennis racket . |
| 18 | I would never take on an act who could n't perform live . |
| 19 | ‘ I also see that we 're about as alike as chalk and cheese , because I would never sell out a whole species for the wrongs of one group . |
| 20 | I had made a start in Burmese at the School of Oriental Languages in London , going up from Stepney for a weekly lesson , so I could read haltingly and use a score or more greetings and questions , which deceived the kindly village people into thinking that I knew more than I did , with the result that an opening sentence of mine would elicit a whole string of Burmese from which I would only pick up a word or two . |
| 21 | Right , well , well , actually yes , what , what you look at , is , is what 's important to you and you put a cash value on it , and it might be the mortgage , it might be education , it might be giving yourself a couple of years ' salary and paying debts or whatever , er , and the security of knowing that O K , if I die , I 'm not leaving a problem for my family , but at the same time if I 'm in a situation where I get a serious illness and I ca n't bring in an income , I 'm securing my , my , my future in that respect . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't pass up a wishing star , ’ she chirped , bouncing out of the car . |
| 23 | " I ca n't turn over The Times so that the pages lie flat , I ca n't fold up a map in the right creases , I ca n't draw corks , I ca n't drive in nails straight , I ca n't go into a bar and order a drink without wondering what everyone 's thinking about it , and I ca n't strike matches towards myself . |
| 24 | Erm I 've obviously though about it quite a lot and I ca n't figure out a reason for it . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't cut off a head , ’ said the executioner , ‘ if there is n't a body to cut it off from . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I will not rule out a merger with Aldershot . |
| 27 | Mind you , I still think that now on the way back from a long hill-walk when I can just make out a dot that is the car . |
| 28 | I ca n't paint it , but I can mentally conjure up a corresponding work titled The Rapist of a huge erect penis clothed in a sober grey suit ( and bowler hat ? ) from whose open trouser flies pops out a tiny detumescent homunculus . |
| 29 | I can usually pick up a ball with one hand , but as I was laying over the ball , I had to use both hands to pick it up , and already a Cardiff forward was rushing down on me . |
| 30 | Remember to reduce speed on downhill stretches and to watch in the mirror for traffic which may be about to overtake , and which could therefore set up a swing . |