Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] [to-vb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because there was nothing in Clara 's past that would seem to have fitted her for such recognitions : she was not bred to it . |
| 2 | Retailers can and should try to help prevent it . ’ |
| 3 | Some were just curious , and would pretend to have lost their way and hope to be invited to spend a night . |
| 4 | We all have to die some time and would like to go doing what we enjoy most . |
| 5 | This is the story of one man who , at 80 , still works a 50-hour week despite having retired from all Samaritan offices except that of Founder , and who still cares ‘ very passionately about human suffering , and would like to continue to do something to alleviate it , on however modest a scale ’ . |
| 6 | As it is , I have reservations about the application of the user interface in the Windows version , and will have to wait to see what the next version brings before I can make up my mind any more firmly than I can at present . |
| 7 | I very much enjoyed the unpretentious vocal quality of Ruth Holton though would like to have felt she had a little bit more in reserve . |