Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , you may want someone to be able to see base figures and a final result , but not the devious manipulations you have performed on the route twixt the two . |
| 2 | The explosion of the term ‘ regionalism ’ in this way should lead one to be suspicious of usages of it which slide from one focus of attention to another , eliding explanations in the meanwhile . |
| 3 | She would give anything to be able to talk with him in private , but he deliberately chose a time when both of them were a home . |
| 4 | Castle Drachenfels is not a straightforward or simple adventure — not that you would expect anything to be straightforward in such a dreadful place . |
| 5 | That way , every time she turned her head to address one section of the audience , the rest of them would have something to be surprised about . |
| 6 | ‘ If there was anything that caught his ear , he would tell everyone to be quiet and listen , and then fling himself about to the music . |
| 7 | I would defy anyone to be able to define Kenneth perfectly . |
| 8 | We would ask everyone to be patient and to leave plenty of time for their journey , ’ he stressed . |