Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] that [modal v] [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | So , go to a considerable amount of trouble to , first , find the point where your story has to begin , where the first absolutely necessary fact has to be put before the reader , then work equally hard to find a form of words to state it that will catch your reader as firmly as Ruth Rendell catches hers . |
2 | I refuse to hear anything that might disrupt my own plans . |
3 | ‘ Too busy to do something that might benefit your mother ? ’ |
4 | She looked wistfully up the companionway to the square of blue sky , but fought the urge to go up on deck , scared he might ask her to do something that would reveal her ignorance . |
5 | ‘ This will be an opportunity for them to come into their own but without having to do anything that might upset their families . ’ |
6 | Why would I want to do anything that would lessen my chances of making money ? ’ |
7 | It 's how it 's used and what people do to get it that can offend our values . |
8 | The food she ate made you grow too , so she was very careful to eat only good food and to take nothing that might harm her little baby . |
9 | Ace was uncertain whether or not to say anything that might disturb his concentration more than the noise outside did . |