Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun pl] and [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain favoured the Hashemites and might consider Abdallah a suitable ruler in due course . |
| 2 | Mr Scarff said : ‘ I could n't carry on employing staff who supported the men and might have been able to leak sensitive information . ’ |
| 3 | Every one of them , he said , lost him money every year ; he kept them because he liked them , and because he had no children and could afford to indulge his old age . |
| 4 | As for the UK situation , the Shipping Federation had plenty of free labour , while the union had no funds and would think itself fortunate if it could keep the men out for a week or two . |
| 5 | This is because his opponents in Congress set the rules and can change them whenever they want ; Congress amended the constitution more than 300 times during 1992 . |