Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The position had been reached where she could not make out the labels on the cans of food she was heating up . |
| 2 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 3 | Dorcas pointed to the shadows at the far end of the shed , where she could just make out something big and indistinct . |
| 4 | Acting is not a profession where you can simply stroll on — although I know a lot of fine actors have done that . |
| 5 | The Tears for Fears record , All Together Now , missed from its chorus , the words ‘ In No Man 's Land ’ — where we will presumably end up with Kinnock . |
| 6 | So he said that they could perhaps take a look round to see were there any secluded windows anywhere or any openings where they might just squeeze through . |
| 7 | But he had reached a pitch where he could n't give up . |
| 8 | William 's grandad had a lot of friends , unless they were there only to make sure he was safely laid to rest , where he could n't get up to much more mischief . |
| 9 | In April this year , he was grabbed by Banda 's goons , thrown into a cell without a window , where he could barely stand up , and ( much later ) charged with sedition . |
| 10 | Across the scrubby ground past the Nissen huts runs a main road , with a bus service to Stonehaven on the A94 , where it would again pick up the A92 . |
| 11 | But in this one you 're right and that makes me right too without having to decide just why I 'm doing this and perhaps doing more than I 'll ever get around to telling you . |
| 12 | I fear , however , that in my anxiety to win the support of Mrs Clements and the girls , I did not perhaps assess quite as stringently my own limitations ; and although my experience and customary caution in such matters prevented my giving myself more than I could actually carry out , I was perhaps negligent over this question of allowing myself a margin . |
| 13 | ‘ So I ca n't go out through the garden ? ’ |
| 14 | What in God 's name possessed you ? ’ he demands , face close to mine , pinching my shoulders , tilting me back so I ca n't look down . |
| 15 | ‘ I looked up so I would n't look down and get scared . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So I 'll just go on , then , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I might be going swimming at lunchtime today so I could probably run up there or put it in the post if I go . |
| 18 | ‘ I was orphaned so I could n't carry on studying . |
| 19 | We were on the top flat , so I could n't get out to play ; my Ma was feared I 'd fall down the stone stairs and break my neck . |
| 20 | I was the boy hiding in the cupboard , gagging my little sister so she would n't cry out . |
| 21 | The poor old lady loves a bit of company and her legs are bad so she ca n't get out much . ’ |
| 22 | I 'd have roasted Matilda 's bottom for her so she could n't sit down for a month ! ’ |
| 23 | And once the house is built , Peter has a guided tour to see how Ideal Home 's former furnishing editor Judy Smith designed the interior — so you 'll even pick up some valuable tips along the way . |
| 24 | The floor is only ten inches square so you ca n't sit down or squat in it . |
| 25 | It 's making money me money so you ca n't go up ! |
| 26 | You ca n't sleep you 're actually providing your own sleep deprivation and you say hey , next thing you know I really will be falling down the stairs ! but he does n't seem to get the joke and then it 's back to the cell and then the interview room with the barred , opaqued windows so you ca n't see out and they switch on the tape-machine recording everything as usual and it 's getting more bizarre ; they get me to do a Michael Caine voice ! |
| 27 | It 's not just the medical attention that 's first class either ; there 's a gym , so you wo n't give up your exercise routine will you , darling ? |
| 28 | Now , we 've had four questions already this week , if you missed any of them , we will be repeating them next week , so you wo n't miss out . |
| 29 | OK , so you 'd probably end up getting gunned down by the SAS or something , but that 's got to be a better end for a bunch of real rock terrorists than ending up as a Levi 's advert . |
| 30 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |