Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at it , Nutty realized you could use the Smiths ' bath without the Smiths knowing . |
| 2 | William realised he would have to handle the unloading alone if the van did not arrive in the next few minutes . |
| 3 | This is particularly true of the company puff wanted because the chairman thinks he should run an advertisement which says no more than " we are jolly good fellows " . |
| 4 | The tenant should consider deleting both clauses 11.1 and 11.2 though for the reasons given they could perhaps be tolerated if necessary . |
| 5 | My Lords , for the reasons given I would however dismiss this appeal . |
| 6 | Mickie then and there decided that if the opportunity arose he would team up with Raoul on future helicopter design . |
| 7 | On the other hand if you 've important business or vital meetings to attend you will be in for a tough time . |
| 8 | And experts fear they may never be seen by the public . |
| 9 | And experts fear they may never be seen by the public . |
| 10 | Results will be given as quickly as possible , but some experts fear they could take up to a month if demand is high . |
| 11 | AN INVASION of rats has hit Frodsham and pest control experts fear it could be a permanent problem . |
| 12 | AN INVASION of rats has hit Frodsham and pest control experts fear it could be a permanent problem . |
| 13 | Hunting has now been banned , but experts fear it will take many years for their populations to recover . |
| 14 | First , those who come to the Park to enjoy it can not do so , because of all the traffic . |
| 15 | Before leaving Butterworth v. Kingsway Motors it should be noted that if the same facts ( i.e. involving a motor vehicle ) were to occur again today , the result would be different because of the Hire Purchase Act 1964 , Part III ( see paragraph 5–40 above ) . |
| 16 | Peering through the cobwebs at the stable clock , Umberto realized he should have been up an hour ago . |
| 17 | Discretion erring , our driver announced we would swap buses . |
| 18 | Well , the thing is , Pop Will Eat Itself used to come down to my place when I first had it and absolutely f— the place up . |
| 19 | At the end of the Gulf War , British Army authorities announced they would have to destroy all dogs which had been picked up and kept by British units in the war zone , but Dave and his colleagues decided they were n't going to let this cruel fate befall Des . |
| 20 | Further at this point , the writer thinks it may be expedient to include a paragraph on the subject of human ability to acquire and retain a faith , or religion . |
| 21 | THE small clubs fear they will ultimately be cut off and thrown on the scrap heap if the FA ploughs its own furrow . |
| 22 | They were only upstaged by Tim Stockdale and Philip Heffer , who dressed as Show-Jumping ‘ Groupies ’ , with poor Franke Sloothaak proving he can run fast when he needs to . |
| 23 | You might be in here , harmless , visiting somebody , and before you could say Werewolves Unite they 'd have you on the operating table , jacking both legs off . |
| 24 | But bosses Martin and Vivien Shrager-Powell reckon Fergie 's films and other new projects mean it 'll be back in the black before long . |
| 25 | When they were swanning around looking pretty , our families were working their fingers to the bone for virtually nothing and now Miss High-and-Mighty thinks we should admire them . |
| 26 | Hawking thinks it can go either way but we will never know . |
| 27 | I parked the jeep under a tree and then , looking at my watch , I decided that as I had a couple of hours to spare I would take a walk across to the other bridge where I had noticed a café on our first day into Normandy . |
| 28 | When you find you have only a few hours to spare you can choose the best swim for that particular period . |
| 29 | ‘ If you 've got a few minutes to spare I would like to see these fields that have caused so much bother . ’ |
| 30 | What assurances can the Minister give that in attempting to develop a common requirement for a new air defence frigate we shall not end up with another fiasco of expensive and fruitless bickering between countries with different design requirements ? |