Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would have liked to stay longer , but realised that would have been greedy . |
| 2 | Right you got that 'll do , I think unless your father wants |
| 3 | Those who polluted least would pay the lowest charge . " |
| 4 | I , and then later my secretary , were given offices in this secular building , as the committee agreed this would help meet the pastoral needs of the community . |
| 5 | No additions expected This can arise when , for example , a file contains records of policyholders under a policy no longer offered . |
| 6 | If Winder 's challenge to the resolution succeeded this would mean that all the council 's tenants would be in a position to refuse to pay the increased rent , and maybe to claim return of overpaid rent . |
| 7 | After a few days climbing in the area we realised this might mean new or close together , but rarely both . |
| 8 | Knowing a little of his circumstances by this time — at any rate , I knew what his job was — I asked him if he realised this would involve him in considerable expense . |
| 9 | He was about to fish out some more money when he realised this would make things worse — or at least his perception of things . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're right , ’ she said as she realised this could mean only one thing . |
| 11 | The time ordering can sometimes help out ; since causes occur before effects , knowing which variable occurred first can help . |
| 12 | Except Sir Bruce agreed Six could search your flat — |
| 13 | No human is capable of truly knowing that they are not immortal , that someday the I that seemed eternal will cease , save in one moment ; the moment before true death . |
| 14 | The aircraft had a peculiar motion , rather like a small boat in a heavy ocean swell , or rather what I imagined that must feel like , never having been out on the open sea in a small boat . |
| 15 | They discussed two histories of music recently advertised , and Boswell believed each would suffer from the other . |
| 16 | Some of the lessons we learnt that will make the next one better , for you as well as us are ; |
| 17 | Initially she welcomed the professionals ' involvement because she believed this might result in help and advice in identifying the reasons for Tom 's deteriorating behaviour . |
| 18 | Behbehanian sincerely and deeply believed this would do the trick . |
| 19 | The trouble is that if we use 45% as the pass mark this year the child who came 80th will pass and so will all those above her . |
| 20 | Some of the more alarmist projections estimated this would need to rise to one in two in the early 1990s to maintain current intake patterns ( Callender and Pearson 1989 ) . |
| 21 | I never imagined this would happen . |
| 22 | He had not for one minute , he said , imagined this could happen and they had even planned to move to Mexico where he was in the process of renovating a house for them ; the bedrooms were complete and he had made a nursery for Michelle 's daughter , China , never to be occupied . |
| 23 | Accordingly I went ahead and circulated all potential volunteers with a call for the weekends of June 12-13 and June 19-20 , which at the time was two months away and I assumed this would allow enough time for SNH approval to come through . |
| 24 | we 've both got a week off , and we thought we 'd all can go just for a couple of days |
| 25 | Both migrants and non-enrollers believed more could have been done to help . |
| 26 | Complex component testing even with ATE available can take hours ( >4 hours ) and sometimes days , so it can take a lot of valuable testing time just to declare ‘ no fault found ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ He said he reckoned that would stop you . ’ |
| 28 | Coun. Robson claimed this would generate more traffic along Larkspur Drive than if the estate was all bungalows . |
| 29 | It pointed out that drilling levels were already falling and predicted this would mean a further considerable reduction . |
| 30 | Mr Jenkin said he believed the Chancellor should cut the huge deficit , and he predicted this could mean increases in indirect taxation . |