Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean nothing could catch my imagination fantasy . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ said Julia with feeling , ‘ if he goes on like this , I should think someone will break his neck . ’ |
| 3 | had this lady coming round to see the , do you think somebody will buy my Ghostbuster bag ? |
| 4 | She might have resented his calm assumption that she would prefer to holiday in England at another time , but now it seemed nothing would affect her serenity . |
| 5 | But it seemed nothing could drag her thoughts away from Dane for long — he was always there on the edges of her mind , hovering like a kestrel ready to pounce on unsuspecting prey . |
| 6 | The way Greg was playing in 1986 , it seemed everything would come his way . |
| 7 | So , knowing Alan , do you remember somebody used to park their car in front of Alan 's gate when they went to London ? |
| 8 | She thought someone might ask her questions , but she was saved by the arrival of their director . |
| 9 | Trudie Sheppard collected her prize from popstar Cliff Richard , who said everyone should follow her example . |
| 10 | They had planned to photograph the monster at Winchester , Hants , hoping someone would identify his owner . |
| 11 | brought him there for the view , but it was impossible not to watch just the aircraft lights , perhaps macabrely hoping one would lose its grip . |