Example sentences of "[noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it is not impossible that , if I had needed to make application to the authorities to undertake a dash to and from London for the purpose I had in mind , the brother-in-law 's request might by some happy chance have ‘ married up ’ with my own application . |
| 2 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has said that the weight to be given to an employee 's conduct ought to be decided ‘ in a broad , common sense manner ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Thomas met his enemy face to face that afternoon too , ’ shrilled Gwendolen , determined that her beloved 's name should at least be represented . |
| 4 | Or the place where the Turk 's Head used to be . |
| 5 | It may be that none of these incidents , taken by itself , would be very significant , but the cumulative effect of them supports the view that the plaintiff and her husband subordinated their own interests to the wishes of the deceased … the plaintiff 's acts went well beyond what was called for by natural love and affection for someone to whom she had no blood relationship , and both she and her husband made it very clear in their evidence that there was no great love and affection between her husband and the deceased , and that he was only willing to pay for meals that the plaintiff provided for the deceased and to work as he did in the garden of the cottage because of the expectation that the deceased 's estate would in due course pass to the plaintiff . |
| 6 | The town 's morphology can for convenience be considered in two sections , first the defended enclosure and the extra-mural suburbs south of the river ( fig. 18 ) , and second the extra-mural areas to the north and west ( fig. 20 ) . |
| 7 | Flanked by two enormous screens which depict various hazy hallucinatory effects , they easy their way in gradually , seemingly unperturbed by the presence of MC Wayne , whose contribution to the evening 's entertainment can at best be described as ‘ minimal ’ . |
| 8 | Flanked by two enormous screens which depict various hazy hallucinatory effects , they easy their way in gradually , seemingly unperturbed by the presence of MC Wayne , whose contribution to the evening 's entertainment can at best be described as ‘ minimal ’ . |
| 9 | Most of a canal 's metalwork would at some stage pass through the blacksmith 's forge . |
| 10 | 2.41 He went on to say that it should not be assumed that the wife 's dependency ought to be calculated on the footing that it would have ceased when her husband ceased earning before he reached 65 . |
| 11 | For the first time in her life she faced the truth of her past , clear-eyed as her formidable father 's daughter ought to be , devoid of pride and love of self , and inspected what had brought her to this pass . |
| 12 | Alan Fountain 's lecture will in part draw on the philosophy behind this new series . |
| 13 | Should you see your way to granting this request , the cardinal 's servant shall on the morrow escort the lady Anne from the sanctuary to your abode . |
| 14 | Easily Accessible : Bridport is an interesting Saxon town , historically famous for its rope-making — a hangman 's noose used to be known as a Bridport dagger . |
| 15 | The party 's importance may in any event be dwindling . |