Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wished fervently that they might be allowed to be together , that nothing would happen to make them part . |
| 2 | The two assistants swore that nothing would have changed by the time he returned . |
| 3 | I could hardly blame him here — at least his feelings ; but even if , with an earlier and exact diagnosis he could have been spared a great deal of pain over a considerable period of time , I realize that nothing could have saved him . |
| 4 | Mrs Shephard , 52 , a former inspector of schools and senior education officer , has always joked that nothing could have prepared her more for being thrown into the deep end than leaving Cromer , where her father was a cattle dealer , for St Hilda 's College , Oxford , where she read modern languages . |
| 5 | There is no point in a defendant blaming his defective brakes if he was going so fast that nothing could have stopped him , or in blaming a puncture if he was driving on a tyre that was worn down to the canvas . |
| 6 | Of course , it 's not the kind of thing that everyone would want to get involved in … ’ |
| 7 | I mean , this lot did come in , only six months ago , announcing that everyone would have to stand on their own feet and not be rescued , and face up to competition , and all that . |
| 8 | Of course it is extremely unlikely that EVERYONE will start loving the Jesus way , but that 's no reason why YOU should n't start . |
| 9 | We believe that everyone will need to use the private car more selectively — possibly cycling or walking for short journeys or using public transport where this is possible . ’ |
| 10 | Share , the user group for IBM Corp mainframe users , reckons that no-one can afford to ignore the downsizing phenomenon any more , and wants to dedicate itself to such concepts as open systems and integration . |
| 11 | Leslie thrust it into my hand , thinking that I might want to keep it — surely a prophetic gesture . |
| 12 | ‘ Were you perhaps hoping that I might fail to keep our appointment ? ’ |
| 13 | The fact that I might choose to play something pretty much as a rhythm part one night will suggest something musically to these guys . |
| 14 | Before I ever had healing I was told that I might feel tingling or warmth , but alas , I can not truthfully say that I ever felt either , although of course , with hands laid on you , or just above you , there must be the sensation of touch . |
| 15 | ‘ Will you take me on the road here to see one or two things that I might like to see ? ’ |
| 16 | He he he actually suggested that I might like to call and see him this afternoon but I was n't available for that so well |
| 17 | At any rate , at the next ward meeting , he suggested that I might like to stand for the local council . |
| 18 | It had always , I think , been assumed that I might try to get to Oxford , and history ( by an equally mysterious process ) became the subject of my choice . |
| 19 | ‘ Dear lady , dear lady , to think that I might have lived my whole life through and never seen you . |
| 20 | Imagine my excitement , therefore , when it seemed recently that I might have stumbled across it in the shape of the Tower House in Malmesbury , Wiltshire . |
| 21 | If I sat still and did not do anything then nothing else could happen that I might have to cope with . |
| 22 | But Lawson then covers his back : ‘ For a time I was concerned that I might have made the wrong choice as Chief Secretary — a view I suspect was shared by John Major himself . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Did it occur to you that I might have made other arrangements ? ’ she said eventually . |
| 24 | I came here sweating thinking that I might have to do some work |
| 25 | Looking back I am increasingly grateful to the many people who took a share in this fortunate happening , though now I realise that I might have expressed my gratitude to them more often and more appreciatively . |
| 26 | I hope that I might have undertaken work of this kind without the experience of working for North Tyneside Community Development Project ( CDP ) from 1974 to 1977 , but I did and that experience shaped both the conceptualizing and the carrying out of this project . |
| 27 | He said nothing for a few seconds , and I sensed that I might have unsettled this policeman . |
| 28 | I listened with astonishment to the view that I might consider loving my cancer , for it did remind me that all was not well with myself , and not just physically . |
| 29 | P C would have had a revolver that I would expect to have been drawn . |
| 30 | Yeah I genuinely look all I can say about this new album is if I 'd have continued recording for the last twenty odd years and had a sustained recording career like Cliff continued singing , this would have been the album that I would 've ended up doing anyway . |