Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] someone [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game . |
| 2 | I hope it will become unrolled and someone may see it . |
| 3 | ‘ I am desperately sad that our scheme did not come to fruition but I am glad that someone will take it over and bring these jobs to the area . |
| 4 | An unidentified spokesman for the V&A was quoted in The Independent newspaper of 16 May , 1992 ( which featured several colour illustrations from the album ) as stating , ‘ We have always said that we could not raise the money to buy it , but would be very happy if someone would buy it and give it to us ’ . |
| 5 | When Scholes writes that ‘ no text is so trivial as to be outside the bounds of humanistic study ’ , I am reminded of C. S. Lewis 's argument that any piece of writing has a claim to being literary if someone can read it in a ‘ literary ’ — i.e. an absorbed , attentive , loving — fashion . |