Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stuart was very happy he 's gon na get a bottle of whisky it could n't of been a bottle of bacardi for me could it ! |
| 2 | Erm some people around , particularly a the Asian population around w then became worried about what sort of support they would actually get from , the police in real terms if outsiders came into the area . |
| 3 | After the series of treaties in 1854 – 58 which helped to launch her on a rapid and irreversible process of change it could even still be questioned whether full-scale diplomatic representation there was worth what it cost . |
| 4 | In the case of Nikandre we can not know . |
| 5 | Now erm just just by way of look I 'll just interrupt this slightly I 'll come back to it in a second . |
| 6 | They also bring a high level of expertise which will obviously benefit our clients . |
| 7 | Perhaps Ken 's one failing was that he belonged to a breed of footballer who would later include Charlie George , Rodney Marsh and Emlyn Hughes — big heads . |
| 8 | If the children in Durham Cathedral do not have a sense of what it would cost them to break the vow of sanctuary they can not have much interest vested in keeping it . |
| 9 | ‘ So I thought if he were that kind of driver I would not get involved . |
| 10 | so with a bit of luck we wo n't have to go |
| 11 | Never have I seen a happier set of fellows , and with an equal share of luck we shall not be defeated on Saturday . ’ |
| 12 | With a bit of luck he wo n't be able to bear to part with it to a publisher . |
| 13 | With a little bit of luck he could still make an impact in an important event . |
| 14 | With a bit of luck she might even get a place on a flight that very day . |
| 15 | With a bit of luck I 'll actually get to see my first competitive Leeds match next Wednesday v the Arse at Highbury . |
| 16 | Suppose indeed that we were hedged in by limitations of comprehension we could not comprehend ? |
| 17 | The LFA Directive differs from other CAP provisions in that its broad objective is to support an area of agriculture which may not be best suited for production . |
| 18 | Once this has happened the tree will start to increase in height but , at the original point of damage there will still be a slight kink in the stem . |
| 19 | During the second six months he can , and may get a little work ; but until at least a year after the end of pupillage he will probably have to live on his parents or spouse . |
| 20 | ‘ Belief ’ may well be a dangerous word , implying , as it does , an act of faith which may often be unwarranted . |
| 21 | If ideals or values are essentially statements of faith which can not be logically sustained then much of our examination will be concerned with persuasion rather than with facts in themselves . |
| 22 | He concludes with this paragraph : If religion throughout the ages , and certainly in many parts of the world today , has been used as a weapon for destructive purposes , are we not called to demonstrate that as people of faith we can both live in passionate commitment to our respective tradition and at the same time in compassionate respect for each other and to affirm that the faith commitment of each one is only truly realized when we live in that mutual respect accordingly ? |
| 23 | It was the sort of part which would often come his way . |
| 24 | Of course one would n't change places with that poor old thing even if one had to look after fifteen small boys and a loony or so thrown in ! |
| 25 | A project is a project , he wrote , and once it is begun it should be carried through to the end , regardless of doubts about meaning , doubts about long runs , or doubts about anything else , unless the body screams for you to stop , of course one can not go on for long against the screaming of the body , but then that merely means one has miscalculated , it merely means one has begun too soon or too late or perhaps that the entire project was a miscalculation . |
| 26 | Of course one can not say this of the whole story ; were one to say that one would no longer be a Christian . |
| 27 | But of course they 'll both emerge somewhere . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course they 'll not get it , ’ said Keith . |
| 29 | And then of course they 'll always retain the one that appeals . |
| 30 | The person who gets on with the job instead of wasting time in chatter may show up the less zealous and cause the chatterers to feel vaguely guilty , which of course they wo n't like . |