Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Or I could just stuff them down that wrinkled old gullet . |
| 32 | Flying from London to Los Angeles I could make New York a genuine intermediate target by taking a stop-over or I could simply score the halfway mark on the total journey . |
| 33 | ‘ Or I could simply beat you until the blood runs . |
| 34 | Secondly , I wanted to create a factory where nobody would ever have to do any physical work . |
| 35 | It is difficult , however , to accept the concept of work which is non-profit-making or which may even cost the providing employer a substantial amount of on-going revenue funds , and until now there has been a great reluctance to fund such initiatives . |
| 36 | So you trace the , the , the , in other words the day 's residue becomes just part of the associations which leads back often to things which did n't necessarily happen today , or which may even have happened in the past . |
| 37 | The tendency to translate English passive structures literally into a variety of target languages which either have no passive voice as such or which would normally use it with less frequency is often criticized by linguists and by those involved in training translators . |
| 38 | It is the same as the clinical mercury thermometer which one reads directly , or which can now present its reading electronically . |
| 39 | Of course there are lots of questions which would have to be sorted out — the difference is the Scottish Education system , & the courses offered , for a start — & you might well have doubts about cutting yourself off from your friends & so forth . |
| 40 | Sloane introduced her to Isaac Rand , the Demonstrator of Plants at the Physic Garden , who advised her to live near it where she would find the plants needed and where she would certainly have met Miller and Ehret . |
| 41 | In particular the special garden for the blind was her favourite , where she would gently rub the sweet-scented leaves and herbs and flowers between her fingers and recall their names — the names she knew so well from the allotment we had had in South Shields . |
| 42 | He was her sole reason for getting up at all , the only incentive to clothe and feed herself and drag herself from her bedroom where she would much prefer to stay . |
| 43 | Where she need never think of him again . |
| 44 | Afterwards she will speak on the party 's policy for women at Darlington Arts Centre , where she will also launch Labour 's Woman Today magazine . |
| 45 | The technique in Scale 1 is to fuel the recluse 's imaginative understanding of a condition where she can freely maximise her spiritual potential and , at the same time , promote the discipline which allows her to do so . |
| 46 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 47 | Dorcas pointed to the shadows at the far end of the shed , where she could just make out something big and indistinct . |
| 48 | The male domovoi traditionally lived by the front step and the female in the cellar , where she could best supervise the family 's food supply . |
| 49 | There was the frightening sensation of being sucked into an invisible vortex , some dark cavern of the senses where she could no longer stand back and resist , where she could only feel … |
| 50 | It 's wonderful — richer and more unctuous — in stuffings or to flavour sauces where you would normally use lemon or lime . |
| 51 | This enables you to decide where your strengths lie and where you would ultimately like to work . |
| 52 | Belcher si not a great beer-drinker either , but for Morse and Dexter there 's no better way of ending the day at the pub , one of their favourite haunts is the Kings Arms where you might even get Dexter to admit he might actually share one or two of his creation 's habits . |
| 53 | A desert , Menzies thought , a wilderness where you might just manage to survive for forty days and forty nights , especially if there was an angel at hand to minister to you . |
| 54 | One or two of someone else , probably Paviour himself , but of course we have n't got him on file , and these are where you 'd expect ‘ em , on the door , where you might well finger it if you just looked in to have a word with the incumbent , so to speak . ’ |
| 55 | Transfer the pudding to the refrigerator , where you may safely leave it for several days . |
| 56 | ‘ Things are starting to get much easier for the business person , although there 's still a big difference between setting up in Budapest , or Warsaw , or Prague , compared with somewhere in the country , where you may still have a long wait for a telephone connection . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ Where you 'll never find her , ’ he mumbled . |
| 58 | ‘ Where you 'll never trouble him , my lord . |
| 59 | They are available from L. Cornelissen & Son , where you will also find a full range of back-up materials for the serious pastel artist . |
| 60 | Most non-owners who want to ride go to their local riding school which can vary from being a top class training establishment with excellent facilities , where you will probably pay accordingly , or a small set-up with few mod cons . |