Example sentences of "something that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He had played the worst of tricks on her , making her lose all her self-respect , and it was something that would rankle in her heart for the rest of her life . |
| 32 | It played a very , very important part in David 's career , because it was for that film that he wrote ‘ Space Oddity'/ Most of the stuff on the film came from the Deram label but I thought we ought to have a very special piece of material — some new material — and something that would show how very fine and inventive a writer David was . |
| 33 | When choosing the frame for this design I looked for something that would show off the dark red colours of the flowers and also be fairly plain , so as to balance the rather busy design . |
| 34 | While some British officials were interested in the Schuman Plan , the Labour Party rejected it as something that would limit its ability to strive for democratic Socialism in Britain ‘ and to apply the economic controls necessary to achieve it ’ . |
| 35 | Although there is disagreement in the City over whether recession is inevitable , there were warnings yesterday that high rates could reduce package holiday bookings by as much as 40 per cent next summer — something that would help to narrow the current account deficit . |
| 36 | I was aching to say something that would help her . |
| 37 | I was wondering whether you had an aspirin or something that would help ? |
| 38 | What would be easier than withdrawing their overseas investments , something that would decimate our markets ? |
| 39 | The treaty gave no indication of what a common agricultural policy would be other than something that would increase agricultural productivity , ensure a fair standard . |
| 40 | ‘ Something that would interest you , my lord . |
| 41 | I think he realises that living in the same house would be very hard for both of you , and might lead to something that would worry your tender conscience no end . |
| 42 | Lately , he had begun to think that evolution was something that would occur in the soul and , in time , the fripperies of science would be revealed to be dangerous toys . |
| 43 | WHEN Robert Napier bought four acres of Carntyne and added it to his Parkhead Forge , it was to create something that would become a cross between Hell and Armageddon for the thousands who worked there . |
| 44 | The cordoned-off area , quite common in Russian hotels when special guests were being entertained and there-fore not something that would cause suspicion , was served by its own lift from the lobby . |
| 45 | The chief executive of State of Israel Bonds , Meyir Rosenne , says that he expects the issue to sell out in two weeks , something that would take him ten weeks in normal times . |
| 46 | She looked wistfully up the companionway to the square of blue sky , but fought the urge to go up on deck , scared he might ask her to do something that would reveal her ignorance . |
| 47 | Even if he did not allow himself to betray his secret directly he might let slip something that would provide a clue . |
| 48 | This would be a Council of Ministers with majority voting being permissible on a ‘ limited field of discussion ’ , but this would still be something that would lack the reality of supranationalism . |
| 49 | ‘ Yes , I was happy to make something that would let people outside know exactly what is happening in our country . ’ |
| 50 | Something that would establish him as a Writer : script-writer , poet , lyricist for a rock band , novelist , playwright … it did n't matter . |
| 51 | Emily drank the tea , suddenly aware of the incongruity of the situation : here she was , sitting in the kitchen like one of the servants , something that would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago . |
| 52 | Collecting all the raw material to create the final page or document is only the beginning of the desktop publishing process and is something that would have to have been done whatever system was being used . |
| 53 | Then he saw Peter 's face , the excitement in his eyes , and remembered the morning and the crashing gallop through the wood , and being aware afterwards of what he had done , something that would have seemed impossible before . |
| 54 | As far as the other aspect is concerned , that there is no something that would have to be dealt with on its merits taking account of the arguments for and against . |
| 55 | But if she 'd wanted to she could easily have told him something that would have stopped him dead in his tracks . |
| 56 | A huge , icing-covered cake with a welcome-home message from airport staff greeted the plucky youngster on her arrival and she quickly tucked into the tasty treat — something that would have been impossible for her just a few months ago . |
| 57 | Fifteen hundred pound if he was prepared to put a deposit down or something that would have been fifteen hundred quid . |
| 58 | Or perhaps one might just narrow it a bit further than that and say well let's see how history is going in the first two years , or the O level history course , or something like that , and we would discuss well given that all these different people are involved in history or have a stake in it in some way , or are interested in it , and given that you 're only going to have a very limited amount of time to do anything in , how can you do something that would be genuinely useful to the school in looking at the history teaching and something that would have the support of the people involved so that it was n't threatening anybody but they felt there was something being genuinely helpful . |
| 59 | There was no real way of keeping him away from Irish friends … unless of course , he were to have an accident too — something that would keep him at home for several months preferably . |
| 60 | What she needed was a weapon of some sort , something that would keep him at a distance should the need arise . |