Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , since the English language , not unlike its speakers , and the climate in which it was reared , did not necessarily adhere to the principles of predictability , even had the thought of the good Earl occurred to me , I may st ill not have surmised that it gave proof positive one way or the other re the acceptable pronunciation of the Square 's Christian name . |
| 2 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 3 | Every so often , someone would buck the trend : in 1982 Mr Kinnock was dropped from the slate , but kept his place . |
| 4 | There 's clearly a problem , any ward councillor who brings out t that sort of thing which is non non-trivial to this council er for the reasons he has it seems to me deserves er to be supported unless there 's a very strong case against it and I do n't worth considering and that 's what I shall vote.worth co you do n't . |
| 5 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 6 | I do nt know about their upload policy — you can ftp anonymously ( username anonymous , password — email address ) , there should be some info about it . |
| 7 | Leyhill prison on the Gloucestershire Avon border is as far from the popular conception of a jail as you can get.Modern buildings cluster around borders boasting blooms that many public parks would be hard pressed to match.Leyhill is an open prison … the last port of call for inmates nearing the end of their sentences.A hundred prisoners work on the nearly forty acres of lawns , borders and market gardens.Their skills won them a silver medal at Chelsea for this display of garden design.And at Leyhill , they 've created a spectacular show … with drifts of brightly coloured pelargoniums competing for attention with giant cannas … and a fine show of roses.New borders are being created all the time … giving the prisoners an opportunity to express themselves and learn techniques that could help them go straight when they 're released : |
| 8 | ‘ Everything I do is honest and is undercut with this idea that we can ll relate to what I 'm talking about . |
| 9 | can do it on Monday and we can People will have until Friday then to ask . |
| 10 | They should fruit in May . |
| 11 | Powerless to stop the violation , the peacekeepers then watched Croatian Serbs break into UN-guarded storage areas to remove their heavy weapons so they could retaliate. — Reuter |
| 12 | Truly my living words could vindicate me ; ask Helen , if they would not. , The necessary complement to the epistolary picture of his Oxford life is his own book Oxford , published three years after he came down . |
| 13 | condolences and they would people were always asked if they wanted to see the remains . |
| 14 | George was a quick thinker so always did the introducing and all of the talking , but George did not talk about himself — he told of how Lennie was as strong as a bull and how he could buck barley all day . |
| 15 | There was no system of licensing and anyone could embalm. asked how NVQ 's would effect membership of the Institute and stated that in his opinion the number of members of the Institute would decline . |
| 16 | Yet some of the people concerned would be people I was at school with ; and in any case it would cal 1 upon questions and allegiances that I had continuously pushed into the rear recesses of my mind . |
| 17 | I wish it would buck up and be Monday . |
| 18 | Any moment it would buck , toss her , white broken heap , on to the gleaming floor . |
| 19 | It would be.the most powerful force on earth . |
| 20 | It is , nevertheless a gem of an engine which , despite its muscle , works quietly at all speeds and , until the electronic cut-off kills the ignition system abruptly at 6,250 rpm , feels as though it will rev to astronomical figures . |
| 21 | In Nicholson 's case , the description came with the ever-present prefix that on the occasions he has tried acid , it was used properly to avoid bad trips ; thus , he had ‘ come to terms with things that you perceive would be otherwise impossible — things that help you understand yourself … plus , if used properly , it can means quite a lot of kicks . ’ |
| 22 | So it can people in . |
| 23 | What should people do if if they they want to protest about it further David ? |
| 24 | What could people say ? |
| 25 | John said quickly , ‘ What would people like to play after dinner ? |
| 26 | ‘ But — what would people say ? ’ |
| 27 | What will folk say ? |
| 28 | ‘ What will people say ? |
| 29 | ‘ What will people think when those children ask her for an improper story ! ’ |
| 30 | Some might be worrying about their dancing and how it looks to onlookers , others might be worried about their partner 's nervous shuffling from foot to foot — what will people be thinking ? |