Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 She only had about fifty pence left from the money she had borrowed from her stepfather the day before , but she hoped that the young Italian barman , who fancied her , had not yet been sacked or moved on and would give her a margarita , free .
2 Get up and will see what I can do . "
3 You can only tell when you zoom out and can take it all in .
4 We have a vague description , but if you saw her close up and could tell us , it would help the police .
5 She looked around but could see nothing prepared for the arrival of a baby Maggie seemed to have had no nesting instincts at all .
6 ‘ Those visitors of hers always make such a lot of noise ! ’ could mean that the old gentleman wants to take his nap ; but it could also mean he feels left out and would welcome something to do .
7 after it 's already been approved by planning , but it 's with the sub-committee and one anticipates that today , when they 're meeting that sub-committee will come back and will inform us that South Oxfordshire are in support of this .
8 He still liked to come down for meals but often could n't last out and would leave his food and return .
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