Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police spokesman added : ‘ It is incredible that someone should carry so much cash around with them and leave it in a car . |
| 2 | I thought , I must get as much walking practice as possible between now and tomorrow night . |
| 3 | If I were to go in now , thought Rupert , I should attract far more attention that if I 'd gone earlier . |
| 4 | It is something I might do again this week , next week or next month . |
| 5 | Or I might suspect too much vehemence in his insistence that he loves gibbons , and suggest that he is deceiving himself , that visiting the animals has become a habit without much joy in it . |
| 6 | If there were any of Serafin 's replies here then I might have rather more insight into his side of the story … |
| 7 | I 'll stay here another week or two till you come back , ’ I called after him . |
| 8 | Oh , I 'll get there some time , I expect . |
| 9 | I 'll remember instead another lecture I once attended , some years ago at the Cheltenham Literary Festival . |
| 10 | I could feel so much warmth and concern coming from her . |
| 11 | ‘ I could stay here all day , ’ Athelstan said , leaning back against the wall . |
| 12 | ‘ I could go upstairs this minute and drape myself in gold chains and beautiful bracelets . ’ |
| 13 | In Chester one shop had one copy left and would save it for me if I could get there that afternoon . |
| 14 | I knew that my presence annoyed him , and if I 'd stop to nurse hurt feelings , I 'd travel home each night on the el , lonely and defeated , in the way one can be on a train . |
| 15 | ‘ After all they 've done for me , ’ he bit toughly , ‘ I 'd have far more compunction if I allowed their youngest and much-thought-of son to ruin his life over some female who obviously does n't care a damn for him ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think I 'd have too much trouble getting a lift . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If I had that much money and it was the first real money I had ever made , ’ said the businessman at last , ‘ I 'd put a quarter of it in government savings bonds , and with the rest of it I 'd buy as much land or property in and around Tollemarche and Edmonton as I could lay my hands on . ’ |
| 18 | I used to smoke as much smack as I could lay me hands on . |
| 19 | I used to have so much illusion , " she said later . |
| 20 | Well I have I did n't because I said that I would just tell them about it and then I would speak again this month and see what er , they say . |
| 21 | Obviously I would appreciate as much notice as possible please . |
| 22 | Obviously I would appreciate as much notice as possible please . |
| 23 | For today 's recipe I would trim as much surface fat from the underside of the lamb as possible . |
| 24 | Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family . |
| 25 | In an ideal world I would have far more bogwood than even the extended budget allows , but I expect this could be remedied over the ensuring months . |
| 26 | I shall devote very little space to this subject . |
| 27 | Er , but clearly I I will commit whatever time I have available , and I shall make as much time as available , I have the support of Ross , my wife , this is all fully discussed before I even went through the panelling process . |
| 28 | ‘ You must excuse me , signorina but I will make now some telephone calls . |
| 29 | An I can hear loudly each word yu are saying , |
| 30 | The greatest possible self-created order , he wrote , compatible of course with the freedom to work , which may mean very little order indeed or may mean a great deal of order , depending on the individual and the circumstances . |