Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Win or lose you must support your creative people , ’ he said at the Edinburgh TV festival . |
| 2 | When he 's really crazy and violent or says he 'll kill himself , he goes into hospital — for about a month , usually . |
| 3 | They will not attack , but if disturbed or cornered they will defend themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 5 | Or feel they could do it ? |
| 6 | The team 's feeling is that when we find that place we will know who was the killer . |
| 7 | Though that was easier said than done she would do her best , and try instead to enjoy what she could of the coming seven days , and treat each day as a holiday and as if she had n't a care in the world . |
| 8 | But no : she has hung around the DHSS while clerks forgot her like she was goods in the stockroom , and now she has a chit that says they 'll pay her lodging at the boarding house . |
| 9 | ‘ I never thought that screwing you would get you back . ’ |
| 10 | cost you far more getting it like that than saying we 'll support you |
| 11 | ‘ And the places that knew them shall know them no more . ’ |
| 12 | She had n't been looking forward to this session ; yet , deep down , there was a contrary twinge niggling at her sexuality that insisted she might enjoy it . |
| 13 | ‘ If you touch that fish I 'll have you up the steps before you can say Jack Robinson , ’ hissed Herbie , going blue in the face ‘ Whaddya mean , ’ argued Lofty , ‘ I found im and I got ta licence . ’ |
| 14 | The young Beatrice Webb was convinced of the importance of family life for women and during the 1880s desperately desired an intimate relationship with the leading politician , Joseph Chamberlain , yet she knew that to marry him would cut her off for ever from the purposeful life of work that she also wanted . |
| 15 | Devious devil ; she should have known better than to think she could fool him . |
| 16 | She should have known better than to think he would bring it to her , miserable sinner that she was . |
| 17 | alright , fair enough , if , if the , if the deformity is mobile that means you can move it , you can actually do a lot of manipulation and physiotherapy and that can work very well . |
| 18 | The Frenchman spoke the final words in a tone that suggested he would find it disagreeable to discuss the subject further , and the senator lapsed into silence . |
| 19 | On the one hand generality is built into the account : the normal justification of authority is that following it will enable its subjects better to conform with reason . |
| 20 | What we would advocate , as indeed Mr Smith did earlier , is that there should be a a global figure for Greater York , and a reduction , in an appropriate reduction in the requirement for each district , and I believe that anticipating you might ask me what that is what that reduction should be , erm I I can say it must be related to the ca capacity , of that district within Greater York . |
| 21 | She explained , and she showed us all those tiles and bowls , and the brush and comb he used to do his beard with . " |
| 22 | Must now conclude trusting my dear that every blessing will attend you and trusting I may find you well when I return — kiss dear Fritz [ ? ] for me and believe me to remain Eliza |
| 23 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Quite understandably , Brian is concerned about the way things are going , but I 've got the utmost faith in him and resting him would gain nothing . ’ |
| 25 | Bookmarks are easy to make and using one will help you look after your books . |
| 26 | Finally 5 Corps stated to Eighth Army : " it would appear that unless these formations are taken over by us as formed bodies and disarmed they will force their way across border as individual bandits plunder the country disorganise economic life our zone and threatened our security . |
| 27 | We could then leave it and say we 'll pick it up in an hour or so |
| 28 | The Chicheley-Smythes have bought an absolutely super villa in Sardinia and say we could rent it if we 'd like to . |
| 29 | I may be tempted to offer the spontaneous inclination itself as reason for my choice , and say I shall do it because I want to do it ; but in examining myself objectively I see that a fact about my wants and likes would be directly relevant only to a causal explanation of my actions , and could be used in deciding what to do only as I use any other objective facts . |
| 30 | Should watch that clock and say I 'll have one every two hours . |