Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 You must ensure that any loads carried or towed or secured and do check and see , do not overload your vehicle or trailer , when on a motor cycle , scooter or moped you must wear a safety helmet or designed which maybe fastened securely , you also must wear sturdy boots and gloves , tell other seen , wear something bright coloured or bright , reflect the material , open the door , brighten materials help in daylight as do and sheen .
2 Anyway , that meant I could have a decent drink and trust to luck not to have to need a lift back .
3 IRISH premier Albert Reynolds looks certain to fall today , after three members of his frail coalition government resigned yesterday and affirmed they would oppose a vote of confidence .
4 Under threat : Irish premier Albert Reynolds looks certain to fall today after three members of his frail coalition government resigned and affirmed they would oppose a vote of confidence .
5 One day she went to her favourite place , a beach a couple of hours from the city , and realized she 'd become a stressed-out workaholic .
6 By the end of the year the government was forced to change the situation and announced it would produce a range of standard emergency furniture for bombed persons .
7 Corollary Inc hitched a ride on Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT wave and announced it will offer a symmetric multi-processing 80486-based system for developing and debugging NT applications , the MP Developer Station .
8 So they had a meeting and decided they would put a big net over the entrance to the valley so that it would never be able to get in again .
9 The publisher had made a decision , no doubt on sound commercial information , about the viability of the book as a course text and decided it should have a more restricted clientele who are in a position to buy a large-format , expensive paperback .
10 Said a friend : ‘ It was two in the morning , we were drunk as hell and thought we 'd do a bit of shooting for a laugh .
11 Most people said I should get probation , but I was looking on the black side and thought I would get a sentence of three to five years .
12 Hallin also represented producer , Chris Allison , and thought he might form a partnership with the band .
13 Parisian designer Jacques Rougerie obviously got rather tired of his new project — designing a Seine riverbus — and thought he 'd have a lie-down instead .
14 He remembers telling his wife he was tired of working with ‘ old guys ’ and thought he 'd try a ‘ new kid .
15 She stared out of the window and thought she could write a book in the time it was taking them to get to Nice , which really was just around the corner .
16 ‘ One of the people I talked to was a salesman for Allied Dunbar and said they 'd do a great job .
17 SDLP councillor Jonathan Stephenson described the motion as ‘ deeply offensive ’ and said it would create a ‘ Berlin Wall of implacable opposition ’ between the two communities .
18 Shackel became indignant and said he would fetch a magistrate and complain about the Chief Constable 's attitude , which he did .
19 I wondered how the redoubtable Inspector Drew would react to the Daily News initiative , and hoped I would hear a verbatim account of his first interview with Toby Greenslade .
20 We do know that the headmaster spoke to him early in the evening , and suggested he might like a glass of sherry later on — ’
21 Goibniu remembered that Gnomes were reportedly extremely greedy , but said they would take a look at the designs now , if the Gnomes were quite ready , thus galvanising the Gnomes into anxious industry , resulting in much unpacking of knapsacks and unrolling of parchments and remarks such as , ‘ Who 's got the plan of the turquoise bracelet ? ’ and ‘ Why did we bring along four sketches for the everyday silver tiara ? ’ and ‘ Flaherty 's sitting on the Coronation sceptre ! ’
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