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 ! ’ |