Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [be] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously you might be better joining a club to participate in sport . |
| 2 | It runs off a normal car battery and has ample power to drive the punt at a greater rate of knots than you are likely to need , unless you are going to troll for pike ; and then you would be better using a boat rather than a punt . |
| 3 | You would be better spending a weekend in Antwerp , about 15 miles to the east , less well preserved architecturally but with more comprehensive museums and galleries , and much more the feel of a ‘ real ’ town . |
| 4 | But the main reason was that I wanted to explain how far I felt we had come in our understanding of the universe : how we might be near finding a complete theory that would describe the universe and everything in it . |
| 5 | ‘ It 'll be nice having a picnic together , just the two of us , wo n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | It is difficult to see how it could be otherwise given a political system dominated by appointment prerogatives and Moscow connections , rather than accountability to social forces with a direct stake in policy issues . |
| 7 | Father Moore is only a brief visitor ; he has called in crisply to pay his respects , exchange a few words of banter with Patsy ( also a brother-in-law of somebody ) , and to inform Siobhan that next year he will be personally heading a pilgrimage to Knock so as to ward off any unfortunate flukes of the road . |