Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know the sort of thing : There once was a would be MP Who said if you do n't vote for me I 'll scream and I 'll shout Might knock myself out And probably fall into the sea . |
| 2 | And nothing I could do would hold them apart … |
| 3 | And nothing I could do would stop it . ’ |
| 4 | If I put that aside I would say let's put you on erm postal wallets . |
| 5 | He has it firmly in his head that this whole fracas is on my account , and nothing I can say will sway him . |
| 6 | And nothing she could think could raise her arm |
| 7 | She knew that nothing she could say would change his mind . |
| 8 | She would not return to you because you believed her to be a fallen woman , and nothing she could say would convince you otherwise . ’ |
| 9 | I mean that 's the sort of thing if the press decides that somebody 's not a good thing , then that person is not a good thing and almost nothing he or she can do can change it . |
| 10 | On the other hand , can you see if coordination gets er deteriorates in any way you 're going to be cut off from an awful lot of things you now , you might have been marvellous at embroidery , it gave you a lot of satisfaction but if your co coordination starts to go then the quality of what you can do will satisfy you , will dissatisfy you , make you feel annoyed . |
| 11 | But has there ever been any effort to by management or by anyone at all to change you and say , Okay you 've proved you can sing let's update it let's get a faster beat anybody ever said that to you ? |
| 12 | Sometimes the fact that you are doing something concrete to help someone with whom you can empathise can help you to forget your own personal misgivings . |
| 13 | These things do n't really lose their snap and savour without smoking , but thinking that they might do can distract one from enjoying them properly . |
| 14 | The things they could learn could damage their nature in its essence . |
| 15 | And nothing he could say would make her forget them . |