Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I would get no help from the Treasury and , indeed , I suspected that they could not understand why the department was wasting its time on this issue at all . |
| 2 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 3 | ‘ I realised I could influence the situation by saving resources and helping to keep the environment as clean as possible . ’ |
| 4 | If I strained I could see the world as others did , stereoscopically , but if I relaxed binocular vision would ensue , and while one ‘ eye ’ would remain focused , the other would slide away into the clouded periphery where The Fat Controller and his machinations held sway . |
| 5 | But should it be that anyone ever wished to posit that I have attained at least a little of that crucial quality of ‘ dignity ’ in the course of my career , such a person may wish to be directed towards that conference of March 1923 as representing the moment when I first demonstrated I might have a capacity for such a quality . |
| 6 | As I mentioned I will discuss the possibility of certification of LCCI training course with Liam and let you know the outcome . |
| 7 | I decided to approach the Mental Health Unit and once I 'd started visiting there , I found I could work every hour of every day . |
| 8 | Eventually , I found I could hang the slide on my index finger and doodle around that way . |
| 9 | I found I could force the steering wheel a quarter of a turn and flex all sorts of things , like the casting for the gearbox mounting . ’ |
| 10 | She found she could get the attention and praise she wanted only by achieving , being good and caring for that pretty little monster she so resented . |
| 11 | Dot found she could read the letters and was surprised . |
| 12 | There was not a lot to tour in the inclement weather , though the Bohemia concert party was marked down for a visit , and the bandstand too held promise , though with all these people about , she doubted she would hear the music . |
| 13 | But even as she fumed she could see the sense in his ploy — nobody would be suspicious of his frequent presence in the nightclub if they thought he had something going with Rory . |
| 14 | Had we put in the stop where I originally proposed we would run the risk of pedestrians stumbling on the ‘ step ’ . |
| 15 | On the fourth day we moved our camp a few miles to the east , where our trackers maintained we should find the nyala more numerous ; this proved to be the case . |
| 16 | Once we know the amounts involved we can calculate the masses of reactants and products . |
| 17 | If that occurred we would have the option to pull them out . |
| 18 | In the 1960s , when bank credit was tight , companies found they could use the services of a broker to lend to one another . |
| 19 | Brian Rose was brought in for his first home Test and promised he would attack the bowling ; he was as good as his word and made 70 , but 33 from Gatting was the only other contribution as the last seven wickets went for 24 in fifty-two minutes . |
| 20 | John Selwyn Gummer , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food When Mr Gummer took over the Ministry of Agriculture , he promised he would put the consumer first . |
| 21 | BOWLER Vic Macey joked he 'd break a pal 's leg if he hit him for four at a Paignton cricket match — then DID accidentally after the game . |
| 22 | But sixteen days later , on 18 February 1756 , Miller quickly wrote to apologise for giving the wrong name of the ship by which he had sent seeds , roses and cedar cones , and also to thank Bartram for his letter of 9 December in which he mentioned he would like the Norway Maple . |
| 23 | Apart from anything else , she wanted to recompense him in some way , although she doubted he would accept a reward . |
| 24 | Sweat had stained his shirt and as Doyle approached he could smell the effort on the man 's body . |
| 25 | Eventually MacPhie found he could break the spell of the magic thread if he cut it with the woman 's magic hatchet . |
| 26 | If properly used it could improve the quality of life by a considerable degree . |
| 27 | No further work may be performed on the DC and the user who proposed it should review the reasons why it was rejected and produce a more suitable DC . |
| 28 | ‘ By the second race I believed I could win a GP . |
| 29 | But being unqualified for anything more taxing than preparing meals and cleaning rooms , it seemed I might have no alternative but to go into service . |
| 30 | Reflecting on his day out against Dublin he said : ‘ That day it seemed I could do no wrong . |