Example sentences of "[det] [verb] i [vb mod] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By half term I might have finished the last one . |
| 2 | ‘ This means I 'll have to leave tomorrow morning with Janice . |
| 3 | He called on the authority to issue a clear statement on the matter saying : ‘ As soon as that happens I would hope to speak with the RHA about these matters and the possibility of any mergers . ’ |
| 4 | Mona hesitated , then offered : ‘ If you seriously need that list I could try to get it for you . |
| 5 | That means I 'll have to carry this around with me while I 'm talking . |
| 6 | ‘ And that means I shall have to live longer to be around when he needs me . ’ |
| 7 | That means I can walk to work in the morning . |
| 8 | Any hope I might have entertained that Lewis and Verity 's little Hogmanay hug had been an aberration , something they would fail to follow through , or feel for some reason embarrassed about , was comprehensively quashed the next evening when they turned up together at Uncle Hamish and Aunt Tone 's , bearing all the signs of new lovers ( literally so in the case of Lewis 's neck , which displayed a line of passion purpurae worthy of an industrial vacuum cleaner , and which were ill-concealed by Lewis 's longish dark curls and a white shirt fastened with a bootlace tie ) . |
| 9 | The reaction to that speech - and my reaction to that , the attempt to explain and apologise — put a firm stop to any hope I might have had that I might have been a candidate for leadership of the party . ’ |