Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 2 | Entering the Portal will transport you back to the five doors where you can visit another country and city . |
| 3 | Well it actually does n't very , it does n't touch the actual fence it erm all along the concrete poles they 've got holes through them where you can put some wire different higher of fence you see |
| 4 | Also listed are some other places where these services may be provided , or where you can get more information . |
| 5 | At the same time that personal computer technology is moving to centre stage for corporate applications , ‘ it is moving down into what you might call the intelligent television , where you can select any type of movie to see , or shop , or interact with information , ’ Gates said . |
| 6 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 7 | ‘ Is there anywhere near here where we could get some bread and cheese ? ’ asked Breeze , thinking that at this moment she could eat a dog-biscuit with gusto . |
| 8 | Examples are too numerous to list , but a particularly telling one from members of our own profession , where one might expect some awareness , can serve . |
| 9 | The lack of a rear input is a serious drawback , but the company tell me that considerations of space ( where they 'd put this socket , heaven knows ) and cost were uppermost in the decision not to include it . |
| 10 | When we look at the lists of saints ' resting-places in Anglo-Saxon England , when we see how saints ' remains were moved from the outer fringes to the heart of the West Saxon and Mercian kingdoms where they could do more good ( for example , St Oswald from Tynemouth to Gloucester , St Judoc from Cornwall to Winchester ) , when we watch Otto I move the body of St Maurice ( the soldier saint ) in state from Burgundy to Magdeburg to fight on his eastern frontier , we witness the deployment of heavenly troops on earth as if there were not the slightest difference between the two spheres . |
| 11 | They want to have an interesting or exciting time , a time that would not be boring , where they could create some action … |
| 12 | They did n't play loud ; they played where they could hear each other in the studio , and that natural leakage — as I learned later when I got into engineering — actually helped to blend the tonal quality . ’ |
| 13 | When they disobeyed they were transformed into pillars of rock and placed where they could see each other but never meet . |
| 14 | He wanted to go somewhere where he could be alone — where he could get some peace . |
| 15 | The track 's existence came under threat — there was talk of it becoming a gravel pit and it was , after all , a prime industrial area — but in 1982 tobacco giant Gallagher purchased the site and handed the important sections over to the Brooklands Museum Trust , erecting its new headquarters building where it would create least damage . |
| 16 | Chris Goodenough , 19 , student ( above ) : ‘ I prefer the Seventies style , although I would wear this top . ’ |
| 17 | Although I shall cricitize this theory of responsibility below , we should next complete this outline of choice theories by examining how they deal with the question of what kinds of obligation should the state enforce . |
| 18 | I has taken me a while to figure out that ‘ we ai n't got Windows , we got DOS ’ so I would appreciate any advice in your columns on the basics — what sorts of programs are suitable for a simple soul like me who needs to knock out the odd poster , magazine or newsletter and something that will look more professional , from time to time . |
| 19 | I think they 'd get some good material from us , so I 'll add some match reports and humourous stuff for them to do with as they will . |
| 20 | ‘ So I 'll have more time for designing . |
| 21 | We do n't have an afternoon surgery , so I 'll have more time to talk . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I would not mind a few more so I could do more work at the Exchange . |
| 23 | ‘ She threw a party so I could meet this man Richard . |
| 24 | ‘ I merely shut you up so I could get some sleep ! ’ |
| 25 | I vowed to do anything to please Mum so I could have that bed , but I should have known better : it was impossible to please her . |
| 26 | It was pure good luck that someone dropped out so I could come this weekend — at least , I thought so at the time . ’ |
| 27 | I never describe the bar , so I can use any bar any time without screwing up my contract . |
| 28 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 29 | Turn it around so I can have another look at it . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got another hour before I 'm on , get the cover back on the engine so I can get some sleep . ’ |