Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [det] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Newman said , " I should think this 'd put you off anyway , Stephen . |
| 2 | You might think this would slow you up but the reverse is actually true . |
| 3 | ‘ There is nothing , ’ she said caustically , ‘ that you could do that would make me in any way feel good . ’ |
| 4 | By the time Wardle Wood came in sight Virginia was tired and was wondering whether there was anything she could do that would save her pushing the bike all the long way home . |
| 5 | With the power of her eyes alone she had compelled a glass of water to tip and spill its contents over the horrible Headmistress , and anybody who could do that could do anything . |
| 6 | Lucy remained silent , knowing this to be a fact , nor was there anything she could say that would make him feel more sympathetic towards her aunt . |
| 7 | Again and again she had told him there was nothing she could say that would help him , but he refused to be distracted from his goal . |
| 8 | I 'd say that 'll take you around three weeks . |
| 9 | I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life . |
| 10 | If you think there 's anything you can say that will change my mind about — about — ’ |