Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [modal v] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At other times the two of them would wolf down a whole packet of After Eight mints with no apparent difficulty . |
| 2 | There is a presumption ( but no more ) that it is a penalty when ‘ a single lump is made payable by way of compensation , on the occurrence of one or more or all of several events , some of which may occasion serious and others but trifling damage … ’ |
| 3 | The rest of you can f— off , you can f— off , ’ he snarls . |
| 4 | The new album starts with an entirely different version of We Will Rock You , that is to say , the traditional carol . |
| 5 | Oh yes well yes I mean it would be nice of we could sort of clean those out of the the soundtrack and all the stumbles over words an |
| 6 | The knowledge she had of him would armour her against belief . |
| 7 | That 's in fact what I feel I ought to , since nothing of mine could ad to the fire and force and beauy that 's here . |
| 8 | This did not lead him to question the principle of majority decisions ; but it did lead him to pay attention to the social , cultural and economic conditions in which the will of all , or the will of the majority , would be more rather than less likely to coincide with " the general will " , by which Rousseau meant what all of us would will if we thought of ourselves not as private individuals but as citizens identifying ourselves with the good of the community . |
| 9 | Gabby , who , with her husband , was preparing to run a guest house and had quite enough to do at home , cooked and brought down to the new house a hearty and beautifully cooked meal each evening , and filthy and exhausted the three of us would wolf it down . |
| 10 | The corporation and the rural district council were in dispute about who should rehouse them . |
| 11 | ‘ For who would babes and bairns distress |
| 12 | Still the point was well made , I mean not sounding like you can sort of freeze an article to , not compromise the sort of committee , I mean , it is , dead if you give it away and you would n't consider pressure groups , they 'll pick up their report and their copies anywhere , and take bits out and quote you , I mean , I mean I know I 'm in this , I like to distort , like them to know our official disposition before it 's dead . |
| 13 | The broad principle that " where a power to make regulations is given to a public body by statute , no regulations made under it can abridge a right conferred by the statute itself " is too clear to need justification : R. v. Bird [ 1891 ] Q.B . |
| 14 | ‘ But the powers rebuked her , saying , ‘ This is a site for peace and from it shall peace come . |
| 15 | To whom should auditors owe a duty of care ? |
| 16 | To whom can shareholders turn for advice ? |
| 17 | To apply for your treat send a postcard ( no envelopes please ) , clearly marked with the treat name , to SHE May Treats , PO Box 501 , Leicester L99 0AB , by May 31 , 1992 . |
| 18 | Come on your potty 's in here darling , come on you 'll trip over if you try and walk too far like that , come on I 've got to no come on . |
| 19 | ) ‘ It is not a beauty , to be sure , ’ Coleridge wrote to Poole on 28 November ; ‘ but it 's vicinity to you shall overbalance it 's Defects . ’ |
| 20 | For what will Macmillan 's Cabinet stewardship be remembered ? |