Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like her husband , she had sharp and brilliantly intuitive instincts for people ; she knew at once whom Edouard could trust . |
| 2 | Welsh rulers , with whom Offa may have been at war and who possibly ruled in British territory subject to him , could have been among the kings of the Scots ( Irish ) who recognized the lordship of Charlemagne . |
| 3 | Terms of Endearment had her wobbly-eyed and puffy-lipped for days , particularly when I pointed out to her that it was Shirley MacLaine 's performance which won the Oscar , not Debra Winger , for whom Oscars should have been invented . |
| 4 | If the crowd became too large or the children too cheeky , the stall owner who had granted me permission would disperse them . |
| 5 | Patrick Kelly , whom Dan would look on as an ill-educated lout , had actually spent time on her enjoyment . |
| 6 | The pillars are actually called Nails , and on them merchants used to complete their financial deals before the Exchange was built . |
| 7 | And then the woman that would lend them money 'd say , well you 're not having any more , so you 'd got to try and find somebody else who 'd lend you money . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew John Schlesinger very well and he told me Dustin could play almost anything . ’ |
| 9 | Well , now that I 'm too big for me boots , d' you think me legs 'll sprout ? ’ |
| 10 | These are the subjects whom screening would detect in larger numbers than real cases . |
| 11 | The counsellor is like a sounding board against whom clients can test out , discover , explore , struggle and reconcile a plethora of experiences and expectations . |
| 12 | There was nothing Penny could say or do to convince the angry farmer that she was n't an apple-thief . |
| 13 | Looking back over the season it seems to me supporters can have little cause for complaint . |
| 14 | If they decide to arrest me and throw me in gaol , my plans will have to be drastically altered … ’ |
| 15 | My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy , geography , natural history and naval architecture , navigation , commerce and agriculture , in order to give their children a right to study painting , poetry , music , architecture , statuary , tapestry and porcelain ’ . |
| 16 | At the beginning of your memoir is a quotation from a letter by John Adams to his wife : ‘ I must study politics and war , that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy . |
| 17 | But when you called I was teaching , and the rule when I am teaching is that one of my sons must answer the phone . |
| 18 | I knew my heart would break if he left me and she was threatening to come and find him ! |
| 19 | Someone , I thought dimly , was waiting to see if I moved : and if I moved there would be a third thud and my heart would stop . |
| 20 | This time I thought my heart would stop . |
| 21 | From time to time , walking in the crowded arcades of the Plaza Mayor , my heart would miss a beat as I fancied I saw Jordi mingling with all those similar dark heads and slender figures . |
| 22 | If I touch you here , then I certainly have everything my heart could desire . ’ |
| 23 | If he wo n't kiss me , my heart will fail … |
| 24 | I ca n't see , but I must feel , or my heart will stop , and my brain will burst ! |
| 25 | And I did so : the Ancient Mariner but without his enthusiasm , knowing that my story would spread out in waves , carried by travellers inside and outside South America . |
| 26 | To have that evening with Francis once more , not all of it , just the moment when I was through the door and heard him say , ‘ Do n't go , do n't go , ’ and I would n't have gone , and my story would have had a different end ? |
| 27 | I know , too , that my hair might look great if I left it alone . |
| 28 | I 've got brown eyes , brown hair , quite a weird nose that sticks up ; my hair can get scruffy in the wind … and I like my ears . |
| 29 | ‘ I never thought my hair could look so good , ’ said a delighted , new-look Aimee . |
| 30 | Highlights for me are the duets with the Chick Corea on Liza , Someday my Prince will come and the Hancock ‘ standard ’ , Maiden Voyage ; the interplay and mutual understanding on show here is astounding . |