Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every day of the season she would travel in her carriage and six to Ashdown Park on top of the downs , where she would course for hares with her magnificent greyhounds and walk for twenty-five miles . |
| 2 | Down the street a block or two , she found a spot under a grocer 's awning where she could pore over the map . |
| 3 | In ‘ Fighting talk ’ the two are tied together in the nostalgic account of an idyllic childhood landscape , all large back gardens and open public spaces , where you could mooch about for as long as you wanted . |
| 4 | Or you may sort of erm people who you do the same thing over and over again , the same sort of job , would you not agree a little bit of complacency can set in and erm things do n't perhaps come over quite as they should ? |
| 5 | You must be careful or you 'll trip up . ’ |
| 6 | Concrete can also be used as a base on which to lay paving slabs on five dabs of cement and sand , or you can bed crazy paving on it . |
| 7 | Or you can page up and page down or |
| 8 | What 's point three , well it 's about the cube root of three , or you could sort of try cube root of three |
| 9 | By one o'clock he 'd be staggered by the reels of shiny new bureaucratic red tape and return to the hotel fort where we would lunch by the pool , talk , plan , watch , and he would slowly recuperate . |
| 10 | We do have this process where we can edge-glue the broken pieces so when a piece is broken and a previous glazier put in a piece of lead we can edge bond instead |
| 11 | I mean where we could dummy into the war here so the war starts in thirty nine so unless you 've got good reason to believe that consumption was n't affected until nineteen forty , we use a dummy for the whole war period once you 've edited , once you 've edited the variable you press the end key that saves the edit . |
| 12 | He thought , I know what my idea of heaven would be , if by heaven we mean a place of bliss in which to pass eternity : a sanctuary where one might chain-smoke without impairment of breathing , destruction of the lungs or damage to the heart , light each fresh cigarette from the glowing butt of its predecessor , and drink ice-free but hundred-proof chilled vodka laced with two drops of angostura and a gill of newly opened Perrier endlessly , with increasing euphoria until a peak of joy and ease was reached but without any sub-sequent nausea or pain or dehydration or oblivion … |
| 13 | She had been so much a part of his plans for the future that he was now thinking of countries where they could farm together . |
| 14 | The fee is about £300 plus VAT excluding transport costs — or they can re-enamel the bath in situ . |
| 15 | Or they could mill it by hand . |
| 16 | Or they could fork to the right , up Once Hill , past the rectory and on to the steep , narrow road that wound over the downs to Badstoneleigh , off which the entrance gates of Sea House opened . |
| 17 | No doubt the table saw him , computed his path across the room , and placed itself just where he would trip over it ! |
| 18 | If the hiatus is serious he may have to shut down all or part of the system or it may trip automatically and the operator 's task is to observe/control the shut-down to a quiescent state . |
| 19 | Either the union is strong enough and can stand it , or it can t , and hard luck . |
| 20 | It can bolt it or it can corner but so long as the muzzle is in place it can not kill . |
| 21 | A woman she passed was telling her husband to put on his shirt or he would bum . |
| 22 | On the other hand a diary entry such as ‘ ring X ’ is effective and if the entry is some way in the future it may be necessary to amplify with a trigger of the form ‘ ring X re Y ’ and to have easily accessible some factual data such as the X telephone number and some data re Y. In a different context a car driver will develop a strategy to ensure that he does not run out of petrol , he may rely on a light which appears when the tank is nearly empty or he may calculate from his expected travelling that he need not concern himself about the issue until at least the next weekend , or he may programme himself to react to the fact that he is approaching a particular garage . |
| 23 | One other problem is that there is an assumption that everyone will practice their religion in the same way . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought we really would make a new start , that I would sort of … make him blossom . ’ |
| 25 | A myrrour of glasse , that I may prene therin ; |
| 26 | So that I may wheel and deal . |
| 27 | . What I 'll do is that I 'll final of action shortly and I 'll tu |
| 28 | ‘ Do you have a camera , a second-hand , for about £12 , that I can hand-hold outside ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I may have to miss the first game but I 'm hoping to get myself a boot made for my left foot with a steel plate in it to protect the toe so that I can practice as soon as I get to India . ’ |
| 30 | said all I 'm worried about is did I wash my hair too early for you so she said it 's alright I 've got a spray that I can sort of cos she likes it quite wet when she |