Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at it , Nutty realized you could use the Smiths ' bath without the Smiths knowing . |
| 2 | William realised he would have to handle the unloading alone if the van did not arrive in the next few minutes . |
| 3 | Before leaving Butterworth v. Kingsway Motors it should be noted that if the same facts ( i.e. involving a motor vehicle ) were to occur again today , the result would be different because of the Hire Purchase Act 1964 , Part III ( see paragraph 5–40 above ) . |
| 4 | Peering through the cobwebs at the stable clock , Umberto realized he should have been up an hour ago . |
| 5 | Well , the thing is , Pop Will Eat Itself used to come down to my place when I first had it and absolutely f— the place up . |
| 6 | They were only upstaged by Tim Stockdale and Philip Heffer , who dressed as Show-Jumping ‘ Groupies ’ , with poor Franke Sloothaak proving he can run fast when he needs to . |
| 7 | When they were swanning around looking pretty , our families were working their fingers to the bone for virtually nothing and now Miss High-and-Mighty thinks we should admire them . |
| 8 | Hawking thinks it can go either way but we will never know . |
| 9 | Published by the research arm of the Department of Transport , the report comes shortly after the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham announced it would be introducing the scheme later this month . |
| 10 | After several minutes had passed without her finding a familiar landmark , Luce realised she must have gone wrong somewhere and tried to double back . |
| 11 | Plato argued there must be an intrinsic connection between words and what they mean — . |
| 12 | The party group appealed , but the court in Henley agreed it would be a serious threat to the 150 sows , 300 piglets and 12 boars , which are the subject of a major research project . |
| 13 | He said if the second stage of his fight to prosecute Dr Howe failed he would take it to the European Court of Human Rights . |
| 14 | Michel thinks she will be in for a bad time when she realizes it . |
| 15 | Er right Mary Whitehouse to come we 'll be talking about sex and the Buddha of Suburbia and er whatever else sort of takes her fancy and we are going to liven up the traffic I think at er round about one twenty five and find out what 's happening there . |
| 16 | Whitlock doubted he would have another gun but he still approached the warehouse with professional caution . |
| 17 | I was glad to hear Lord Belstead say he would not use internment . |
| 18 | Meanwhile council officers in Swindon say they ca n't cope with any more terrapins . |
| 19 | ‘ There are these witnesses in the Rosy Crown pub say they heard Tim Cheever say he 'd like to clear the Pitts away , and a man who says he heard Flo Coster say , Do it with poison . |
| 20 | As the search intensified , a firm in Lincoln surfaced who could supply and erect a new building 200′ by 100′ and still be within the budget considered by NAM . |
| 21 | But wheelchair-bound Betty Richardson of Oakfield , Newton Aycliffe , and her husband Jim say they will go elsewhere to shop . |
| 22 | In an interview with the popular intellectual magazine Magill in June , Archbishop MacNamara found he could not accept that the state had the power to determine the meaning and nature of marriage and compared the effects of divorce to the recent Chernobyl nuclear disaster . |
| 23 | Sweat had stained his shirt and as Doyle approached he could smell the effort on the man 's body . |
| 24 | ‘ And Ivor promised he 'd come tonight . ’ |
| 25 | Chelsea say they 'll announce their new manager in the morning . |
| 26 | At the Manor Ground they 'll remember ; remember the 3rd of November for some time . |
| 27 | This same recipe provides an instructive example of the way in which Dr de Pomiane thinks we should go to work improving a primitive dish to our own taste while preserving its character intact . |
| 28 | Had Ras Makonnen lived he would have assumed control of the country when Menelik was incapacitated , and as his cousin would undoubtedly have succeeded him . |
| 29 | Yeah well Lucy thinks I ought to be horrible to them but well |
| 30 | Where David goes I must go . |