Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you lived badly you would return as an insect . ’ |
| 2 | It would n't have been , if they 'd had any furniture in when we , when we first got in I would n't have been surprised to see it painted round there as well . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm masquerading , playing fashion games , ’ she whispered so they could all hear , ‘ unlike ma belle Katherine , who will never feel the need to . |
| 4 | And he got so he could gradually do without it and he never stuttered again . |
| 5 | Humour epitomizes the designer 's dilemma — used effectively it can prolong the attention span of the students and enhance the whole atmosphere of the class , but it needs to be used with a very light touch if , particularly after using the program many times , disenchantment is to be avoided . |
| 6 | As he staggered on he could visualise the young Julie running alongside him , red faced and tight lipped . |
| 7 | On occasions like these , friends of Burton reported , he would counter-attack by releasing his temper , tearing up the room and making it quite clear and genuinely credible that whatever they did , said or tried on he would do just whatever he wanted . |
| 8 | It 's true that the show has to go on but if such behaviour caught on I 'd be bound to go on and say , ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , so-and-so is n't coming ’ because they not only want to appear on the show , they want to produce it as well ! ’ |
| 9 | Remember , fibre-rich food holds extra water , so two or three extra pounds of liquid retained inside you can easily obscure the same quantity of lost fat . |
| 10 | Her legs trembled so they would hardly carry her . |
| 11 | Later he has the android 's brain upgraded so it can cope with hunting expeditions and personal meetings , even Cabinet discussions with the Emperor present , all so that he can spend more time dallying with the princess . |
| 12 | George moved so she could get out of the chair . |
| 13 | Adrian Titcombe , the FA 's crowd management co-ordinator , said : ‘ We want to be clear where the trouble occurred so we will study all the reports before coming to any conclusion . ’ |
| 14 | His mum , Jacqueline , of Cardigan , said : ‘ When I bent down I could see that the metal mesh had been cutting in to his scalp . ’ |
| 15 | Without his moustache , the little spin magician looked more boyish than ever , prompting the thought that unless he cooled down he might benefit from six of the best from the carpet-slipper . |
| 16 | and also when girls moved in I would visit them in the flats |
| 17 | As we moved along I could n't help feeling apprehensive as I looked for newly disturbed ground that could contain a box mine , or glancing at the trees and hedges for signs of booby-traps . |
| 18 | But strained through they may be , the last place you expect to see a dust-up between the two protagonists is in Portugal — unless of course you happen to be a historian with a penchant for the Peninsular Wars . |
| 19 | At very high temperatures , particles would be moving around so fast that they could escape any attraction toward each other due to nuclear or electromagnetic forces , but as they cooled off one would expect particles that attract each other to start to clump together . |
| 20 | I smiled to myself as I let in the clutch and moved off I would stop at the shop and tell the little man that he could collect his pans without the slightest fear of being torn limb from limb , but my overriding emotion was one of relief that I had not cut the sparkle out of the big dog 's life . |
| 21 | By the time the train moved off she could see nothing at all out of the window , she could scarcely see the window , so many people were squeezed between her and it . |
| 22 | For example , if at P the parcel had no motion in the east-west direction across the planet 's surface and the planet 's axial rotation is prograde then it will pick up motion across the grid towards the east , and in moving northwards will end up for example at Q. If it were in the southern hemisphere and moved southward it would also pick up an eastwards movement . |
| 23 | Just when she thought she had Nathan Bryce weighed up he would reveal another totally unexpected side to his character . |
| 24 | Or moved up I should say , sorry . |
| 25 | But I did it through the love , fo , that I had for the couple , and that because they had waited sixteen year before they eventually found out they could n't have children ! |
| 26 | Sometimes I would have a gull and a crow but , whether they were the same species or not , they quickly found out they could n't fly properly — though the twine was long enough in theory — and ended up ( after a few hilariously clumsy aerobatics ) fighting . |
| 27 | If his Mum and Dad found out they 'd kill him . |
| 28 | If Jake found out he would have her guts for garters ! |
| 29 | erm and then he found out he would n't it 's a good job because he could n't have done |
| 30 | If Dalziel found out he 'd laugh for seven days . |