Example sentences of "[vb past] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Anyone who thinks they may have become liable to tax since they registered should tell their bank or building society to cancel the registration as soon as possible .
2 The words I used may strike you as generous , or too romantic , but they are not inaccurate , merely inadequate .
3 It merely appeared to him a paradox worth someone 's attention : how a man such as Thorkel described could inspire what Thorkel undoubtedly felt for him .
4 His strategy was that he spent big , to give the club momentum , once he had got us to the top , he knew we were living beyond our means , but hoped that the structure he created would maintain our position .
5 ‘ You think that these other people you mentioned will do me harm ? ’
6 But the moment passed , for there was something in her grasp of his legs that was so awkward , so inexperienced , and the pitch of her entreaties remained so anguished that he knew she was only doing what she imagined might persuade him to help her ; and a wave of self-loathing washed over him , that a woman like her could think of a man like him in such a light .
7 Detective Inspector Jim McEwan , who has been studying the case files for a year , confirmed that he and another senior detective , Chief Inspector Ricky Gray , had travelled to England as a result of the information to interview a man who they believed could help them with the inquiry .
8 Detective Inspector Jim McEwan , who has been studying the case files for a year , confirmed that he and Chief Inspector Ricky Gray had gone to England as a result of the information to interview a man who they believed could help them with the inquiry .
9 Well , in my observation , as regards young boys , it er th they played could play them up , the lads would play pranks on the teacher , who would put the best on it for a long time .
10 Following his split with the SWP James and his small band of adherents joined with another small group , the Workers ' Party , and with the aid his close collaborators , Grace Lee and Raya Dunayevskaya , he set about the task of examining the Hegelian dialectic and Marxist doctrine , which he believed would lead him to a fuller understanding of the Soviet Union , and in particular , Stalinism .
11 These can be summarized as the desire to achieve mass mobilization and the disruption of feudalism through land reform which the Party believed would ensure their political stability in power as well as contributing to the eventual realization of socialism .
12 Former technical direct Dr Nigel Mykura told us the immediate cause of his February 1991 resignation was a transfer of £350,000 from AMS1s bank account to another MacDonald company , which Mykura believed would make it impossible for AMS to continue its research .
13 Its regime — which Prince Philip believed would turn his sons into real men — had caused Charles untold misery and damage .
14 Such opposition from his former Anglican and Tory allies persuaded James to try to forge an alliance with the Dissenters , in the hope that the disabilities under which they suffered would give them common cause with the Catholics to support the removal of the penal laws .
15 Mrs Hamilton was n't confident that the agency nurses she interviewed would respect her desire for confidentiality on the subject .
16 Your offer of employment was accepted on the terms of the contract agreed that if my figures attained would reach your targets I could earn twenty five thousand per annum minimum .
17 The institutions which joined would retain their identity and members would retain their existing designations as well as receive new ones .
18 Sergius III had an illegitimate son whom he arranged should succeed him as pope .
19 As far as myself , Mike and Marius were concerned , this was a good thing , as it meant that the march was going to be tough and that those of us who finished would deserve their white képis .
20 Despite their often middle-class origins , these uprooted opponents of Fidel Castro , who have never gained the support they anticipated would enable them to return in triumph to their native land , find consolation in the arms of the Santeria spirits , which are of partly African origin .
21 She hoped that the child to whom this home belonged would let her stay and watch him playing .
22 And he never had the means to maintain the lifestyle he decided would provide his entry into the society he craved to belong to .
23 I leant against a rock and watched Will choose his line of ascent .
24 The date your last menstrual period started will help your doctor or midwife to calculate the like date for your baby to arrive , or EDD ( estimated date of delivery ) , by adding on 280 days .
25 She 'd 've been lying on Spanish beaches with her eyes tight shut knowing that every Spanish boy who passed would fancy her .
26 He was dressed in the garb of a typical construct worker , so that anybody he passed would take him for such .
27 What you saw may help us to prove whether he is the thief or not . ’
28 ( 29–30 September 1777 ) Having decided that he would like to remain in Munich Mozart reported a plan to Leopold which he thought might enable him to do so .
29 She waited , forcing back tears she thought might irritate him further , watching his implacable shoulders .
30 Not all Ruth 's time with the other servants was disagreeable , but she quickly found that Millfield 's own staff had little time for the servants of visitors , especially anyone they thought might consider themselves superior .
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