Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came as a relief at this stage to find that I had got my sums right , and everything met where it ought ! |
| 2 | The merchant-princes of Venice were not reigning princes or immensely wealthy cardinals ; they economized where they could and , although astonishing spectacle was indispensable to the success of opera , the Venetians were adept at producing striking effects with relatively simple means . |
| 3 | He felt like telling the old folk it was not New Year 's Eve , but he doubted if they would believe him . |
| 4 | It still appeared deserted Their excitement was such that he doubted if they could stop now even if the gamekeeper did appear . |
| 5 | ‘ I wanted to spend some time with you , and I rather doubted if you 'd be susceptible to an offer of a weekend in Paris . |
| 6 | She loved Roman with all her heart and soul , and she doubted if she would be able to even look at another man for the rest of her life . |
| 7 | I doubted if she could be more than fifty yards away , but I was n't going to risk missing her — once carried past her , it would be pretty well hopeless to try to find her . |
| 8 | Despite her threat she doubted if she could summon up enough voice to scream . |
| 9 | If it were to come to a physical fight with Nutty McTavish he doubted if he would win , for she was a formidable thirteen-year-old with a fighting spirit unmatched by any of her male counterparts in the class . |
| 10 | He had n't put pen to paper since the day before Martin died , and he doubted if he would ever do so again . |
| 11 | On his back , on his bunk , he doubted if he would ever trust another man again . |
| 12 | He doubted if the authorities represented by Merymose and Kenamun would pay him as much as Reni or Ipuky would have ; and he doubted if he would receive any reward at all if he were unsuccessful . |
| 13 | But he doubted if he could have stood her voice for a full evening ; it grated on him when she chatted him up over the counter . |
| 14 | Even eighteen months ago he said that he doubted if he could give enough time and energy to securing a World Cup place . |
| 15 | An early decision to submit himself to re-election was probably his only chance of holding on , though I doubted if he could in any circumstances . |
| 16 | In fact , had he four Mohammed Ali arms I doubted if he 'd know what to do with a paintbrush , or with a toothbrush for that matter . |
| 17 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
| 18 | I never tried if I could help |
| 19 | He does not seem to have been one universally approved , for a man known as the Acquisitor , and who may have acquired the estates of tax defaulters , probably had enemies , and Dr Keynes has suggested that the retirement from court of the king 's uncle Ordulf and the prominent West Saxon Æthelmær occurred because they could not countenance his growing influence . |
| 20 | I grumbled because I would have to remain several days more without Pinard . |
| 21 | I trembled because I 'll never return to Rome , she thought , because when I leave tomorrow — and I will leave tomorrow — it will be forever . |
| 22 | She fled before I could finish . |
| 23 | The little devil will tear the bars of his cage apart and shoot up your trouser leg with his teeth bared before you can say , ‘ Only joking , Hammy ! ’ |
| 24 | Oh , Hilly , how I love you ! ’ he exclaimed before she could answer him . |
| 25 | If they had to do without him he would n't be greatly missed , and he doubted whether they would put themselves out to keep him . |
| 26 | However , Maxine informed me that her mother had always described how she had screamed when being bathed as a tiny baby , so she doubted whether we would be able to find a specific incident which could have caused the onset of the phobia . |
| 27 | We were not inundated with offers for the company from the private sector and our financial advisers doubted whether we could sell the business at all . |
| 28 | In 1705 he wrote that he doubted whether he would see the winter through and early in the next year he died , leaving a last , unfinished letter to his young friend . |
| 29 | They stopped at Antwerp where one evening they got so drunk in a bar that when Minton decided to return to the hotel , Norman followed him as he doubted whether he would find his way . |
| 30 | Saturday was the one day on which he seemed to arrive early at the Herald office , but she doubted whether he would have got there yet . |