Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where you stand or sit will affect my perception of you . |
| 2 | Being drunk or stoned can make anyone forget to use condoms , but if the condoms are easy to see or find there is a better chance that you 'll remember to use them . |
| 3 | If he could convince her that nothing she could say or do would make him change his mind about Carrie , the way would be open for him to prove to Carrie he had enough love for the two of them . |
| 4 | No amount of male kindness or pleading could reduce its fear . |
| 5 | He got rid of oppositionists by proposing some impossible task , and when they failed or refused would move their expulsion , anyone who voted against automatically expelling themselves . |
| 6 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
| 7 | All I 'm saying is that worry can make you thin . ’ |
| 8 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 9 | Only if Baker drops to 19th today will Feherty go past him , but David says : ‘ Even if Peter is still ahead of me I would like to think that winning would give me a good chance of a wild card . ’ |
| 10 | The pages that follow will take you from Somerset 's coastal areas into the richly varied countryside with holiday offers and accommodation details . |
| 11 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 12 | If gazing could gobble you up , she 'd have been picked clean . |
| 13 | A few questions about playability , resilience and notching could keep them in order ! |
| 14 | Mr Barr said : ‘ We can remove our hillside protest , but the pylons if built will ruin our countryside forever . ’ |
| 15 | The pylons if built will ruin our countryside forever . ’ |
| 16 | Understanding general differences between spelling and speaking may help you to improve your own spelling , and may make it more interesting to focus on spelling as an issue in your writing . |
| 17 | I leant against a rock and watched Will choose his line of ascent . |
| 18 | Now that is n't easy actually , because you know , the practitioner 's think they know best and they actually quite resent , you know , the young Policy Officer 's coming in and saying let's do it this way , shall we ? |
| 19 | I certainly suspect the carb is at fault and a simple cleaning and retuning should cure your problems . |
| 20 | It 's a very very important game and if United could do it , well they really could revive a lot of this season . |
| 21 | The area and the area steps , and the street-door and the street-door steps , and the brass handle , and the door-plate , and the knocker , and the fanlight , were all as clean and bright as indefatigable whitewashing , and hearthstoning , and scrubbing and rubbing could make them . |
| 22 | Alternatively people whose predominant coping strategy is to blame , project and rationalize may find themselves drifting towards isolation as well , as other people 's patience and tolerance wear thin . |
| 23 | The material 's ability to be easily magnetised and demagnetised may find it another application unrelated to its transparency — refrigeration . |
| 24 | It may cringe away , or if cornered might bare its teeth unexpectedly . |
| 25 | It may eventually become rather twiggy but thinning will improve its shape |
| 26 | But Miss used to take me out into here , to the teachers cloak room and and er er plait my hair up again and s say to me , I 'll take it out before you go away Isa , because there was It was n't a clean place in Kirkwall . |
| 27 | You have first of all to establish where you are , or where the business stands relative to where it has come from because that indeed will produce the current direction and speed of movement which unless changed will tell you pretty inexorably where you are likely to end up . |
| 28 | He 'd notice and would n't mention it because mentioning would bring everything into the open again . |
| 29 | However , Dr. Male said people inside buildings were screened from electrical fields in the same way as undergrounding would screen them . |
| 30 | A witness who refers to case records when testifying must submit them to examination by the other parties to the proceedings , if required , and runs the risk of being cross-examined on their contents . |