Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in The Emperor no detail is adduced that might bring out what differences there could have been between the courtiers and petitioners of Ethiopia and their counterparts elsewhere in the world . |
| 2 | Unionist reactions to these proposals , published and embodied in the Representation of the People Bill early in 1917 , were very hostile indeed ; it seemed a reckless step to give the biggest ever increase in the franchise in the midst of a major war , to throw away some of the plural votes on which the party had relied , and to receive in return a redistribution that could bring almost anything . |
| 3 | But you can bet he knows retsina , the national wine with what even locals call an acquired taste ; ouzo , the aperitif that could blow off your sunburn if you do n't watch your step ; the taramasalata fish roe dip ; vine leaves stuffed with mincemeat , rice and herbs ; and keftedes meatballs . |
| 4 | There were no notices , no signs , nothing that could indicate where he was to a traveller , so that the clean worn wood of the country platform and the solid unadorned brick of the little building seemed very much a part of the wooded slope at the back of it . |
| 5 | It 's a comment that could sum up her working life at the moment . |
| 6 | Sandy tried to think of something to say , something that would explain how she felt ; but the image that formed in her mind was of a punchbowl brimming with vomit , and she knew instantly that she was about to do likewise . |
| 7 | Brutus compares Caesar to a snake and says that as it is bright day which brings forth the adder it will be Caesar 's crowning that would bring out his bad personality . |
| 8 | The Air Staff sought battlbattle-winningormance in an aircraft that would do virtually everything in all weathers from long-range nuclear deterrent strike , through all the phases of reconnaissance , down to close battlefield support for the Army , almost regardless of cost since it was to be their capital aircraft . |
| 9 | The flight from Tenerife was due in fifteen minutes and he saw that there was a screen on the wall that would show when it landed . |
| 10 | From what I had heard in advance , I expected to see nothing much more than four or five students on the course drinking regulated amounts of alcohol and then being subjected to a variety of tests that would show how their motor skills deteriorated . |
| 11 | My aim was to buy a tool that would last out my working life . |
| 12 | Philip wondered again about the ambush , but he did n't look the kind that would set up something . |
| 13 | And er this was a thing that would die out you know . |
| 14 | ‘ Unlike most rock bands that will do practically anything to become controversial , ’ drawls the man himself before the show , ‘ our main focus is to keep controversy down . |
| 15 | There is a lunatic fringe of schools that will do almost anything to gain publicity — the head in the stocks and throw the wet sponge for 10p brigade do little to enhance their personal status or that of their schools . |
| 16 | They occupy the time that seems vacant , as if you were just hanging around doing nothing — but where in reality the well is filling up , where you are gathering together the material that will make up your narrative ; rearranging it , transforming it . |
| 17 | The best way to grow these is to cut back hard each spring , to ensure a mass of young wands that will show off their winter bark . |
| 18 | But because it is a writer who is giving us this , and a writer at the beginning of his career , what more natural than that we should see him as writing his way out of all this , as ‘ getting it out of his system ’ as we say , clearing the ground for work that will enact triumphantly his escape , his liberation , his hope . |
| 19 | There 's a lot to it , you ca n't just go on and tell gags you have to take into account the type of show that will follow and the material that will work alongside it . ’ |
| 20 | Energis is the name chosen by the UK 's National Grid Company for the telephone service it plans to launch next year , delivered along fibre optic lines that will run along its 4,200 miles of overhead power lines and 360 miles of underground cable : the company — owned by the 12 regional UK electricity distributors , hopes to get the go-ahead for its planned service in a few weeks , and has heavyweights Gordon Owen , formerly of Mercury Communications Ltd , and David Dey , formerly British Telecommunications Plc on board to run the business . |
| 21 | A As your room is small , a simple window dressing that will allow in lots of light would be the best option . |
| 22 | He affects a certain disinterest in theory , preferring extremely precise experiments that will pick up whatever is going on to those designed with a particular new discovery in mind . |
| 23 | Er just as we owned that famous street in New York I 'd like to think with the technology and the architecture that can deliver today we we 'll own the road to enterprise client server . |
| 24 | Natural selection favours those individuals that can tell when they have been parasitised and eject the cuckoo 's eggs . |
| 25 | Okay what I ask you to do as with being assertive , first of all be clear about what it is that you 're going to try and do , be clear about what it is and what the situation is , explain it to the partner and then try it and let's see how it doing . |
| 26 | Sit yourself down here ’ — she pointed to the bed — ‘ and let's work out what 's to be done . ’ |
| 27 | The goat may bleat loudly and persistently and may go off her food ; she may jump other goats or be jumped by them . |
| 28 | Tank care : They are sensitive to moves and may go off their food . |
| 29 | It is an independent statutory body , which can give you advice and may take up your enquiry with Royal Mail Parcelforce . |
| 30 | It is an independent statutory body , which can give you advice and may take up your enquiry with Royal Mail . |