Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Mellor has never been given proper credit for showing sufficient resolution during the passage of the Broadcasting Bill to persuade his colleagues that ITV deserved to have its future determined by something more subtle than a contest to see who could stuff the most pound notes into a brown envelope earmarked for the Treasury . |
| 2 | I liked it when Kaptan described his moment of deliverance , the point at which I tried to shoot my old comrade in arms in the back , then the desperate fumble to see who 'd get their shots off first . |
| 3 | The thought of entering the disaster area of an elderly widow 's grief and shouldering some of the responsibility for helping her to bear it , and to rebuild what is left of her life , is enough to create feelings of anxiety in anyone ; and admittedly this can be a very difficult assignment , for not only will you be well aware that you are unable to give her the one thing she really wants — the return of her husband — but you will feel , as we all do when faced with the bereaved , that their personality seems suddenly to have been crushed like a flower under the heel of a vandal , showing it to be so fragile and vulnerable that almost any attempt to revive it would seem to be doomed to failure . |
| 4 | We shall remember words that he used in an interview with The Independent : ’ If we have changed our mind to win we can change our mind when we have won . |
| 5 | If the army is going to be troublesome , Mr Suharto needs the Muslim masses clearly on his side to ensure he will have his way in next year 's election . |
| 6 | But the attempt to hold them would lead to an even bigger crisis between president and legislature . |
| 7 | The Junkers engineered the belief that any attempt to ditch them would leave Germany prey to communist take-over , to Jewish exploitation and subversion , and to a flood of Slav immigrants . |
| 8 | ‘ When you expect a deal to happen they may tell you there has been a last minute problem and the people either providing the funds or the guarantee either require a non-performance bond to be put up or require some kind of payment up front to prove you really mean business . |
| 9 | Claudia opened her mouth to say she would call a taxi for herself but one look at the gleam in Roman 's amber eyes changed her mind . |
| 10 | She argued that the history of " scum " should have alerted the IBA to its controversial nature , and that any decision to screen it should have been made by the appointed members of the Authority , and not by their executive staff . |
| 11 | We can not overcome the past by forgetting the discord and sorrow which war has brought , but by willingness to reconciliate we can ensure peace for the present . |
| 12 | Although All Saints is not a listed building , it lies within a conservation area so that any proposal to demolish it would have been subject to same scrutiny as plans for the demolition of a listed building . |
| 13 | With a wife and child to support he would become a new man . |
| 14 | ’ I was thinking only the other day , ’ he went on , ’ that if I did n't have a wife and child to support I would throw in my resignation , take the voluntary redundancy on offer , sell the flat and go . |
| 15 | Any lumberjack who was feeling sufficiently ill-disposed towards his fellow drinking companions could place on his shoulder a small chip of wood to indicate he would take on any man who cared to flick it off . |
| 16 | It 's a great help to know I can rely on you for such last minute needs ! |
| 17 | Last week , civil servants from the Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) met scientists of the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) and the Medical Research Council to discuss who should do the work . |
| 18 | It is sometimes claimed , however , that in fact we are fooling ourselves and our capacity to predict what will happen is not very good . |
| 19 | ‘ The first council to do it would share in enormous benefits . ’ |
| 20 | We will also increase investment in development and management to ensure we can continue to deliver awards that are recognised internationally for their practical focus on the workplace . |
| 21 | The system has undergone exhaustive testing to ensure it can cope with changes in same persons voice : |
| 22 | She feigned enthusiasm , but what she was really thinking was that she 'd been a fool to hope he 'd come here on a more personal mission . |
| 23 | James was up at 1 am on Tuesday 1 July 1690 , in immaculate uniform decorated with star and garter , ready for the battle to decide who should rule England . |
| 24 | Er so it 's at the remit of this Committee to decide who can go to the conference . |
| 25 | ‘ True , ’ said Isambard , grinning at him , ‘ it 's a pity to think I might have been dead by this , and you ten miles away on your road home . |
| 26 | If in the event there were plenty of ideas then my plan to seek them would become redundant . |
| 27 | My personal life is my own business , and if Adam wants his marriage to survive he should sort it out for himself . |
| 28 | So in order to decide what quantity to supply you would have to form an expectation of the average , economy-wide price of the good . |
| 29 | I wish we at Homegreen House had been visited by a member of the council to explain what could happen if permission for a supermarket to be built is approved . |
| 30 | I had a letter in return to say she 'd come when I 'd accomplished all I had in mind . |