Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mickie then and there decided that if the opportunity arose he would team up with Raoul on future helicopter design . |
| 2 | Discretion erring , our driver announced we would swap buses . |
| 3 | However , ordinary nouns never strictly correspond to a structure like ( 10 ) ; the word bottles for example really demands an intensional representation which is already ( minimally ) complex ; schematically , it is : Taking into account the particular word-meaning used we might write either : ( The superscript e would tag the meaning as one which is conventionally used for identifying entities . ) |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , this Satanist promised he could make things fly . |
| 5 | When Jonathan Malcolm and his girlfriend met they could have little idea of the trouble which lay in store . |
| 6 | The association announced it would start work early next year on a purpose built home for 30 homeless youngsters . |
| 7 | Dot found she could read the letters and was surprised . |
| 8 | If the system disagrees with the figure entered it will challenge it — otherwise it moves on to the next item . |
| 9 | From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted . |
| 10 | In a ‘ stop run ’ organised by the landlord of the Half Moon on St. Paul 's Street during Christmas 1776 , the Mercury reported that ‘ several people were toss 'd , and one man , terribly bruis 'd and gor 'd in the face , by which it is fear 'd he will lose one of his eyes ’ and in 1785 the underbutler of Burghley House was killed when the bull suddenly turned on him . |
| 11 | When spring came he 'd find plenty to do in the garden . |
| 12 | GRAEME RALPH 's quick thinking prevented what could have been a devastating rail crash . |
| 13 | GWR was approached by DLT 's agent 2 weeks ago , and market research showed he 'd prove a hit with the listeners . |
| 14 | Dot guessed he might have been only pretending . |
| 15 | Had a more diverse stock existed it would have been more likely for a less familiar tale to have been selected . |
| 16 | Maybe somebody in the pentagon figured they could find out how ill he was just by listening to it . |
| 17 | She took her foot off the accelerator and put it on the brake , and as the car slowed she could see now that it was a child , a toddler with a red woolly hat on . |
| 18 | Although Creggan preferred in such weather to keep inland he had a natural preference for the coast and on calmer days when the wind abated he would spend a few hours along the shore . |
| 19 | But if you asked me how a motor car worked you would think me somewhat pompous if I answered in terms of Newton 's laws and the laws of thermodynamics , and downright obscurantist if I answered in terms of fundamental particles . |
| 20 | After last year 's inaugural event was such a success , raising £4,000 , the association decided it should become an annual event . |
| 21 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 22 | An American president can decide to focus on domestic policy only up to a point ; events in the wider world , leaders of other countries , have a habit of eating into time that the president thought he would spend on other things . |
| 23 | That the killer knew he 'd find a razor to hand ? ’ |
| 24 | ask mummy said you can have it |
| 25 | The Brain Trust bid said it would like the event shared with other cities , including Birmingham , Cardiff , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Liverpool and Manchester . |
| 26 | Labour said it would raise taxes and was subject to the most sustained derision , as well as black propaganda . |
| 27 | The reason is that Labour said it will retain the present National Insurance contributions ceiling for the self employed at £21,060 whereas employees will suffer an additional 9 p.c. deduction on earnings above that threshold . |
| 28 | The International Squash Players ' Association said it will take action this week on the 20-year-old Pakistani , and the likelihood is a fine and a zero point score for the World Open . |
| 29 | One-third of five- and six-year-olds in one study said they would prefer to be without their sibling altogether — hardly a vote of confidence in sibship . |
| 30 | Nuclear Electric said it will spend £800,000 on modifications to the plant and the case for its operation at lower power levels , which it hopes to submit by autumn for restart by the end of the year . |