Example sentences of "[prep] and [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was never properly looked after and could sometimes have as much as two inches of muddy water in it — enough for a child to drown in if he fell over . |
| 2 | For those reasons and the fact that the injunction sought would go further than is necessary to meet the situation complained of and would thus offend the principle of proportionality , Mr. Ashworth submits that the injunction should not go . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , on this VS which they probably have n't heard of and would n't bother to solo , Denis and I have one more pitch to climb . |
| 4 | It 's a different matter , though , when one of the protagonists is somebody we 've very much heard of and would n't mind sitting next to at dinner : a secretary of state , for example , or a dishy actor . |
| 5 | This describes the property , usually by reference to an address , and goes on to include any easements or other matters that the property has the benefit of and will also mention any declaration , exception or reservation . |
| 6 | But a glass key I never saw or heard of and can not imagine what use it might be ; it would shiver in any lock . ’ |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the prosecution failed to disclose that the complainant had a spent conviction for theft , and it was held that , had the conviction been duly disclosed , the defence would have applied for and would undoubtedly have been granted leave to cross-examine the complainant about it . |
| 8 | In itself the Beveridge structure rested on a set of assumptions about employment and family allowances which could not be planned for and might easily have proved disastrously misplaced . |
| 9 | People expect risks they did not ask for and can not control to be much lower -by 10 or 100 times — than those which they run willingly . |
| 10 | I must remember that she will be cared for and will not suffer . |
| 11 | I felt quite dirty having to tell all these intimate details to total strangers and most of all my mother , who I had to live with and would always know everything , as they are not the sort of things you discuss with your parents . |
| 12 | I have n't seen this model before and ca n't find anything about the guitar in all my issues of Guitarist . |
| 13 | Such a swing had never happened before and would not happen this time . |
| 14 | She will not hear of it and tells him the summer will restore her to her full strength , a story you have heard before and will not believe any more than I do . |
| 15 | During negotiation of the contract , the purchaser will continue to investigate the business but more thoroughly than before and will often instruct both lawyers and accountants to investigate and prepare reports on the business . |
| 16 | I had heard it all before and could only think how differently she would be responding if Syl had been Nour . |
| 17 | If someone has learned how to operate a word-processor or complete an accurate and intelligible technical drawing then it may be that these are skills he can build upon and will not have to relearn . |
| 18 | Approximately one third of you feel a lot more worried about your safety than you used to and would never walk home alone in the dark , while a quarter never use public transport after dark . |
| 19 | which I do n't think should be allowed , go right themselves off and leave lots of people that they owe money to and ca n't get it , they get threatened |
| 20 | squares the ball to his left and Alan the left back just pushes it out wide to that far side but he loses out , competing successfully , he 's got going forward if he can find him , and gets it and lays it off to and can now run at Mickey once more . |
| 21 | ‘ Turn the telly on and let's not have any more talk . ’ |
| 22 | And there is a high proportion of people who know a good deal about what they are looking at and may even have seen it before . |