Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking at it , Nutty realized you could use the Smiths ' bath without the Smiths knowing . |
| 2 | William realised he would have to handle the unloading alone if the van did not arrive in the next few minutes . |
| 3 | Peering through the cobwebs at the stable clock , Umberto realized he should have been up an hour ago . |
| 4 | Well , the thing is , Pop Will Eat Itself used to come down to my place when I first had it and absolutely f— the place up . |
| 5 | They were only upstaged by Tim Stockdale and Philip Heffer , who dressed as Show-Jumping ‘ Groupies ’ , with poor Franke Sloothaak proving he can run fast when he needs to . |
| 6 | When they were swanning around looking pretty , our families were working their fingers to the bone for virtually nothing and now Miss High-and-Mighty thinks we should admire them . |
| 7 | Hawking thinks it can go either way but we will never know . |
| 8 | After several minutes had passed without her finding a familiar landmark , Luce realised she must have gone wrong somewhere and tried to double back . |
| 9 | He said if the second stage of his fight to prosecute Dr Howe failed he would take it to the European Court of Human Rights . |
| 10 | Whitlock doubted he would have another gun but he still approached the warehouse with professional caution . |
| 11 | ‘ There are these witnesses in the Rosy Crown pub say they heard Tim Cheever say he 'd like to clear the Pitts away , and a man who says he heard Flo Coster say , Do it with poison . |
| 12 | As the search intensified , a firm in Lincoln surfaced who could supply and erect a new building 200′ by 100′ and still be within the budget considered by NAM . |
| 13 | But wheelchair-bound Betty Richardson of Oakfield , Newton Aycliffe , and her husband Jim say they will go elsewhere to shop . |
| 14 | Sweat had stained his shirt and as Doyle approached he could smell the effort on the man 's body . |
| 15 | ‘ And Ivor promised he 'd come tonight . ’ |
| 16 | Chelsea say they 'll announce their new manager in the morning . |
| 17 | At the Manor Ground they 'll remember ; remember the 3rd of November for some time . |
| 18 | This same recipe provides an instructive example of the way in which Dr de Pomiane thinks we should go to work improving a primitive dish to our own taste while preserving its character intact . |
| 19 | Had Ras Makonnen lived he would have assumed control of the country when Menelik was incapacitated , and as his cousin would undoubtedly have succeeded him . |
| 20 | Where David goes I must go . |
| 21 | In addition to the mycoplasma , Taylor-Robinson thinks he may have found a new anaerobic bacterium ( one that can not live in the presence of oxygen ) which also seems to be associated with NGU . |
| 22 | Hill insists he 'll climb back |
| 23 | Radji thinks he ought to go back to Teheran so as not to be lumped with the more infamous of the Shahs associates " in peoples minds . |
| 24 | The adoption should n't affect her , they should n't take her into account , but Kegan thinks they might want her token agreement , so I 've got to handle this right . |
| 25 | By the time they reached the railway station , Dot realized she must have had time to get herself straight inside , for she seemed almost cheery again . |
| 26 | Sue thinks someone must have loved me as Pete loves her . |
| 27 | ‘ Perks thinks they 'll go along beside the railway line . |
| 28 | Hitch maintained he could stop buses with his head ( and frequently did ) . |
| 29 | Though the company has already muted Cisco 's marketing ( dropping the slogan : ‘ It takes you by surprise ’ ) , Mrs Novello says it must do more — perhaps change the bottle 's shape and colour . |
| 30 | Walker says he will adopt a ‘ total approach ’ to inner-city problems : ‘ If you simply improve the infrastructure , but do nothing about jobs , you still have all the problems of crime and unemployment . |