Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where you stand or sit will affect my perception of you . |
| 2 | Being drunk or stoned can make anyone forget to use condoms , but if the condoms are easy to see or find there is a better chance that you 'll remember to use them . |
| 3 | If he could convince her that nothing she could say or do would make him change his mind about Carrie , the way would be open for him to prove to Carrie he had enough love for the two of them . |
| 4 | No amount of male kindness or pleading could reduce its fear . |
| 5 | He got rid of oppositionists by proposing some impossible task , and when they failed or refused would move their expulsion , anyone who voted against automatically expelling themselves . |
| 6 | And it is Britain she thanks for the startling transformation and thinks will keep her at the top . |
| 7 | A few questions about playability , resilience and notching could keep them in order ! |
| 8 | Understanding general differences between spelling and speaking may help you to improve your own spelling , and may make it more interesting to focus on spelling as an issue in your writing . |
| 9 | I leant against a rock and watched Will choose his line of ascent . |
| 10 | Now that is n't easy actually , because you know , the practitioner 's think they know best and they actually quite resent , you know , the young Policy Officer 's coming in and saying let's do it this way , shall we ? |
| 11 | I certainly suspect the carb is at fault and a simple cleaning and retuning should cure your problems . |
| 12 | The area and the area steps , and the street-door and the street-door steps , and the brass handle , and the door-plate , and the knocker , and the fanlight , were all as clean and bright as indefatigable whitewashing , and hearthstoning , and scrubbing and rubbing could make them . |
| 13 | Alternatively people whose predominant coping strategy is to blame , project and rationalize may find themselves drifting towards isolation as well , as other people 's patience and tolerance wear thin . |
| 14 | The material 's ability to be easily magnetised and demagnetised may find it another application unrelated to its transparency — refrigeration . |
| 15 | It may eventually become rather twiggy but thinning will improve its shape |
| 16 | But Miss used to take me out into here , to the teachers cloak room and and er er plait my hair up again and s say to me , I 'll take it out before you go away Isa , because there was It was n't a clean place in Kirkwall . |