Example sentences of "[vb past] [indef pn] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So she met someone who could seemingly give her all the things I was n't able to . ’ |
| 2 | In 1976 , the film Ilsa , She-wolf of the SS was brought before the courts of New York State on a charge of obscenity , but the case was dismissed because the judge found nothing which could properly be covered by the Miller test , no ‘ lewd exhibition of the genitals ’ , no representations of ‘ ultimate sexual acts , normal or perverted ’ . |
| 3 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
| 4 | ‘ I must say , ’ answered the pregnant girl , ‘ that I had never expected to be as tired by anything as I was during those awful nights in the Blitz when sleep seemed something one would never have again — but this is worse ! ’ |
| 5 | Christina noticed her face , and thought it was time for goodnights , before Antonio added something he might really be sorry for . |
| 6 | It revealed something she would never have associated with the man whose ironic half-smile appeared in tabloid gossip columns almost as often as it did in yachting magazines . |
| 7 | The anti-terrorist branch were looking hard at MacQuillan 's political life , but Wickham knew someone who would certainly be able to tell him about the dead man 's business life . |
| 8 | True , there were very few Morris Minors around , and if you saw one you 'd probably remember it ; but to follow it into Wexford ? |
| 9 | ‘ While you were away , I remembered something which might just help . ’ |
| 10 | As she came within a block of Marlin 's building she remembered something she 'd utterly put out of her head for that six-year span . |
| 11 | If they did anything it would probably bring a response from the West |
| 12 | Although how we were supposed to be able to afford to rebuild , I had no idea , but whenever I queried anything he would just laugh and tell me to leave it all to him . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Not that he had anything we 'd really like to inherit . |
| 14 | He had never invited anyone to dinner at the house , for the simple reason that they never had anything he could honestly call dinner . |
| 15 | The result was that sometimes members of the family or others who went to her for help came away empty-handed , however great their needs or deserts might be ; Addy never used need as a yardstick But on the other side of the medal were the occasions , such as this one , when she volunteered something you 'd never have dreamed of asking for , and you were free to accept it because you knew she 'd be disappointed , not relieved , if you refused . |