Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever .
2 An engineer knows how different elements will behave and can combine them to give a desired effect .
3 I afterwards met Mr Blair at the Congress , and observing his deep solicitude for Kildalton , I admitted the claims which its neglected state had upon my faith and affection , and remarked that it was not the pecuniary sacrifice that I should make that would deter me , so much as the expenditure I had lately incurred on my House and Glebe , and which would in a measure be thrown away , by my moving to Islay .
4 Ultimately it is the development that your competitors will make that will give you the opportunity — or the problem .
5 This makes the statement easier for your customer to understand and reconcile and will help you be paid faster , as well as saving a lot of time on queries .
6 For the time being he would not merely stay but would redouble his efforts to understand .
7 What would you differentiate that would give you X ?
8 This will meet and let's put it into context thousand pounds per district but Mr will put the money into production obviously and I think there 's something talk about traffic economy road balance .
9 Massage can help cramp and can prevent it spreading to other areas .
10 Maybe something will happen that will liberate me from your clutches , so I do n't have to produce your boring designs and do n't end up bankrupt paying your money back , either ! ’
11 It helps you relax and can make you feel better .
12 The Rover closed right up , blatantly harassing him into making one mistake that would give them the excuse to stop him .
13 The kind of software niches Solbourne would go after would require lots of CPU power , I/O and memory but still be small enough to be unattractive to an HP .
14 Alternatively , the future may bring chemicals that could protect us from any gas , liquid or radiation , not to mention environments in which future generations may live that will separate them from any hazardous source .
15 And so , er , when th the reapers were gathering in the harvest they were not allowed to go right to the edge of the field , they had to leave a border , they were not to go right into the corners , they were to leave those areas , so that the poorer members , so that those who did not have could come and could gather what was left behind .
16 ‘ I must pray and will see you at lunch . ’
17 He 's still in hospital with a slit throat but he can talk and might know something .
18 There 's so much that they could learn that would help them in their job .
19 She was becoming less interested in any tittle-tattle he might purvey that might help her with the case than in himself .
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