Example sentences of "something [conj] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and er what I would like to see , and I 've long wanted to see this coming out of the church , is a rite of passage that I with integrity can offer to any parents who come to me with a , a , a lovely little baby in their arms saying to me parish minister can you give us something that would satisfy us , and they 're not saying it like this , but they want a rite of passage . |
| 2 | ‘ I hoped you might tell me something that would lead me to Heather . ’ |
| 3 | I am sure your grandmother would have wanted you to spend it on something that would bring you happiness . |
| 4 | Tom Scotland flew 62 ops from Italy with a Pathfinder squadron ( 614 ) ; his autobiography is a story of his search for truth , for something that would enable him to make sense out of all the destruction and chaos that was a part of wartime life . |
| 5 | In the wind and rattle sounds I 'd hear her start to cry and put my arm around her and lift her chin and say something that would calm her . |
| 6 | ‘ I kept looking for something that would tell me ( the PTL managers ) kept it from Bakker himself … but it never came . ’ |
| 7 | I was aching to say something that would help her . |
| 8 | ‘ Something that would interest you , my lord . |
| 9 | The chief executive of State of Israel Bonds , Meyir Rosenne , says that he expects the issue to sell out in two weeks , something that would take him ten weeks in normal times . |
| 10 | Something that would establish him as a Writer : script-writer , poet , lyricist for a rock band , novelist , playwright … it did n't matter . |
| 11 | There was no real way of keeping him away from Irish friends … unless of course , he were to have an accident too — something that would keep him at home for several months preferably . |
| 12 | What she needed was a weapon of some sort , something that would keep him at a distance should the need arise . |
| 13 | ‘ He may have some dreadful secret in his past that he wants to confess to you — something that may shake you to the core . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You mean that you do know something that may help them ? ’ |
| 15 | A principle of inquiry can not be something that may keep us from recognizing a clear and settled conception . |
| 16 | ‘ There is nothing I can tell you , Officer , ’ said Iris in her stilted French , ‘ but my friend has something that may interest you . ’ |
| 17 | It is already offering non-IBM peripherals for the DPX/20s , something that may allow it to undercut IBM 's pricing , and intends to add bespoke features to the hardware , such as terminal support , before the end of the year . |
| 18 | I hope you 've heard something that 'll make you think , and think positively and perhaps act positively . |
| 19 | At the end of the day , you want something sunny and cheerful , something that 'll make you smile when you walk in the room . ’ |
| 20 | Something that 'll keep me going in photography anyway . |
| 21 | Make the best of a bad job and busy yourself doing something that 'll keep you out of the firing line . |
| 22 | So you 've got to get a system where you can something that 'll help you so you can make sense of it and and learn . |
| 23 | ‘ Something that might interest you , Sir , ’ he began as they climbed up the steps of the parked trailer . |
| 24 | ‘ Something that might interest you , ’ he said shortly . |
| 25 | All you can really do is construct something that will divert it or block its way for a while ; persuade it to do something it does n't really want to do . |
| 26 | In the long run we still want something that will enable us to stop the resistance completely , ’ she said . |
| 27 | Old stopcocks were not made to a standard size and it may take some searching in plumbers ’ merchants to find something that will enable you to connect new copper pipe . |
| 28 | It is not something that will bring them to the Church and to Jesus . |
| 29 | First you require a second enlarger , an old anything with a lens , together with something that will give you a reasonably diffused light . |
| 30 | First you require a second enlarger , an old anything with a lens , together with something that will give you reasonably diffuse light . |