Example sentences of "that [modal v] interest " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is nothing I can tell you , Officer , ’ said Iris in her stilted French , ‘ but my friend has something that may interest you . ’ |
| 2 | It is not whether the idea is correct but the great scope o f the vision that should interest us . |
| 3 | It is very important to make the point that we are not interested in all aspects of a speaker 's pitch ; the only things that should interest us are those which carry some linguistic information . |
| 4 | Then he said , ‘ I heard a story that might interest you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Something that might interest you , Sir , ’ he began as they climbed up the steps of the parked trailer . |
| 6 | ‘ Something that might interest you , ’ he said shortly . |
| 7 | ‘ One thing that might interest you , last year our manager jumped from that bridge and broke his neck … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I saw a book here that might interest you , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ I was just thinking when you left — I 've got an idea that might interest you . ’ |
| 10 | She tried to think of something that might interest a defector , but failed . |
| 11 | If you DO video anything that might interest us call our Newsdesk on 0235-554123 . |
| 12 | ‘ I have an offer that could interest you , ’ is enough to relax his guard . |
| 13 | ‘ Something that would interest you , my lord . |
| 14 | The social worker will be like a skilled ‘ friend ’ to them , who can help them in many areas of their life , perhaps by suggesting ways of overcoming loneliness by putting them in contact with the type of activity , club , Day Centre or workshop that would interest them , and arranging suitable transport for this ; or , if they are not particularly keen on group social activities , sometimes by finding individual volunteers to visit them and take them out ; although it should be remembered that no social worker or voluntary visitor can ever be a real substitute for care from their own family . |
| 15 | ‘ Nothing that would interest you . |
| 16 | There have been relatively few books written by senior officers of ‘ the other side ’ , and this certainly provides a commentary that will interest historians of the 1939–1945 air war . |
| 17 | This is a book that will interest philosophers rather than scientifically minded laymen , who may become impatient with too much general discussion resting on too little reliable research . |
| 18 | If you 've got a story that will interest other readers , do n't just sit there , get scribbling ! |
| 19 | ‘ Something that will interest you , Adam , something to make you sit up . |
| 20 | Following pests and diseases is a section that will interest those who would like to try their hands at raising their own new plants , and perhaps even achieving fame in the process ! |
| 21 | One of the other the other things that we will erm be taking responsibility for is , is something called the Front Line Review which I want to come back too , because it 's something that will interest you as a group erm , but that 's basically again a Council learn initiative , where the Council 's want to look at over the next month all of the front line services we provide , the , the services that you come into contact with on a day to day erm level and look at , you know , are we providing a service as you want , are we providing them efficiently , how would you like to see them better provided . |
| 22 | Good advertising communicates the right message to the right people at the right time in a way that will interest or amuse them , but above all make them want to buy the product , service , or even " idea " . |
| 23 | It is this time-depth that will interest us in chapter 5 , in which we turn to evidence for vernacular variation in earlier English . |
| 24 | Boys in particular seem to have more control over curricula with teachers making efforts to select materials that will interest them ( Shaw 1980 ) . |