Example sentences of "thing that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Noel 's Christian socialism saw the kingdom of God as the coming state of mankind on earth , the crown of social evolution , intended by God from the very beginning of creation and the outcome of the teaching of his son , Jesus Chrismatos ; if only mankind would listen , and practise the things that would lead to it . |
| 2 | If he did have designs on her , and a plan to marry Mr Eddie Hogan 's daughter and thereby marry into the business , then why was he saying all the things that would irritate and upset her ? |
| 3 | They discovered that there were lots of things that would make the ‘ wrong ’ sort of leaf develop . |
| 4 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 5 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 6 | That he has books , videos etc to do — lots of things that would take 30 years to do . |
| 7 | Strong plastics , instructive building toys , things that would save women trouble . |
| 8 | And other things that would seem basic , like modes of transport , communication centres , systems of commerce or cultural interaction . |
| 9 | She was n't mean about it , she was very grateful to have someone to talk to and I used to try to spend a lot of time with her just to cheer her up — you know , walk the dog with her and go shopping — just do all the things that would help . |
| 10 | Robyn entered the tiny shop and bought at random , grabbing anything that was familiar — an odd assortment of things that would sustain her with the least amount of effort , paying her money to the assistant vaguely , absent-mindedly . |
| 11 | I let your white flesh and your skinny body and your blond hair blot out things that would have made me shudder at home . |
| 12 | The three chief contenders for the leadership of the Socialist Party , when the ailing Andreas Papandreou hands it over , all tell you sensible things that would have got them drummed out of the party ten years ago . |
| 13 | They refused to examine particular complaints or cases , did not examine branch files and did not interview rank-and-file officers ; in other words , they did none of the things that would have had to be done to get at the truth . |
| 14 | Perhaps she said things that would have been better left to silence . |
| 15 | Equally you know things that might prompt people to talk , to describe dreams , to tell stories and that |
| 16 | Things that might irritate you ? ’ she asked carefully . |
| 17 | There is now a general agreement that to perceive a three-dimensional object requires that one starts out with a set of models in one 's head of the kinds of things that might exist , and of what a 2-D image of them might look like , and that one should then test the actual images on one 's retina against these models . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's a good wrestler , a flier , a skier — all the things that might make him an attraction to the Duchess of York . |
| 19 | There i , there are a number of things that might affect the way in which we speak and how we use language in every day conversation , such as where we live , where we went to school , what |
| 20 | If somebody 's saying to you do you want our guarantee — it 's fifty pounds , or it 's a hundred pounds — if you 're spending that sort of money you 'll probably pay out for it and you 'll think you 're covered for all sorts of things that might go wrong . |
| 21 | Thank you for the little thoughts of avoiding the things that might upset me . |
| 22 | It was full of paper , ice-cream tubs and things that might excite the curiosity of any creature . |
| 23 | The only things that might have been classed as narrative were the poems , and they did n't seem to have anything to do with each other , apart from the fact a lot of them seemed to be vaguely about Death , or Love . |
| 24 | But er that was , that was very much er clutching at things that might have been at the last moment . |
| 25 | By comparison , the folk idiom and long melodic phrases of Dvorak 's American String Quartet seem gentle and homely , yet they too conveyed their own form of passionate yearning for homeland rather than , as in the Janacek , for things that might have been . |
| 26 | The thing that worries some people is that as it 's come at this particular time that some of the things that might have been done five years ago by Local Education Authorities to improve their whole education for children with special needs may now , either through other competing financial pressures , or through inertia or whatever , the whole spirit of Warnock could be lost , and I think it 's a thing that , you know , one will have to keep a careful eye on . |
| 27 | It must be true that Nanny was a liar and a trouble-maker because he could hear her saying all those terrible things that might cause Frankie to be taken away for ever . |
| 28 | ‘ Their foot shall slide in due time : for the day of their calamity is at hand , and the things that shall come upon them make haste . ’ |
| 29 | It is much easier to work your way through a list , particularly if you are dealing with things that may embarrass or upset you , than it is to try and create order out of a general conversation . |
| 30 | Also many other small things that may have life and thought — butterflies , snails in curled shell , spiders , maggots . |