Example sentences of "something that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , I 'm about to suggest something that would simplify matters . ’
2 I 'm sure I can come up with something that would simplify things for you . ’
3 Pascoe was walking through their house , ten years before , going from room to room , first puzzled , then anxious , then searching for something that would explain her absence .
4 Sandy tried to think of something to say , something that would explain how she felt ; but the image that formed in her mind was of a punchbowl brimming with vomit , and she knew instantly that she was about to do likewise .
5 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 .
6 Erm the unstable bladder was present more often amongst our obstructed group although erm this was not something that would distinguish the obstructed patients from the non-obstructed .
7 Chapman was interested only in something that would last three hours .
8 For the first time ever , Athelstan had a piece of evidence , something that would fit , something which might unlock the rat of the secrets .
9 During the interwar years there had been several proposals for something that would go beyond this to involve governments , and in 1938 the idea of a Nordic Council had been proposed by Denmark .
10 Before , the highest pinnacle of achievement would have been to make something that would change the world . ’
11 Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said in a televised interview with CNBC-TV that he knows of no effort by the US Federal Trade Commission to force a restructuring of Microsoft , despite its ongoing probe : ‘ I certainly have n't heard any suggestion that they 're even considering something that would change the structure of our company , ’ Gates said ; he also warned on the Business Insiders programme that Microsoft Corp will not be as profitable in the long-term as it has in recent years — ‘ The kind of profit margin we 've had in the past will be very unlikely for us to achieve in the future ; we 've said after tax margins probably wo n't stay over 20% in the mid to long-term , and they could go quite a bit lower than that in the short-term , ’ the company 's chief executive declared .
12 ‘ I hoped you might tell me something that would lead me to Heather . ’
13 ‘ Work , ’ she told him quietly , her eyes seeking the dark depths of his for something that would relate to what they had once been to each other in Seville .
14 Certainly if we 'd see something that would do this afternoon , or New Drove today , that 's fine .
15 I am sure your grandmother would have wanted you to spend it on something that would bring you happiness .
16 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 .
17 It had to be something that would give the prospective punter some idea of the staggering depth and scope and thoroughness of Henry 's work .
18 Following an appeal by UN Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar for a cease-fire over civilian-populated areas , this was accepted by both sides and the secretary-general now sought to widen it into something that would give effect to the Security Council resolutions , call for an end to the fighting altogether .
19 After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . "
20 Alternatively , Ho may simply have been waiting for something to turn up , something that would tip the scales one way or the other in the situation that was neither peace nor war .
21 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 .
22 By reversing his previous stand and meeting the Dalai Lama , Mr Bush was perhaps taking the steam out of a growing congressional effort to do something that would injure a lot more than China 's pride : the cancelling of China 's most-favoured-nation ( MFN ) trading status .
23 Jack often thought he was n't quick enough to match Charlie 's easy repartee , but now he had thought of something that would make his friend smile .
24 He envisaged a Soviet return to the position of leading exporter of grain as something that would make ‘ Messrs Imperialists ’ sit up and take notice .
25 ‘ I mean , if you were to find out something that would make a lot of difference , in the cheating line , would you tell me ? ’
26 Tests are being banned all over the US by the courts and legislatures , something that would make sense if they were as vicious and ineffectual as the press says they are .
27 In her early days , looking for something that would make her consultancy just that little bit different , she chose to have an all-women agency .
28 When he came in the evening — it was by this time unthinkable that there should be an evening when he did not come — he might let slip something that would make sense of this new move .
29 Well if you , all I was going to say is , if you 're going to get something like that , I mean we could buy something that would make a set .
30 ‘ I kept looking for something that would tell me ( the PTL managers ) kept it from Bakker himself … but it never came . ’
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