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This was a sheer waste of time. He would probably land and then tell them to walk back.

Mitch might well have a lot of opportunity to photograph Spain

When she glanced at him again he looked very grim and she wondered if she should have told Mitch that he might well have a lot of opportunity to photograph Spain - on foot as he walked back to Malaga.

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This was a sheer waste of time. He would probably land and then tell them to walk back.</s>When she glanced at him again he looked very grim and she wondered if she should have told Mitch that he might well have a lot of opportunity to photograph Spain - on foot as he walked back to Malaga.</s>Mitch might well have a lot of opportunity to photograph Spain

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But in the end I saw that Frejji was right - that Mala and I could probably stay unrecognized in the midst of a typical Uulaan carnival. And there were a couple of other things, I told myself reassuringly, that to tip the balance back a little towards our side.

she was on Uulaa

First I knew that they were on Uulaa - but they wouldn't know I was.

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But in the end I saw that Frejji was right - that Mala and I could probably stay unrecognized in the midst of a typical Uulaan carnival. And there were a couple of other things, I told myself reassuringly, that to tip the balance back a little towards our side.</s>First I knew that they were on Uulaa - but they wouldn't know I was.</s>she was on Uulaa

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Whatever I learnt, I shared with Joe, not, I'm afraid, so that he would be more educated, but so that I would be less ashamed of him in front of Estella. One Sunday Joe and I went out on the marshes, as usual, to study together.

Joe remembered anything from one week to the next

I don't think he ever remembered anything from one week to the next but he smoked his pipe comfortably looking as intelligent as he could.

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Whatever I learnt, I shared with Joe, not, I'm afraid, so that he would be more educated, but so that I would be less ashamed of him in front of Estella. One Sunday Joe and I went out on the marshes, as usual, to study together.</s>I don't think he ever remembered anything from one week to the next but he smoked his pipe comfortably looking as intelligent as he could.</s>Joe remembered anything from one week to the next

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``For God's sake keep them in their seats. If we get panic people are going to be crushed to death and there will be mayhem in the car park.''

the situation was very very serious

The announcer could only guess from the urgency in the Chief Constable's voice that the situation was very very serious.

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``For God's sake keep them in their seats. If we get panic people are going to be crushed to death and there will be mayhem in the car park.''</s>The announcer could only guess from the urgency in the Chief Constable's voice that the situation was very very serious.</s>the situation was very very serious

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guess

It was hard to tell what time of day it was. The ground was too warm, Rostov was sure, for it to be morning.

the time of day was mid to late afternoon

But since he had only a vague idea about the length of the Tarvaras day he could only guess from the position of the sun and the length of the shadows that it was mid to late afternoon.

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It was hard to tell what time of day it was. The ground was too warm, Rostov was sure, for it to be morning.</s>But since he had only a vague idea about the length of the Tarvaras day he could only guess from the position of the sun and the length of the shadows that it was mid to late afternoon.</s>the time of day was mid to late afternoon

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Jeff Dudley. The Edwardian informed me recently that he 'd been appointed trade attache in one of our Central American embassies.

Jeff Dudley is a spy nowadays

Perhaps that means he's a spy nowadays.

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Jeff Dudley. The Edwardian informed me recently that he 'd been appointed trade attache in one of our Central American embassies.</s>Perhaps that means he's a spy nowadays.</s>Jeff Dudley is a spy nowadays

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``But it could have been a big jet. Maybe hundreds of passengers.''

it wasn't a jet carrying hundreds of passengers

If Andropulos knew it wasn't a jet carrying hundreds of passengers his face wasn't saying so.

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``But it could have been a big jet. Maybe hundreds of passengers.''</s>If Andropulos knew it wasn't a jet carrying hundreds of passengers his face wasn't saying so.</s>it wasn't a jet carrying hundreds of passengers

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It sounded plausible, but the words were a little too pat for Lorton's liking. The solution was so convenient - and for someone in Tolby's position so tactful too.

Lorton had a hand in Newley's disappearance

Tolby might suspect that Lorton had a hand in Newley's disappearance despite the fact that he had unwittingly provided Lorton with a partial alibi for that Sunday.

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It sounded plausible, but the words were a little too pat for Lorton's liking. The solution was so convenient - and for someone in Tolby's position so tactful too.</s>Tolby might suspect that Lorton had a hand in Newley's disappearance despite the fact that he had unwittingly provided Lorton with a partial alibi for that Sunday.</s>Lorton had a hand in Newley's disappearance

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Ruth found herself in his arms, her face against his broad chest - as if she were a little girl again, in the time before she 'd known he was crazy.

Ruth remembered that time

She hadn't realized she remembered that time.

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Ruth found herself in his arms, her face against his broad chest - as if she were a little girl again, in the time before she 'd known he was crazy.</s>She hadn't realized she remembered that time.</s>Ruth remembered that time

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realize

Martha made no answer. She could not tell them that she was desperately in love with Bob Lamb.

Bob's interest lay with Sarah Butler

She knew that Bob paid her no attention but did not realise that his interest lay with Sarah Butler down at Cherry Tree Farm.

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Martha made no answer. She could not tell them that she was desperately in love with Bob Lamb.</s>She knew that Bob paid her no attention but did not realise that his interest lay with Sarah Butler down at Cherry Tree Farm.</s>Bob's interest lay with Sarah Butler

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``Knock once and enter.'' Julia could think of no appropriate reply.

there was any reply that Julia could make to Miss Coldharbour

In fact when she came to consider she never felt that there was any reply that she could make to Miss Coldharbour whose remarks frequently had the air of concluding conversations rather than opening them.

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``Knock once and enter.'' Julia could think of no appropriate reply.</s>In fact when she came to consider she never felt that there was any reply that she could make to Miss Coldharbour whose remarks frequently had the air of concluding conversations rather than opening them.</s>there was any reply that Julia could make to Miss Coldharbour

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What must it be like to be imprisoned here, day after day, month after month? I wonder, does he keep them chained and manacled, thought Fenella, or does he use sorcery?

Fenella was weighing sorcery against steel chains

And so utterly immersed was she in this strange blue and green land that was not feeling strange any more that she did not even notice that she was weighing sorcery against steel chains and seriously considering the likely outcome.

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What must it be like to be imprisoned here, day after day, month after month? I wonder, does he keep them chained and manacled, thought Fenella, or does he use sorcery?</s>And so utterly immersed was she in this strange blue and green land that was not feeling strange any more that she did not even notice that she was weighing sorcery against steel chains and seriously considering the likely outcome.</s>Fenella was weighing sorcery against steel chains

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learn

And I don't want to have to lie to them. The kidnappers have given us until October the eleventh to deliver the document and I haven't despaired of finding it before then.

he's been to America

But if the police learn I 've been to America they 'll ask why.

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And I don't want to have to lie to them. The kidnappers have given us until October the eleventh to deliver the document and I haven't despaired of finding it before then.</s>But if the police learn I 've been to America they 'll ask why.</s>he's been to America

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pretend

Cecilia always left coming to Tina's until noon was past because she did not want to find her daughter in bed. Had she done so she would not have said a word, would not have looked a word, would simply have sat on the bed and talked to Tina for ten minutes instead of the two of them sitting opposite each other in armchairs.

Tina had been up for hours

But if she came and found Tina up she could pretend to herself that Tina had been up for hours and was a normal person and a proper mother.

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Cecilia always left coming to Tina's until noon was past because she did not want to find her daughter in bed. Had she done so she would not have said a word, would not have looked a word, would simply have sat on the bed and talked to Tina for ten minutes instead of the two of them sitting opposite each other in armchairs.</s>But if she came and found Tina up she could pretend to herself that Tina had been up for hours and was a normal person and a proper mother.</s>Tina had been up for hours

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Alas, poor Cecil. Better for him, maybe, had he stuck to his original scheme.

it would have been difficult for anyone to have thrown away a Tory victory in post-Falklands Britain with a Labour Party led by Michael Foot

Still he enjoyed the chairmanship and gets very cross if anyone suggests that it would have been difficult for anyone to have thrown away a Tory victory in post-Falklands Britain with a Labour Party led by Michael Foot.

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Alas, poor Cecil. Better for him, maybe, had he stuck to his original scheme.</s>Still he enjoyed the chairmanship and gets very cross if anyone suggests that it would have been difficult for anyone to have thrown away a Tory victory in post-Falklands Britain with a Labour Party led by Michael Foot.</s>it would have been difficult for anyone to have thrown away a Tory victory in post-Falklands Britain with a Labour Party led by Michael Foot

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``Yes?'' ``Nathan?''

the call was long-distance

He could tell it was long-distance the line was so gravelly and hollow but he didn't recognise the voice.

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``Yes?'' ``Nathan?''</s>He could tell it was long-distance the line was so gravelly and hollow but he didn't recognise the voice.</s>the call was long-distance

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Bohemian pyrotechnics are not what marriage to Stu promises. Gillian has landed herself nothing other than the youngest older man she could find.

he wasn't noticing

But would it have been fair to point all this out as they nuzzled one another on some Anglian plage and assumed I wasn't noticing?

question

past

Bohemian pyrotechnics are not what marriage to Stu promises. Gillian has landed herself nothing other than the youngest older man she could find.</s>But would it have been fair to point all this out as they nuzzled one another on some Anglian plage and assumed I wasn't noticing?</s>he wasn't noticing

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say

My mother was again plunged into a version of that dilemma common to all divorced wives. Either she could say that Derek was the biggest fool the world had ever seen - in which case she would stand, self-confessed, as an even bigger fool for having married him in the first place.

Derek had always had charming manners

Or she could say that Derek had always had charming manners and was in the habit of commending ladies on their scent even if it smelled of Alexandrian sewers and sound as though she had lost something worth keeping - and inevitably regretful.

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My mother was again plunged into a version of that dilemma common to all divorced wives. Either she could say that Derek was the biggest fool the world had ever seen - in which case she would stand, self-confessed, as an even bigger fool for having married him in the first place.</s>Or she could say that Derek had always had charming manners and was in the habit of commending ladies on their scent even if it smelled of Alexandrian sewers and sound as though she had lost something worth keeping - and inevitably regretful.</s>Derek had always had charming manners

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decide

The marriage she had assumed naively would be the end of every serious relationship now seemed a very distant - if not unreachable - shore. Whereas Luke was very near, and the feelings he aroused in her were like an undertow, pulling her down.

Luke had waited long enough

If - when - he decided he had waited long enough she was far from certain what her response would be.

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The marriage she had assumed naively would be the end of every serious relationship now seemed a very distant - if not unreachable - shore. Whereas Luke was very near, and the feelings he aroused in her were like an undertow, pulling her down.</s>If - when - he decided he had waited long enough she was far from certain what her response would be.</s>Luke had waited long enough

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It's now now. I got married.

she ever would get married

Part of me didn't think I ever would part of me disapproved part of me was a little scared to tell the truth.

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It's now now. I got married.</s>Part of me didn't think I ever would part of me disapproved part of me was a little scared to tell the truth.</s>she ever would get married

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There was no answer. Moving carefully, Benny stepped around the edges of the room, and opened the window shutters.

General Etienne was dead

Her momentary horror at seeing the unmistakable form of General Etienne was only slightly dulled by the realization that the stiff posture he was in could only mean he was dead.

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There was no answer. Moving carefully, Benny stepped around the edges of the room, and opened the window shutters.</s>Her momentary horror at seeing the unmistakable form of General Etienne was only slightly dulled by the realization that the stiff posture he was in could only mean he was dead.</s>General Etienne was dead

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He looked at me questioningly.

she minded like hell

I wished I could say yes I minded like hell it wouldn't cost me much in the circumstances.

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He looked at me questioningly.</s>I wished I could say yes I minded like hell it wouldn't cost me much in the circumstances.</s>she minded like hell

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know

Nevertheless I can't do that. Melanie or not, it was still in confidence.

Melanie was still there last night

All I can say is that I didn't even know Melanie was still there that night.

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Nevertheless I can't do that. Melanie or not, it was still in confidence.</s>All I can say is that I didn't even know Melanie was still there that night.</s>Melanie was still there last night

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The kitchen radiator doesn't work and the Calorgas fire hadn't warmed the place up yet. I began to wonder about how long hypothermia takes to kill someone, I mean what if I left Mum there overnight - would that be long enough?

Mum must have gone wandering

I could say that she must have gone wandering.

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The kitchen radiator doesn't work and the Calorgas fire hadn't warmed the place up yet. I began to wonder about how long hypothermia takes to kill someone, I mean what if I left Mum there overnight - would that be long enough?</s>I could say that she must have gone wandering.</s>Mum must have gone wandering

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admit

There was latent power in every careless move he made. His body was extremely fit, not an ounce of surplus flesh on him, and every trained muscle and sinew was ready to act in a split-second to whatever the brain required of it.

Paige had never seen a better male specimen

Paige could only admit that she had never seen a better male specimen.

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There was latent power in every careless move he made. His body was extremely fit, not an ounce of surplus flesh on him, and every trained muscle and sinew was ready to act in a split-second to whatever the brain required of it.</s>Paige could only admit that she had never seen a better male specimen.</s>Paige had never seen a better male specimen

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Indeed, in those busy days, our servants ' hall would often witness a gathering of some of the finest professionals in England talking late into the night by the warmth of the fire. Sometimes, naturally, there would be strong disagreements, but more often than not, the atmosphere was dominated by a feeling of mutual respect.

regular visitors included the likes of Mr Harry Graham valet-butler to Sir James Chambers

Perhaps I will convey a better idea of the tone of those evenings if I say that regular visitors included the likes of Mr Harry Graham valet-butler to Sir James Chambers and Mr John Donalds valet to Mr Sydney Dickenson.

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Indeed, in those busy days, our servants ' hall would often witness a gathering of some of the finest professionals in England talking late into the night by the warmth of the fire. Sometimes, naturally, there would be strong disagreements, but more often than not, the atmosphere was dominated by a feeling of mutual respect.</s>Perhaps I will convey a better idea of the tone of those evenings if I say that regular visitors included the likes of Mr Harry Graham valet-butler to Sir James Chambers and Mr John Donalds valet to Mr Sydney Dickenson.</s>regular visitors included the likes of Mr Harry Graham valet-butler to Sir James Chambers

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``Clever''. Klug means ``clever''.

Abie was clever

Would you say that Abie was clever?

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``Clever''. Klug means ``clever''.</s>Would you say that Abie was clever?</s>Abie was clever

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notice

He left his own number, calling himself Alain - the name of her Malaysian-French ``business manager''. The next day Gina rang.

it was Gina's own number

She had obviously not noticed that it was her own number.

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He left his own number, calling himself Alain - the name of her Malaysian-French ``business manager''. The next day Gina rang.</s>She had obviously not noticed that it was her own number.</s>it was Gina's own number

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forget

He also liked swimming and cycling. He said that he wrote stories, though he had to admit that he had never got further than the first two pages.

Willie was there

Willie meanwhile not only remained silent during these conversations but picked his berries slowly so that they might forget that he was there but he reckoned without Zach.

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He also liked swimming and cycling. He said that he wrote stories, though he had to admit that he had never got further than the first two pages.</s>Willie meanwhile not only remained silent during these conversations but picked his berries slowly so that they might forget that he was there but he reckoned without Zach.</s>Willie was there

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``And you're not having this dress,'' Nora said, bending down to look at the price tag. ``It's two and a half guineas!''

Nora was genuinely appalled

she hissed at Louise who could tell that she was genuinely appalled.

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``And you're not having this dress,'' Nora said, bending down to look at the price tag. ``It's two and a half guineas!''</s>she hissed at Louise who could tell that she was genuinely appalled.</s>Nora was genuinely appalled

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``Here's three pence for you for a lolly if you 'll go.'' ``All right, then,'' agreed Peggy, her pout disappearing at once.

a little troubled crease appeared on Peggy's mummy's forehead

She did not notice that a little troubled crease appeared on her mummy's forehead.

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``Here's three pence for you for a lolly if you 'll go.'' ``All right, then,'' agreed Peggy, her pout disappearing at once.</s>She did not notice that a little troubled crease appeared on her mummy's forehead.</s>a little troubled crease appeared on Peggy's mummy's forehead

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They pretended that what was happening was not happening, and if it were to happen, it would certainly never happen to the likes of them. ``It is wise to bear in mind how vastly superior is the individual over all the political institutions and social mechanisms which oppress him!''

liberal humanism was powerless in the face of fascism

They did not know that liberal humanism was powerless in the face of fascism.

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They pretended that what was happening was not happening, and if it were to happen, it would certainly never happen to the likes of them. ``It is wise to bear in mind how vastly superior is the individual over all the political institutions and social mechanisms which oppress him!''</s>They did not know that liberal humanism was powerless in the face of fascism.</s>liberal humanism was powerless in the face of fascism

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Hazel had not felt so much bewildered since Blackberry had talked about the raft beside the Enborne. Obviously, the stones could not possibly be anything to do with El-ahrairah.

Strawberry's tail was an oak tree

It seemed to him that Strawberry might as well have said that his tail was an oak tree.

CI

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Hazel had not felt so much bewildered since Blackberry had talked about the raft beside the Enborne. Obviously, the stones could not possibly be anything to do with El-ahrairah.</s>It seemed to him that Strawberry might as well have said that his tail was an oak tree.</s>Strawberry's tail was an oak tree

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He turned his horse time and again, and went ploughing through the thickest of the struggle with bared sword, exchanging strokes with any who cared to stand and debate with him. Time did not exist for him now, as long as any challenged him.

most of the Scottish host had already cast off everything that weighed it down

He did not even know that most of the Scottish host had already cast off everything that weighed it down and taken to flight acknowledging the truth of this meeting.

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He turned his horse time and again, and went ploughing through the thickest of the struggle with bared sword, exchanging strokes with any who cared to stand and debate with him. Time did not exist for him now, as long as any challenged him.</s>He did not even know that most of the Scottish host had already cast off everything that weighed it down and taken to flight acknowledging the truth of this meeting.</s>most of the Scottish host had already cast off everything that weighed it down

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suggest

She was pouring a cup of tea when the solution came to her. As a member of the editorial collective of Fem Sap, it was part of her job to commission occasional articles.

Jamie should write something for Fem Sap

She could ring Jamie and suggest that he write something for it.

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She was pouring a cup of tea when the solution came to her. As a member of the editorial collective of Fem Sap, it was part of her job to commission occasional articles.</s>She could ring Jamie and suggest that he write something for it.</s>Jamie should write something for Fem Sap

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``Keep your faces down.'' Beth feared for the children's sight as she lurched forward to grab the branch.

Matthew would stop once Beth had hold of the other end

If she thought Matthew would stop once she had hold of the other end Beth was badly mistaken.

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``Keep your faces down.'' Beth feared for the children's sight as she lurched forward to grab the branch.</s>If she thought Matthew would stop once she had hold of the other end Beth was badly mistaken.</s>Matthew would stop once Beth had hold of the other end

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insist

We must be well past Malmesbury by this time, Isabel thought. But the fortress there was an outpost, virtually surrounded by enemy castles.

fitzAlan could travel

It would be miles yet probably another day of travelling before they reached safer country and even if fitzAlan stubbornly insisted that he could travel the horse wouldn't go forever.

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We must be well past Malmesbury by this time, Isabel thought. But the fortress there was an outpost, virtually surrounded by enemy castles.</s>It would be miles yet probably another day of travelling before they reached safer country and even if fitzAlan stubbornly insisted that he could travel the horse wouldn't go forever.</s>fitzAlan could travel

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know

He asked to be put through to Alexandra's desk and was disconcerted when the voice wanted to know who was calling. ``Uh - Matthew Prescott, Cadogan's, Art Dealers,'' he said, too flustered to give a false name.

the person calling was Matthew Prescott

He hoped he at least sounded businesslike as though it were not a private call and realized immediately that Alexandra would refuse to take the call if she knew it was him.

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He asked to be put through to Alexandra's desk and was disconcerted when the voice wanted to know who was calling. ``Uh - Matthew Prescott, Cadogan's, Art Dealers,'' he said, too flustered to give a false name.</s>He hoped he at least sounded businesslike as though it were not a private call and realized immediately that Alexandra would refuse to take the call if she knew it was him.</s>the person calling was Matthew Prescott

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guess

``It's your own silly fault,'' Claire said. ``You think people have nothing better to do than listen to you.''

he 'd get no sympathy from Claire

I might have guessed I 'd get no sympathy from Claire.

CI

modal

past

``It's your own silly fault,'' Claire said. ``You think people have nothing better to do than listen to you.''</s>I might have guessed I 'd get no sympathy from Claire.</s>he 'd get no sympathy from Claire

BNC-720

A2BA9Y6VGW6WS1

2

22

3LOJFQ4BOXKG5MJ3CG2NZCV68KEKD2

say

He had exercised effective control of the labour force for ten years at the giant plant and had been able to bring the workers out on strike at the drop of a hat. It was he, Clasper, who dictated to management the size of the labour force they would require to produce a given number of products, regardless of any figure which management might arrive at by employing accurately measured work standards.

three men had to be employed to do two men's work

If in effect Clasper said that three men must be employed to do two men's work then that was it.

conditional

present

He had exercised effective control of the labour force for ten years at the giant plant and had been able to bring the workers out on strike at the drop of a hat. It was he, Clasper, who dictated to management the size of the labour force they would require to produce a given number of products, regardless of any figure which management might arrive at by employing accurately measured work standards.</s>If in effect Clasper said that three men must be employed to do two men's work then that was it.</s>three men had to be employed to do two men's work

BNC-326

A2BA9Y6VGW6WS1

2

22

3O2Y2UIUCQZD36XZ3MXDNCYRKXUKFD

notice

The birthday party was of a kind which Cecilia would have wondered at, had she been invited to it, for although a few of Bienvida's classmates were present in its early stages, by seven it had become a celebration for the grown-ups. Bienvida and Jasper were of course still there.

Bienvida had at some stage gone back to the Headmaster's Flat

No one noticed that Bienvida her grandmother's granddaughter more than her mother's child had at some stage gone back to the Headmaster's Flat and changed into dungarees to keep her Oxfam dress of nylon organza from getting dirty.

negation

present

The birthday party was of a kind which Cecilia would have wondered at, had she been invited to it, for although a few of Bienvida's classmates were present in its early stages, by seven it had become a celebration for the grown-ups. Bienvida and Jasper were of course still there.</s>No one noticed that Bienvida her grandmother's granddaughter more than her mother's child had at some stage gone back to the Headmaster's Flat and changed into dungarees to keep her Oxfam dress of nylon organza from getting dirty.</s>Bienvida had at some stage gone back to the Headmaster's Flat

BNC-1665

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3JMNNNO3B19KXCF44519R4YXY16W2B

see

But, of course, that just wasn't possible. Her disappointment over Jonathan, which had driven her to France in the first place, had been relegated somewhere to the back of her mind.

marriage to Jonathan would have been a ghastly mistake

Now in retrospect she could see that marriage to him would have been a ghastly mistake and that her reaction to discovering that he had been seeing other women while he had been engaged to her had had far more to do with wounded pride than with a wounded heart.

AB

modal

present

But, of course, that just wasn't possible. Her disappointment over Jonathan, which had driven her to France in the first place, had been relegated somewhere to the back of her mind.</s>Now in retrospect she could see that marriage to him would have been a ghastly mistake and that her reaction to discovering that he had been seeing other women while he had been engaged to her had had far more to do with wounded pride than with a wounded heart.</s>marriage to Jonathan would have been a ghastly mistake

BNC-1071

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3PMR2DOWOO60N7F7CIXOUJII2EJ54G

think

B: I understand we are doing care of the elderly, right? A: Yes. B: And how do you feel about putting someone in the nursing home? A:

some of her relatives would really like to go there

Well, I don't think that uh, any of my relatives would really like to go there.

negation

present

B: I understand we are doing care of the elderly, right? A: Yes. B: And how do you feel about putting someone in the nursing home? A:</s>Well, I don't think that uh, any of my relatives would really like to go there.</s>some of her relatives would really like to go there

SWBD-228

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

33Q5P9PUSPR1PPCBCLAM2L11RS6CZ5

see

Alone in the big drawing-room where Annette's choice of bright fabrics had fought hardest, albeit still without winning against her dead in-laws ' passion for darkpanelled gloom Maxim went straight to the telephone. It was the same old-fashioned type as Miss Tuckey's and he unscrewed the mouthpiece carefully but found nothing extra inside.

the elaborate cornices and mouldings gave a myriad opportunities to a good wire man

Looking around he remembered it was difficult to plant bugs actually inside panelling but even his half-trained eye could see that the elaborate cornices and mouldings gave a myriad opportunities to a good wire man.

AB

modal

present

Alone in the big drawing-room where Annette's choice of bright fabrics had fought hardest, albeit still without winning against her dead in-laws ' passion for darkpanelled gloom Maxim went straight to the telephone. It was the same old-fashioned type as Miss Tuckey's and he unscrewed the mouthpiece carefully but found nothing extra inside.</s>Looking around he remembered it was difficult to plant bugs actually inside panelling but even his half-trained eye could see that the elaborate cornices and mouldings gave a myriad opportunities to a good wire man.</s>the elaborate cornices and mouldings gave a myriad opportunities to a good wire man

BNC-1091

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3NBFJK3IOHN27XE9CYVOCEFC5ICOGA

know

It can't really be alive. It's not really about to bite me.

there was a monster about to bite her

Dorcas wouldn't have brought me in here if he knew there was a monster about to bite me.

conditional

past

It can't really be alive. It's not really about to bite me.</s>Dorcas wouldn't have brought me in here if he knew there was a monster about to bite me.</s>there was a monster about to bite her

BNC-177

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3L4YG5VW9NX8RGDTKZG0VZ0GSAUDDX

find

B: Oh, yeah, it's been beautiful this last week but, A: I could do with a little less wind, but I think the temperature has been pretty good so far for working outside. B: Yeah. A:

speaker B does most of her crocheting or knit work around Christmas time

Do you find you do most of your, uh, crocheting or your knit work around Christmas time?

question

present

B: Oh, yeah, it's been beautiful this last week but, A: I could do with a little less wind, but I think the temperature has been pretty good so far for working outside. B: Yeah. A:</s>Do you find you do most of your, uh, crocheting or your knit work around Christmas time?</s>speaker B does most of her crocheting or knit work around Christmas time

SWBD-418

A1945USNZHTROX

1

11

311HQEI8RSLVD8HFL42BMZ9NQHF7Z7

know

Did you know that? Pluto... the God of Hades.

the planet Saturn is associated with lead

Did you know that the planet Saturn is associated with lead?

question

present

Did you know that? Pluto... the God of Hades.</s>Did you know that the planet Saturn is associated with lead?</s>the planet Saturn is associated with lead

BNC-2397

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

33N1S8XHHMQH2M2DWOL2LPIANVJZ16

feel

But now these beginnings had become something of a joke between them and the congregation had learned to accept them with amused tolerance. They always made Sophia think how much more Mark would be appreciated in a different sort of parish, though she never said anything about it now.

Mark's work lay here

If he felt that his work lay here it was not for her to question his decision but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind.

conditional

present

But now these beginnings had become something of a joke between them and the congregation had learned to accept them with amused tolerance. They always made Sophia think how much more Mark would be appreciated in a different sort of parish, though she never said anything about it now.</s>If he felt that his work lay here it was not for her to question his decision but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind.</s>Mark's work lay here

BNC-67

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3JGHED38EDWV8I7API0S8S0LKPSY7S

believe

I told you once before what I believe in, Michael Riven. I believe in friendship, also.

Michael Riven can aid this world by standing on his head

If you believe that you can aid this world by standing on your head then I will hold your ankles for you.

conditional

present

I told you once before what I believe in, Michael Riven. I believe in friendship, also.</s>If you believe that you can aid this world by standing on your head then I will hold your ankles for you.</s>Michael Riven can aid this world by standing on his head

BNC-36

A1945USNZHTROX

0

00

3LOJFQ4BOXKG5MJ3CG2NZCV68KEKD2

guess

``For God's sake keep them in their seats. If we get panic people are going to be crushed to death and there will be mayhem in the car park.''

the situation was very very serious

The announcer could only guess from the urgency in the Chief Constable's voice that the situation was very very serious.

AB

modal

present

``For God's sake keep them in their seats. If we get panic people are going to be crushed to death and there will be mayhem in the car park.''</s>The announcer could only guess from the urgency in the Chief Constable's voice that the situation was very very serious.</s>the situation was very very serious

BNC-714

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

311HQEI8RSLVD8HFL42BMZ9NQHF7Z7

think

Feargal's censure, Phena's bitterness - a hell of a burden to carry all your adult life. And it must be a burden, knowing that your family thought you a cheat, knowing that you had hurt them, and would continue to hurt them until you died.

Ellie would have had that sort of courage

Ellie didn't think she would have had that sort of courage.

negation

present

Feargal's censure, Phena's bitterness - a hell of a burden to carry all your adult life. And it must be a burden, knowing that your family thought you a cheat, knowing that you had hurt them, and would continue to hurt them until you died.</s>Ellie didn't think she would have had that sort of courage.</s>Ellie would have had that sort of courage

BNC-2022

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3X55NP42EOLJYLEMWJ1JIKVTFG8P3P

realize

A: Oh, well, what kind of paint did you use for the, um, bookends? B: Well, that's half the problem right there is that it was a oil base, so I had to get,

they didn't have any turpentine or paint thinner or anything in the house

and when I painted them, I didn't realize that we didn't have any turpentine or paint thinner or anything in the house.

negation

past

A: Oh, well, what kind of paint did you use for the, um, bookends? B: Well, that's half the problem right there is that it was a oil base, so I had to get,</s>and when I painted them, I didn't realize that we didn't have any turpentine or paint thinner or anything in the house.</s>they didn't have any turpentine or paint thinner or anything in the house

SWBD-325

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

37VUR2VJ6AU4UTR34A1UARHPIDQ1C6

think

A: Yeah, but, uh, I guess most of the things that happen around here are pretty, uh, innocuous. Although, uh, from what I hear in the news, and I saw an episode of the TV show, COPS uh, one time that was in Pittsburgh, B: Uh-huh. A: and, uh, it did surprise me, because, you know, they were doing drug arrests and things like that,

those things happen too often

but I don't really think those things happen too often because, like I said, from what's reported in the news, at least, it's not all that common.

negation

present

A: Yeah, but, uh, I guess most of the things that happen around here are pretty, uh, innocuous. Although, uh, from what I hear in the news, and I saw an episode of the TV show, COPS uh, one time that was in Pittsburgh, B: Uh-huh. A: and, uh, it did surprise me, because, you know, they were doing drug arrests and things like that,</s>but I don't really think those things happen too often because, like I said, from what's reported in the news, at least, it's not all that common.</s>those things happen too often

SWBD-383

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3FDWKV9VCN7XCCUSJN5SOPRYK21UMF

say

Alice smiled and nodded, and got up to stand at the window, looking out. Indolent and privileged, daughter of the Establishment, she leaned on the sill, watching the goings-on in the street, and listened to the sounds of paper sliding on paper.

Alice's father had agreed Alice should have some money

Should she say her father had agreed she should have some money?

question

future

Alice smiled and nodded, and got up to stand at the window, looking out. Indolent and privileged, daughter of the Establishment, she leaned on the sill, watching the goings-on in the street, and listened to the sounds of paper sliding on paper.</s>Should she say her father had agreed she should have some money?</s>Alice's father had agreed Alice should have some money

BNC-2499

A1945USNZHTROX

2

22

3CVBMEMMXBL9MNHLFIW4MS5IUS77HS

notice

``These ` ere smugglers is a dangerous bunch from wot I 've ` eard!'' ``If only we could devise a safe way of laying our hands on all that money,'' murmured Pugwash, whose greed was as proverbial as his cowardice.

the pirates were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage

And the pirates were so busy discussing the problem and what they would do with the reward if they won it that they didn't notice that they were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage.

negation

present

``These ` ere smugglers is a dangerous bunch from wot I 've ` eard!'' ``If only we could devise a safe way of laying our hands on all that money,'' murmured Pugwash, whose greed was as proverbial as his cowardice.</s>And the pirates were so busy discussing the problem and what they would do with the reward if they won it that they didn't notice that they were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage.</s>the pirates were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage

BNC-1683

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

37VUR2VJ6AU4UTR34A1UARHPIDQ1C6

think

A: I guess it, would, B: Because you got to, watch them every day, and keep them watered A: yeah. Uh-huh. B:

she will do it again

and I don't think I'll do it again.

negation

present

A: I guess it, would, B: Because you got to, watch them every day, and keep them watered A: yeah. Uh-huh. B:</s>and I don't think I'll do it again.</s>she will do it again

SWBD-199

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3JMNNNO3B19KXCF44519R4YXY16W2B

assume

Obviously he did not make himself known so we can only speculate as to who he was watching, but we are all hoping that Trevor Proby will soon get the call. Likewise, supporters have reported to me that a well known, flamboyant Football League Premier Division chairman has been seen at ``The Tip''.

the well known flamboyant Football League Premier Division chairman is not spying on players

We may assume that he is not spying on players and so must be on the lookout for managerial talent.

DE

modal

present

Obviously he did not make himself known so we can only speculate as to who he was watching, but we are all hoping that Trevor Proby will soon get the call. Likewise, supporters have reported to me that a well known, flamboyant Football League Premier Division chairman has been seen at ``The Tip''.</s>We may assume that he is not spying on players and so must be on the lookout for managerial talent.</s>the well known flamboyant Football League Premier Division chairman is not spying on players

BNC-583

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3RSBJ6YZECVWTXIE1EP6UTF043COFB

tell

But she did not tell me about the food, or the cold, or the unkind teachers. Charlotte told me those things, much later.

the food was often burnt and uneatable

I know Maria did not tell me that the food was often burnt and uneatable or that they could not sleep because the beds were too cold.

negation

past

But she did not tell me about the food, or the cold, or the unkind teachers. Charlotte told me those things, much later.</s>I know Maria did not tell me that the food was often burnt and uneatable or that they could not sleep because the beds were too cold.</s>the food was often burnt and uneatable

BNC-1951

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

32204AGAABHSFGSM8L0YS5IBTUHHGU

think

But first Zosie had come. Rufus, driving back from London with the hashish his dealer swore was genuine Indian charas and a package of best Colombian, picked her off the street - ``a piece of property that is found ownerless''.

Zosie's wishes had been consulted

And she had slept with Rufus in the Centaur Room it being taken for granted she would share his bed though Adam did not think her wishes had been consulted.

negation

present

But first Zosie had come. Rufus, driving back from London with the hashish his dealer swore was genuine Indian charas and a package of best Colombian, picked her off the street - ``a piece of property that is found ownerless''.</s>And she had slept with Rufus in the Centaur Room it being taken for granted she would share his bed though Adam did not think her wishes had been consulted.</s>Zosie's wishes had been consulted

BNC-2009

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3KWGG5KP6J71QIDSXWKSUJ5SGOAMCO

think

A: Is, uh, kind of fun. It's best done when you have leisure time and I had more of that in my childhood days than I have now. And I grew up in an area that, uh, was just a few feet from a rather large lake, and a few more miles from that was a even larger lake and we had a variety of boats at our disposal. Uh, I worked for a camp for a number of years. My father was on staff there, and we had every kind of things from canoes to paddle boats, sailboats, speedboats, you name it, they had it and we did a lot of, water sports. But I think, uh, the thing I liked the best was, uh, we spent about a summer couple of guys, uh, restored an old wooden boat that was built back in the mid-thirties and got a new canvas sail for it and had a real big old four- foot center board that went down in the middle to keep you upright when the waves, or the wind came from the side and we got that thing in the water and had a real good time with it. If you ever got it dumped over, though, it was a mess to get back up. It wasn't like the newer ones that have nice chambers that keep it afloat or keep it, uh, upright again. This one you had to work with. You get out of the water again and get it upright. And, uh, sailing was kind of nice to learn the maneuvers you had to make to work your way down a lake or work back up against the wind, as it were, tacking back and forth and, uh, more than once we'd get out there on a really stormy day and, uh, the storm or the wind was due to the front blowing and as soon as the front came over, it was calm. So you're out in the middle of nowhere with a paddle and you paddle your way back in and hope it doesn't start raining on you right away. And that didn't always work. We oftentimes got wet,. But, uh, it's a nice hobby to have.

he could afford the boat

Nowadays I don't think I could afford the boat or the time,

negation

present

A: Is, uh, kind of fun. It's best done when you have leisure time and I had more of that in my childhood days than I have now. And I grew up in an area that, uh, was just a few feet from a rather large lake, and a few more miles from that was a even larger lake and we had a variety of boats at our disposal. Uh, I worked for a camp for a number of years. My father was on staff there, and we had every kind of things from canoes to paddle boats, sailboats, speedboats, you name it, they had it and we did a lot of, water sports. But I think, uh, the thing I liked the best was, uh, we spent about a summer couple of guys, uh, restored an old wooden boat that was built back in the mid-thirties and got a new canvas sail for it and had a real big old four- foot center board that went down in the middle to keep you upright when the waves, or the wind came from the side and we got that thing in the water and had a real good time with it. If you ever got it dumped over, though, it was a mess to get back up. It wasn't like the newer ones that have nice chambers that keep it afloat or keep it, uh, upright again. This one you had to work with. You get out of the water again and get it upright. And, uh, sailing was kind of nice to learn the maneuvers you had to make to work your way down a lake or work back up against the wind, as it were, tacking back and forth and, uh, more than once we'd get out there on a really stormy day and, uh, the storm or the wind was due to the front blowing and as soon as the front came over, it was calm. So you're out in the middle of nowhere with a paddle and you paddle your way back in and hope it doesn't start raining on you right away. And that didn't always work. We oftentimes got wet,. But, uh, it's a nice hobby to have.</s>Nowadays I don't think I could afford the boat or the time,</s>he could afford the boat

SWBD-172

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3R16PJFTS3W35Q0AJ51UW810V7W4KK

suspect

Still missing. Found dead.

the headline had already been selected

Charlotte could almost suspect the headline had already been selected the outcome already determined.

CI

modal

present

Still missing. Found dead.</s>Charlotte could almost suspect the headline had already been selected the outcome already determined.</s>the headline had already been selected

BNC-1133

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3AJA9FLWSC3MXB7B3JC1AWJEWSIFIC

see

B: until they're older and then they look back. A: Yeah, it's true, um. what are some other questions they have, I'm not sure. I know my parents are growing up, I guess they never spent much time watching TV.

his mom would turn on the TV

In fact, I've never seen my mom turn on the TV,

negation

past

B: until they're older and then they look back. A: Yeah, it's true, um. what are some other questions they have, I'm not sure. I know my parents are growing up, I guess they never spent much time watching TV.</s>In fact, I've never seen my mom turn on the TV,</s>his mom would turn on the TV

SWBD-117

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3EHVO81VN5QVB12JQ2FVLIE5R6IH1G

think

Children aren't real people, in the sense that they are not small males and females but a separate species which will (probably) grow into one or the other in due time. Younger children in particular, before the insidious and evil influence of society and their parents have properly got to them, are sexlessly open and hence perfectly likeable.

Esmerelda's name was a bit soppy

I did like Esmerelda (even if I thought her name was a bit soppy) and played with her a lot when she came to stay.

conditional

past

Children aren't real people, in the sense that they are not small males and females but a separate species which will (probably) grow into one or the other in due time. Younger children in particular, before the insidious and evil influence of society and their parents have properly got to them, are sexlessly open and hence perfectly likeable.</s>I did like Esmerelda (even if I thought her name was a bit soppy) and played with her a lot when she came to stay.</s>Esmerelda's name was a bit soppy

BNC-510

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3KTCJ4SCVG6H3F3UHZV8DNM18R21MS

feel

Nicky approached her with the assumption that men are naturally right and it is the role of women to follow their lead. Constance, whose confidence was growing daily, was not prepared to give in to Nicky's wishes merely because of his sex.

Nicky was right

If she felt he was right then she agreed with him.

conditional

present

Nicky approached her with the assumption that men are naturally right and it is the role of women to follow their lead. Constance, whose confidence was growing daily, was not prepared to give in to Nicky's wishes merely because of his sex.</s>If she felt he was right then she agreed with him.</s>Nicky was right

BNC-61

A1945USNZHTROX

2

22

3X55NP42EOLJYLEMWJ1JIKVTFG8P3P

think

A: Yeah. Now that's a very good suggestion. B: Uh, just something to, i-, rather than throw someone into that environment, uh, you know, it A: Yeah.

student teaching is enough

I don't think student teaching is enough.

negation

present

A: Yeah. Now that's a very good suggestion. B: Uh, just something to, i-, rather than throw someone into that environment, uh, you know, it A: Yeah.</s>I don't think student teaching is enough.</s>student teaching is enough

SWBD-249

A1945USNZHTROX

-2

6-2

3ZQX1VYFTDANEI8RT0J0K1YEHY28OF

think

She gazed at him through her thick lashes.

by giving them some space Maria Luisa would get Steve out of her system

Perhaps he thought that by giving them some space Maria Luisa would get Steve out of her system.

EP

modal

present

She gazed at him through her thick lashes.</s>Perhaps he thought that by giving them some space Maria Luisa would get Steve out of her system.</s>by giving them some space Maria Luisa would get Steve out of her system

BNC-1211

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3M4KL7H8KVSFECI2UJORORPFIS2614

notice

Strasbourg, Vienna, Bucharest, Istanbul, not stopping, not looking back. I saw her tossing newly gauffred curls as the open roadster headed east, away from Ollie... Temporarily I managed to re-erect my jocular facade, but inside I was panicking.

he has given up the weed

He could take her away I thought he could just do that he has such power to hurt me this little furry creature who hasn't even noticed that I 've given up the weed.

negation

present

Strasbourg, Vienna, Bucharest, Istanbul, not stopping, not looking back. I saw her tossing newly gauffred curls as the open roadster headed east, away from Ollie... Temporarily I managed to re-erect my jocular facade, but inside I was panicking.</s>He could take her away I thought he could just do that he has such power to hurt me this little furry creature who hasn't even noticed that I 've given up the weed.</s>he has given up the weed

BNC-1671

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3PMR2DOWOO60N7F7CIXOUJII2EJ54G

think

B: And also I just think it gets a lot, I'm a big, uh, supporter of personal freedoms and personal privacies, and I think that it just moves down along a line that I really would find bad if most people went down that line into regulating employees' lives outside of work, you know, there's already talk of people, well, we're not going to hire you if you smoke. Well, you know, I can see how they can say in the work place you don't want them to smoke, but when somebody leaves work, I don't think that it's the employer's right to regulate their life style at all. A:

it should be illegal for an employer to do this

Well, do you think it's, should be illegal for an employer to do this

question

present

B: And also I just think it gets a lot, I'm a big, uh, supporter of personal freedoms and personal privacies, and I think that it just moves down along a line that I really would find bad if most people went down that line into regulating employees' lives outside of work, you know, there's already talk of people, well, we're not going to hire you if you smoke. Well, you know, I can see how they can say in the work place you don't want them to smoke, but when somebody leaves work, I don't think that it's the employer's right to regulate their life style at all. A:</s>Well, do you think it's, should be illegal for an employer to do this</s>it should be illegal for an employer to do this

SWBD-403

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3ULIZ0H1VAAJV8IOP0EMWLBFMXG51C

insist

Either way the result is inevitably the same. A severed jugular!

health warnings should be printed upon W.N.B.s

And does the Government insist that health warnings should be printed upon W.N.B.s?

question

present

Either way the result is inevitably the same. A severed jugular!</s>And does the Government insist that health warnings should be printed upon W.N.B.s?</s>health warnings should be printed upon W.N.B.s

BNC-2296

A1945USNZHTROX

1

11

3R16PJFTS3W35Q0AJ51UW810V7W4KK

say

Perhaps I should apologize for my tears. As a rationalist, I had but to snap my rational fingers, it might be argued, and the devil would fade away in a puff of smoke.

he had spent too many years in his capacity as church architect investigating the fossils of a dead faith not to have imbibed something of the old superstitions

To which I might say that rationalist or not I had spent too many years in my capacity as church architect investigating the fossils of a dead faith not to have imbibed something of the old superstitions.

CI

modal

present

Perhaps I should apologize for my tears. As a rationalist, I had but to snap my rational fingers, it might be argued, and the devil would fade away in a puff of smoke.</s>To which I might say that rationalist or not I had spent too many years in my capacity as church architect investigating the fossils of a dead faith not to have imbibed something of the old superstitions.</s>he had spent too many years in his capacity as church architect investigating the fossils of a dead faith not to have imbibed something of the old superstitions

BNC-1020

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3EGKVCRQFWXIAUA02ZC8DUMH7DSYBN

think

A: Well, how do you feel about the immigration laws? B: At, currently, I think they are a little restrictive. Uh, particularly for, uh, certain ethnic groups or from certain countries. Um, I think we should permit, uh, more immigration from eastern Europe, for example, uh, particularly uh, the Jewish, uh, uh, people from Russia. I think we could permit more of them in than we have permitted in the last, uh, several years. And, I think we have, uh, uh, too much restriction uh, on the Orientals also, but, of course, that's just my opinion. A: Yeah,

he checked the topic off on the list

well, I'm not real sure why I got this topic, because I don't think I checked it off on the list because I know very little about the current immigration laws.

negation

present

A: Well, how do you feel about the immigration laws? B: At, currently, I think they are a little restrictive. Uh, particularly for, uh, certain ethnic groups or from certain countries. Um, I think we should permit, uh, more immigration from eastern Europe, for example, uh, particularly uh, the Jewish, uh, uh, people from Russia. I think we could permit more of them in than we have permitted in the last, uh, several years. And, I think we have, uh, uh, too much restriction uh, on the Orientals also, but, of course, that's just my opinion. A: Yeah,</s>well, I'm not real sure why I got this topic, because I don't think I checked it off on the list because I know very little about the current immigration laws.</s>he checked the topic off on the list

SWBD-105

A1945USNZHTROX

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4-3

3Q2T3FD0ONDDDIH9439R1G1YAB1M3U

see

B: I'm not sure I want an eighteen year old to make that kind of decision. Uh, I mean, that doesn't sound right. Um, I guess I see overall beneficial, if we're going from that point of view. A: Uh-huh. B: Um. you know, in the past, I don't know how old you are, but when I was, uh, in high school, it was the beginning of Vietnam and so forth. And many of my peers were being drafted. A: Uh-huh. B:

many of her peers had conscientious objections to war

And I could see that many of them had conscientious objections to war or whatever.

AB

modal

past

B: I'm not sure I want an eighteen year old to make that kind of decision. Uh, I mean, that doesn't sound right. Um, I guess I see overall beneficial, if we're going from that point of view. A: Uh-huh. B: Um. you know, in the past, I don't know how old you are, but when I was, uh, in high school, it was the beginning of Vietnam and so forth. And many of my peers were being drafted. A: Uh-huh. B:</s>And I could see that many of them had conscientious objections to war or whatever.</s>many of her peers had conscientious objections to war

SWBD-24

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3D0LPO3EAB42TOZ964HUJEMGADUOYY

say

Part of it was to be compulsorily purchased. You could say that Gustave was shepherded into creative retreat at Croisset by epilepsy.

Gustave was driven to creative retreat in Croisset by the railway

You could also say he was driven there by the railway.

CI

modal

present

Part of it was to be compulsorily purchased. You could say that Gustave was shepherded into creative retreat at Croisset by epilepsy.</s>You could also say he was driven there by the railway.</s>Gustave was driven to creative retreat in Croisset by the railway

BNC-1047

A1945USNZHTROX

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3O2Y2UIUCQZD36XZ3MXDNCYRKXUKFD

suspect

Unlike Aunt Kit, who believed it to be a barbaric rite, intolerable between reasonable men and women, Aunt Lilian, the headmistress, simply felt it her duty to point out that a career - any career - would be less easy once a girl was lumbered with a husband and children. (Though in fact she would not have said ``lumbered'', not because she was afraid to put forward an unpopular view, but because she was an honourable and exact woman.)

Aunt Lilian had enjoyed her life more than most of her married contemporaries

If she suspected she had enjoyed her life more than most of her married contemporaries she would never have used a pejorative word about the married state since she had no personal experience of it.)

conditional

past

Unlike Aunt Kit, who believed it to be a barbaric rite, intolerable between reasonable men and women, Aunt Lilian, the headmistress, simply felt it her duty to point out that a career - any career - would be less easy once a girl was lumbered with a husband and children. (Though in fact she would not have said ``lumbered'', not because she was afraid to put forward an unpopular view, but because she was an honourable and exact woman.)</s>If she suspected she had enjoyed her life more than most of her married contemporaries she would never have used a pejorative word about the married state since she had no personal experience of it.)</s>Aunt Lilian had enjoyed her life more than most of her married contemporaries

BNC-412

A1945USNZHTROX

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4-3

3IH9TRB0FB4V7WD3WKXGLUFKRHLI1U

know

But there was little chance of discovering who had killed him without help. Kelly decided that she had to talk to Annie, even if there was a risk that she would tell her husband.

Bill's apprentice was turning supersleuth

Bill would have a fit if he knew his apprentice was turning supersleuth.

conditional

future

But there was little chance of discovering who had killed him without help. Kelly decided that she had to talk to Annie, even if there was a risk that she would tell her husband.</s>Bill would have a fit if he knew his apprentice was turning supersleuth.</s>Bill's apprentice was turning supersleuth

BNC-165

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3IH9TRB0FB4V7WD3WKXGLUFKRHLI1U

guess

His mother driving the car, so happy, young-looking and fashionably dressed and his father, a big, confident man in a smart suit, smiling and turning round to say something to Simon in the back seat. Marie thought of her own mother with her frumpy clothes and ageing, lined face.

Marie's mother was only forty-two

No one would have guessed that she was only forty-two.

EP

negation

present

His mother driving the car, so happy, young-looking and fashionably dressed and his father, a big, confident man in a smart suit, smiling and turning round to say something to Simon in the back seat. Marie thought of her own mother with her frumpy clothes and ageing, lined face.</s>No one would have guessed that she was only forty-two.</s>Marie's mother was only forty-two

BNC-1431

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3JGHED38EDWV8I7API0S8S0LKPSY7S

assume

Without the guidance of the nuns, Tilda seemed to have lost her last vestige of moral sense. Partisan Street, the first street on the way up from the boats, was, as has been said, considered a rough place - a row of decrepit two-up, two-down brick houses, the refuge of crippled and deformed humanity.

the crippled and deformed there disappeared from the face of the earth

Whether they were poor because they were lame or lame because they were poor was perhaps a matter for sociologists and a few years later when their dwellings were swept away and replaced by council flats with rents much higher than they could afford it must be assumed that they disappeared from the face of the earth.

DE

modal

present

Without the guidance of the nuns, Tilda seemed to have lost her last vestige of moral sense. Partisan Street, the first street on the way up from the boats, was, as has been said, considered a rough place - a row of decrepit two-up, two-down brick houses, the refuge of crippled and deformed humanity.</s>Whether they were poor because they were lame or lame because they were poor was perhaps a matter for sociologists and a few years later when their dwellings were swept away and replaced by council flats with rents much higher than they could afford it must be assumed that they disappeared from the face of the earth.</s>the crippled and deformed there disappeared from the face of the earth

BNC-574

A1945USNZHTROX

2

22

3KTCJ4SCVG6H3F3UHZV8DNM18R21MS

find

``We're about to run out of time. I would like to thank you for coming into the studio today, and I'm sure we 'll receive a lot of letters from our listeners about what's been said.''

this is just the beginning

You could find that this is just the beginning and that your plans aren't quite as cut and dried as they appear.

AB

modal

future

``We're about to run out of time. I would like to thank you for coming into the studio today, and I'm sure we 'll receive a lot of letters from our listeners about what's been said.''</s>You could find that this is just the beginning and that your plans aren't quite as cut and dried as they appear.</s>this is just the beginning

BNC-698

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3Z3R5YC0P3SC6PNMXVB5O3LN798TFH

know

B: Right. Well, for instance, does the company you worked for before have the right or do they have the ability to say, hey, we've already drug tested her and she came up negative. A: Well, no, I don't think they can force another company to not drug test me just by saying that I didn't, I mean, B: Yeah. A:

she doesn't use drugs

they don't know that I don't use drugs.

negation

present

B: Right. Well, for instance, does the company you worked for before have the right or do they have the ability to say, hey, we've already drug tested her and she came up negative. A: Well, no, I don't think they can force another company to not drug test me just by saying that I didn't, I mean, B: Yeah. A:</s>they don't know that I don't use drugs.</s>she doesn't use drugs

SWBD-240

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3R16PJFTS3W35Q0AJ51UW810V7W4KK

think

Perhaps I might have recognized my own hypocrisy, if it had not been for Richard's behaviour in the next months. He brought me flowers, took me out to dinner and the theatre, and was generally attentive to me, as if I were his mistress and not an old married woman.

Richard's solicitude was the sort of tender kindness you might show to someone utterly dependent and helpless

If at any point I thought that his solicitude was the sort of tender kindness you might show to someone utterly dependent and helpless - a prisoner or a caged bird - I was ashamed at once and re-doubled my efforts to be a good wife asking Nonni to teach me how to cook the elaborate dishes Richard liked and taking care to change my dress before he came home in the evening.

conditional

past

Perhaps I might have recognized my own hypocrisy, if it had not been for Richard's behaviour in the next months. He brought me flowers, took me out to dinner and the theatre, and was generally attentive to me, as if I were his mistress and not an old married woman.</s>If at any point I thought that his solicitude was the sort of tender kindness you might show to someone utterly dependent and helpless - a prisoner or a caged bird - I was ashamed at once and re-doubled my efforts to be a good wife asking Nonni to teach me how to cook the elaborate dishes Richard liked and taking care to change my dress before he came home in the evening.</s>Richard's solicitude was the sort of tender kindness you might show to someone utterly dependent and helpless

BNC-509

A1945USNZHTROX

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33

3INZSNUD80VWOQ0C8JBY93HQ1NVD9S

know

A: But, uh, B: Yeah, yeah. But it was, yeah, just lots of little lakes and, of course, it was, you know, a little more expensive to live on the lake, but I just thought that was grand.

there were all those lakes out there

And I think a lot of people didn't really know that there were all those lakes out there unless you were from that area and kind of spotted them,

negation

past

A: But, uh, B: Yeah, yeah. But it was, yeah, just lots of little lakes and, of course, it was, you know, a little more expensive to live on the lake, but I just thought that was grand.</s>And I think a lot of people didn't really know that there were all those lakes out there unless you were from that area and kind of spotted them,</s>there were all those lakes out there

SWBD-316

A1945USNZHTROX

2

22

32ZCLEW0BZPUJZGBZ4T6YRCIBD4JP5

know

A: Oh, yes. Animals have a way of talking. B: Alfie did. I tell you if I could have gotten a hold of that cat that day. A:

he would trade his dog in for the world

I don't know uh, that I'd trade my dog in for the world.

negation

present

A: Oh, yes. Animals have a way of talking. B: Alfie did. I tell you if I could have gotten a hold of that cat that day. A:</s>I don't know uh, that I'd trade my dog in for the world.</s>he would trade his dog in for the world

SWBD-243

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3W0KKJIARRE4ORNCV8R7DKH5XRGK8R

know

She hated to think of his sister lying in hospital waiting for her husband to come to her while all the time he was with Dana. She gripped her hands tightly together.

Berenice was in danger of losing her child

Dana didn't know Berenice was in danger of losing her child.

negation

present

She hated to think of his sister lying in hospital waiting for her husband to come to her while all the time he was with Dana. She gripped her hands tightly together.</s>Dana didn't know Berenice was in danger of losing her child.</s>Berenice was in danger of losing her child

BNC-1500

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

32204AGAABHSFGSM8L0YS5IBTUHHGU

hear

How did Selden know that the hound was following him? We know he ran a long way.

Selden was running as he screamed

He was screaming for a long time before he fell and we could hear that he was running as he screamed.

AB

modal

present

How did Selden know that the hound was following him? We know he ran a long way.</s>He was screaming for a long time before he fell and we could hear that he was running as he screamed.</s>Selden was running as he screamed

BNC-738

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3KTCJ4SCVG6H3F3UHZV8DNM18R21MS

think

He felt rather than saw the two girls glance at him appraisingly but took no notice. At just over six foot, with thick curling brown hair and eyes that owed their startling blueness to his Irish ancestry, Tom was used to being the object of female appreciation whilst being slightly puzzled by it.

Tom's reflection was particularly handsome

He had never thought the reflection which looked back at him each morning from the shaving mirror was particularly handsome.

negation

past

He felt rather than saw the two girls glance at him appraisingly but took no notice. At just over six foot, with thick curling brown hair and eyes that owed their startling blueness to his Irish ancestry, Tom was used to being the object of female appreciation whilst being slightly puzzled by it.</s>He had never thought the reflection which looked back at him each morning from the shaving mirror was particularly handsome.</s>Tom's reflection was particularly handsome

BNC-2004

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3IH9TRB0FB4V7WD3WKXGLUFKRHLI1U

mean

As he lived in Bethnal Green, it was, but so was Hackney. Bunny, Martin and the other two girls decided to go for a meal in a Swedish restaurant Bunny said he knew in Lisson Grove, the Dead Zone between the Edgware Road and Lord's Cricket Ground.

Bunny once knew a Swedish waitress

I suspect Bunny probably meant that he once knew a Swedish waitress but I let it pass.

EP

modal

past

As he lived in Bethnal Green, it was, but so was Hackney. Bunny, Martin and the other two girls decided to go for a meal in a Swedish restaurant Bunny said he knew in Lisson Grove, the Dead Zone between the Edgware Road and Lord's Cricket Ground.</s>I suspect Bunny probably meant that he once knew a Swedish waitress but I let it pass.</s>Bunny once knew a Swedish waitress

BNC-886

A1945USNZHTROX

2

22

3EHVO81VN5QVB12JQ2FVLIE5R6IH1G

know

Tess used to rest her head on the cow's body, her eyes fixed on a distant field. The sun shone on the beautiful lines of her face.

Clare had followed Tess around and sat watching her

She did not know that Clare had followed her round and sat watching her.

negation

present

Tess used to rest her head on the cow's body, her eyes fixed on a distant field. The sun shone on the beautiful lines of her face.</s>She did not know that Clare had followed her round and sat watching her.</s>Clare had followed Tess around and sat watching her

BNC-1512

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3D1TUISJWI5BGT41Y870WWKH2FFUI4

believe

``The white man has blood. That is true.''

cattle are payment for taking someone's life

But the white man does not believe that cattle are payment for taking someone's life.

negation

present

``The white man has blood. That is true.''</s>But the white man does not believe that cattle are payment for taking someone's life.</s>cattle are payment for taking someone's life

BNC-1317

A1945USNZHTROX

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4-3

3ZQX1VYFTDANEI8RT0J0K1YEHY28OF

prove

My reading might be pointless in terms of the history of literary criticism. But it's not pointless in terms of pleasure.

lay readers enjoy books more than professional critics

I can't prove that lay readers enjoy books more than professional critics.

negation

present

My reading might be pointless in terms of the history of literary criticism. But it's not pointless in terms of pleasure.</s>I can't prove that lay readers enjoy books more than professional critics.</s>lay readers enjoy books more than professional critics

BNC-1713

A1945USNZHTROX

-3

4-3

3R16PJFTS3W35Q0AJ51UW810V7W4KK

know

They 'd seen Miss Lavant on the promenade and about the town, always walking slowly, sometimes with a neat wicker basket. Kate had often thought she was beautiful.

Miss Lavant was in love with Dr Greenslade

She hadn't known she was in love with Dr Greenslade who had a wife already and three children.

negation

past

They 'd seen Miss Lavant on the promenade and about the town, always walking slowly, sometimes with a neat wicker basket. Kate had often thought she was beautiful.</s>She hadn't known she was in love with Dr Greenslade who had a wife already and three children.</s>Miss Lavant was in love with Dr Greenslade

BNC-1545

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

30EV7DWJTV0C4IT568V02E0PPE8Y6T

tell

The senator spoke with a sudden and incredible venom, and I realised it was only that angry force that was keeping him from weeping for his two children. ``It seems,'' he went on in a calmer voice, ``that Rickie and Robin-Anne are among the sizeable minority of the population that is peculiarly prone to severe addiction.''

Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts

I wondered why McIllvanney had not told me that Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts then I realised that McIllvanney would not have told me anything that might have risked my acceptance of the charter but now that I had learned that the twins had such a severe drug problem I was even less keen to take on the job.

negation

past

The senator spoke with a sudden and incredible venom, and I realised it was only that angry force that was keeping him from weeping for his two children. ``It seems,'' he went on in a calmer voice, ``that Rickie and Robin-Anne are among the sizeable minority of the population that is peculiarly prone to severe addiction.''</s>I wondered why McIllvanney had not told me that Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts then I realised that McIllvanney would not have told me anything that might have risked my acceptance of the charter but now that I had learned that the twins had such a severe drug problem I was even less keen to take on the job.</s>Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts

BNC-1971

A1945USNZHTROX

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33

3PMR2DOWOO60N7F7CIXOUJII2EJ54G

think

B: Yeah. Well, that's the guy that counts. A: Yes. But, maybe we'll get your guy. B:

Jim Kelly is about to be swayed away from the Bills any time

Oh, I don't think Jim Kelly is about to be swayed away from the Bills any time.

negation

present

B: Yeah. Well, that's the guy that counts. A: Yes. But, maybe we'll get your guy. B:</s>Oh, I don't think Jim Kelly is about to be swayed away from the Bills any time.</s>Jim Kelly is about to be swayed away from the Bills any time

SWBD-156

A1945USNZHTROX

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4-3

3LOJFQ4BOXKG5MJ3CG2NZCV68KEKD2

know

Nevertheless I can't do that. Melanie or not, it was still in confidence.

Melanie was still there last night

All I can say is that I didn't even know Melanie was still there that night.

negation

past

Nevertheless I can't do that. Melanie or not, it was still in confidence.</s>All I can say is that I didn't even know Melanie was still there that night.</s>Melanie was still there last night

BNC-1599

A1945USNZHTROX

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4-3

311HQEI8RSLVD8HFL42BMZ9NQHF7Z7

believe

``No,'' answered Willie, ``course not.'' He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall.

Zach was Willie's special friend

He could hardly believe that Zach was his special friend.

AB

modal

present

``No,'' answered Willie, ``course not.'' He wriggled back further on the bed till he was leaning up against the wall.</s>He could hardly believe that Zach was his special friend.</s>Zach was Willie's special friend

BNC-606

A1945USNZHTROX

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33

3JGHED38EDWV8I7API0S8S0LKPSY7S

understand

But don't dilly-dally for too long. Once it's published we are all going to look a little risible if we have made no adjustments to what is after all known as being predominantly my own design of gallery.

he doesn't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation

Also I am a bit older than the rest of you but you can perhaps understand that I don't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation.

AB

modal

present

But don't dilly-dally for too long. Once it's published we are all going to look a little risible if we have made no adjustments to what is after all known as being predominantly my own design of gallery.</s>Also I am a bit older than the rest of you but you can perhaps understand that I don't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation.</s>he doesn't want to drop dead without a proper and public recantation

BNC-1297

A1945USNZHTROX

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39I4RL8QGJMC30Z2DKYXJGL83RPH4S

see

``Look, lady, give me a break. I just deliver the stuff, I don't interview it for the Sunday papers.''

the paper said very little

He waved the paper at her and even at a distance she could see that it said very little.

AB

modal

present

``Look, lady, give me a break. I just deliver the stuff, I don't interview it for the Sunday papers.''</s>He waved the paper at her and even at a distance she could see that it said very little.</s>the paper said very little

BNC-1089

A1945USNZHTROX

3

33

3AC6MFV69KNS6XNRYDONDCYH4LVHZ5

suspect

Trazior did overlook such a desert, as southerly sentinel of the Palatine cluster. However, Trazior also formed part of a mega-complex of hives densely crowding a poisoned terrain, interlinked by transport tubes supported on pylons or suspended from cables.

some giant world-spider had swung from hive to hive spinning ropes

Whoever looked out northward from the massive protective shell of Trazior might suspect that some giant world-spider nourished on venom had swung from hive to hive spinning ropes and depositing multi-millions of hatchlings in each domain.

EP

modal

present

Trazior did overlook such a desert, as southerly sentinel of the Palatine cluster. However, Trazior also formed part of a mega-complex of hives densely crowding a poisoned terrain, interlinked by transport tubes supported on pylons or suspended from cables.</s>Whoever looked out northward from the massive protective shell of Trazior might suspect that some giant world-spider nourished on venom had swung from hive to hive spinning ropes and depositing multi-millions of hatchlings in each domain.</s>some giant world-spider had swung from hive to hive spinning ropes

BNC-1134

A1945USNZHTROX

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33

3ULIZ0H1VAAJV8IOP0EMWLBFMXG51C

think

``It doesn't happen very often.'' Karen went home happy at the end of the day.

the work was difficult

She didn't think that the work was difficult.

negation

present

``It doesn't happen very often.'' Karen went home happy at the end of the day.</s>She didn't think that the work was difficult.</s>the work was difficult

BNC-1987

A1945USNZHTROX

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4-3

33N1S8XHHMQH2M2DWOL2LPIANVJZ16

pretend

Powerlessness. Hope and no-hope, both at the same time.

this doctoring business came as a total surprise

Well I can't pretend that this doctoring business came as a total surprise.

negation

present

Powerlessness. Hope and no-hope, both at the same time.</s>Well I can't pretend that this doctoring business came as a total surprise.</s>this doctoring business came as a total surprise

BNC-1707

A1945USNZHTROX

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4-3

39I4RL8QGJMC30Z2DKYXJGL83RPH4S

understand

That is to say, I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day, what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted, humorous sort. Knowing this to be his likely mood when I brought in the tea yesterday afternoon, and being aware of his general propensity to talk with me in a bantering tone at such moments, it would certainly have been wiser not to have mentioned Miss Kenton at all.

there was a natural tendency on her part to hint that there was a good professional motive behind her request

But you will perhaps understand that there was a natural tendency on my part in asking what was after all a generous favour from my employer to hint that there was a good professional motive behind my request.

EP

modal

future

That is to say, I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day, what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted, humorous sort. Knowing this to be his likely mood when I brought in the tea yesterday afternoon, and being aware of his general propensity to talk with me in a bantering tone at such moments, it would certainly have been wiser not to have mentioned Miss Kenton at all.</s>But you will perhaps understand that there was a natural tendency on my part in asking what was after all a generous favour from my employer to hint that there was a good professional motive behind my request.</s>there was a natural tendency on her part to hint that there was a good professional motive behind her request

BNC-1295

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