Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of them may fall to Labor . |
| 2 | Yet everyone may come into contact with the mentally handicapped at some stage in their lives ; indeed any one of us may be accidentally brain damaged . |
| 3 | She was awakened in the mornings by cocks crowing , and it was so quiet in the evenings it seemed everyone must go to bed before dark . |
| 4 | Yet both of them must come into contact with the same assortment of germs and viruses in their daily lives . |
| 5 | The legacies of these origins have persisted and there has never been agreement on the nature of international affairs , on the proper methods for studying them , or on the range of elements which theories of them must take into account . |
| 6 | In a way , failure to come through with the right steps is deception , because most social interaction is based on expectations of behaviour and to set up expectations and then thwart them must qualify as deception . |
| 7 | All political parties are agreed that everyone should pay towards council services if they can afford it . |
| 8 | The first question which should be asked on this subject is why use microcomputers Is the starting point for the selection of software either ( a ) because in this technological era everyone should know about microcomputers or ( b ) for sound learning aims and objectives ? i.e. do school librarians and teachers start from the skills and processes or because of the existence of software ? |
| 9 | Little wonder then that those who seek peace ( that is the absence of violence ) between nations as well as within them should look to law as a means of regulating and reducing the international use of force . |
| 10 | Charlotte then employed every sign that she knew to tell the other fishermen that none of them should put to sea on that day , to no avail . |
| 11 | ‘ I feel that nothing should come between brothers in a way that our situation is at , ’ Justin said . |
| 12 | ‘ My lord , if I may speak for Shrewsbury , both abbey and town , I must tell you how grateful we are that Saint Winifred fell into such noble hands as yours . |
| 13 | ‘ I may go into Tewkesbury this afternoon , Mum . |
| 14 | I may go to bed early and read me books . |
| 15 | I do n't know if I shall join the company yet , I may do , I may go to Paris , I may die , my face may even turn blue . |
| 16 | I may sing like Marcel Marceau , but it was never a style . |
| 17 | I do not believe , whatever I may mean by God , that it could be said of God that God was differently related to one age or people than God is related to all ages or people . |
| 18 | ‘ I think I may dream of leprechauns , with blue eyes and raven-black hair . |
| 19 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 20 | I may share with others the sense of wonder that none of us could have believed in 1987 that the most significant international changes would take place . |
| 21 | And I may dine at journey 's end |
| 22 | Er , I must apologise again for what , er the way I addressed you , but of course with all these women equality er , movements going on , I never know whether its Mr , Mrs , or Ms. Erm , now I may call on Doctor Manchago to second the motion , please . |
| 23 | She is one of several on whose services I may call from time to time . |
| 24 | I may have to nursemaid you , but I 'll be damned if I 'll let you bugger things up for me . ’ |
| 25 | I may agree to decisions which are quite contrary to my own standards . |
| 26 | I may agree with sentiment but it pissed me off none the less . |
| 27 | Erm sort of I may deal with sort of solicitors letter , that sort , the , the more complicated legal side , and , and that sort of thing . |
| 28 | I may say without vanity that I 'm rarely mistaken in a boy . |
| 29 | I think I may say with Dryden : |
| 30 | At the risk of sounding pompous — for this was very basic medicine — I thought I ought to explain to Miss Sowerby just what I was thinking of . |