Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 If you can afford private treatment , or you have medical insurance cover to pay for it , you may prefer to take on a full treatment programme with the specialist physiotherapist .
2 Your doctor may want to carry out an MSU ( mid-stream urine ) test , to find out whether bacteria are present in your bladder , and if so , which kind .
3 Your doctor may want to carry out an internal examination to check the size and position of your womb , which will help indicate how far along you are , or this may be done at your hospital appointment .
4 ‘ It 's a problem we still have to solve , ’ said a spokesman : it may want to look up the latest crop of hopefuls such as Covia Technologies Inc , Locus Computing Corp , and NobleNet Inc which have recently begun to offer just such solutions .
5 Children may enjoy spreading out a large selection of junk materials on the floor , and exploring and experimenting with them with the teacher 's active participation and help .
6 If you are a reasonably good rider and can get experienced help , you may enjoy bringing on a just broken four-year old — though youngsters with potential ( whether obvious or in the current owner 's imagination ) can carry big price tags .
7 Supporters may enjoy working out the other members of the group !
8 In larger agencies they may have one or more assistants : the assistants ' tasks may include working out the minor details of a layout or storyboard , and providing paste-ups ( see page 177 ) and other material for production once the basic idea is approved by the client .
9 At times , you may need to fill in an official form .
10 You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results .
11 You may have to commit yourself to buying a new home before you have sold your existing one , in which case you may need to take out a bridging loan to tide you over until you sell .
12 Occasionally , you may need to top up the water and to water the compost to keep it just damp .
13 Instinctively they may opt to carry out the minimum of conversation and close the interview as soon as they have supplied the list of solicitors .
14 But I find it totally incomprehensible that someone who has held the office of Chancellor with high standing for over six years should want to resign over a personality with such suddenness and haste . ’
15 I should 've tidied up a bit — that would 've made Mr Jackson think I 'm grown up enough to look after myself , but it 's too late now .
16 The Democratic Platform at a conference on March 18-19 had begun discussing whether it should prepare to set up a new political party immediately after the July congress , if its policies were not adopted .
17 My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you .
18 I can therefore understand why at that awful moment he should seek to summon up a talisman of words , a secret defence against abomination , or perhaps even an excuse in the form of some kind of precedent that a word expresses and so takes the edge of uniqueness off the contemplated evil .
19 The Government should consider setting up a scheme to provide top-up money when residents ' families can not provide it themselves .
20 The trust should consider appointing out the assets to , say , X 's children so at least they have an argument that they ( X 's children ) can have the losses under TCGA 1992 , s71(2) .
21 Investors who would be badly upset by a further fall of perhaps a tenth in the value of their holdings , if the market turns sour , should consider weeding out a couple more of their holdings .
22 Given that the group is expected to have made profits for the current year , the net assets will be higher than at the last account date and as the company is being purchased on a multiple of earnings we should consider stripping out the excess assets .
23 I know I must finish clearing up the lawn , but , before doing so , I decide to telephone Auntie to come over on her bike even though I know it will take her an hour to get here from Hambledown .
24 I do n't suggest that I think I should keep going on a year by year basis .
25 Very very erm suggestive metaphor although I do n't know exactly what it 's extraordinary one , erm erm erm , the , perhaps we should begin to step back a second here , to think about how we normally individuate things .
26 There was a quixotic suggestion that elected representatives north and south should meet to set up an alternative national parliament which would proceed to ‘ legislate ’ for the whole country .
27 Then I suggested that , when she felt ready to do so , she should try to carry out the exercise in reality rather than simply in her imagination .
28 Perhaps I should try to pick up a little extra at Macready 's tables .
29 But I think we should try to find out the reason for your attitude .
30 You should try to build up a network of people you trust , based on your professional support team who know the patient 's case in detail .
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