Example sentences of "it [modal v] [verb] your " in BNC.
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| 1 | So guide the United Nations that by word and deed it may promote your glory and establish peace and goodwill among the peoples of the world . |
| 2 | It may reassure your readers who need protection from reality , but grown-ups must find it at best sloppy and at worst malicious . |
| 3 | It may stop your dream from turning into a nightmare . |
| 4 | It may help your child to hold on to memories of the past and to begin to think about changes in the future by painting pictures , making a tape recording or keeping a scrapbook of family events . |
| 5 | It may help your understanding if you look upon CALL as the machine code equivalent to a PROCedure and USR as the equivalent to Function . |
| 6 | You can add one of these to the litter in the first instance , as it may encourage your puppy to relieve itself here . |
| 7 | It should ensure your pet lives in the lap of luxury — without risking a legal challenge . |
| 8 | Speechreading should be more than a communication aid ; it should enrich your quality of life , perhaps assisting you to become a more observant person , more aware , more alive , with the flexibility to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and with the courage and confidence to persist . |
| 9 | It should have your name , age , address and Unit name written on it . |
| 10 | ‘ It should save your legs a bit . ’ |
| 11 | It must knock your legs from under you , pound the breath from your body . |
| 12 | By thinking that everything is final — that it must pass your own " quality control " test — you greatly reduce the likelihood of producing any work at all . |
| 13 | A good art lesson must stretch the mind and imagination of the children all the time , just as it must stretch your minds and imagination . |
| 14 | But folk here were eager to let you into their neighbour 's secrets , particularly if they thought it might distract your attention from their own . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought it might improve your disposition , ’ he said outrageously . |
| 16 | In practice you look at all the alternatives and examine each in turn to see how it might affect your business . |
| 17 | But I 'm sure that even he would n't want you to starve ; it might affect your output , ’ he laughed . |
| 18 | ‘ I offered you brandy because I thought it might steady your nerves . ’ |
| 19 | Craftily she added , ‘ It might cramp your style where this Michele Diomede is concerned . ’ |
| 20 | If you marry a woman with a stain on her name , even though it 's not her fault , it might spoil your chances of success in life . |
| 21 | Yeah , but I mean if it , if it erm if it means that that it might spoil your entry into it , it 's such a sa small thing is n't it ? |
| 22 | But it might help your learners if they used some of your techniques for the first five or ten minutes of viewing . |
| 23 | Yes and I I I think y my Lord the plaintiffs will be cross examined quite considerably on the damages claimed and I think it might help your Lordship to see erm the way . |
| 24 | But I thought of you , your concern for me , and how it might trouble your conscience ( not that you would ever hear of it ) so I stopped . |
| 25 | It might enter your head Oh Lord ! |
| 26 | I thought it might surprise your memory . ’ |
| 27 | Well if you do it 'll give us a chance to find out whether he 's coming home today or tomorrow , and it 'll give your mum a chance to get back to Southwold |
| 28 | It 'll contain your hotel reservation , money , maps of the city — the usual . |
| 29 | She puts the pickled ginger on one side and another , like a Japanese horseradish called Wasabe which is green do n't try it , it 'll blow your head off ! |
| 30 | Although it 's a bit on the big side to lug around the mountainside , I advise you to keep a copy handy as the cold nights draw in — it 'll ensure your skyline walking dreams stay with you through the winter . |