Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Herbert 's daily life at Bemerton can be envisaged from his book The Country Parson ( later published as The Priest to the Temple ) , which he wrote , as he explained , ‘ that I may have a mark to aim at ’ . |
| 32 | If you mind that anyway , cos I may have a couple of people er that may want a few of them to , spoken to Dav , David , he 's got one or two as well . |
| 33 | I may have a problem , but that is a very different matter . |
| 34 | All three of us are grinning like it 's an idiot 's birthday party , but she keeps an eye on me like she thinks I may have a relapse any minute . |
| 35 | As you may recall , I may have a meeting of the Education Committee of the British Association of Industrial Editors in London on 29th — though these are always subject to last minute change . |
| 36 | ‘ I think I may have a doze , ’ Finch said , closing his eyes in thanks . |
| 37 | For those reasons as I , have I , hoped made plain , it seems to me that the general scheme provided by Mrs is the one that ought to be adopted , however in my view when Mrs also makes provision for a second carer for some three hours a day that is well over egging the pudding , if I may adopt a phrase used by Mr at one stage during the case , I feel sure that in practice the two resident carers would not simply say well I 'm on duty from eight am on Monday till twelve midday on Thursday and I shall do nothing during the rest of the week , I think that living in the household for , at |
| 38 | Well if I may raise a number of issues under that report . |
| 39 | Dear Guitarist I am writing this letter in the hope that I may save a lot of Gibson-lovers grief with their pickups . |
| 40 | ’ I may cut a corner or two , now and then , ’ I said stiffly . |
| 41 | Stepping carefully over the gutter , Gonzalo remarked that I ought to wear a coat like he did . |
| 42 | ‘ I wondered whether I ought to organize a tap on her phone . ’ |
| 43 | Maybe I ought to take a look at her family . ’ |
| 44 | Perhaps I ought to see a doctor . ’ |
| 45 | Maybe I ought to see a doctor about my acid content or something . |
| 46 | I did n't pay the Africa lady anything but I ought to make a bit for Uncle Jim . |
| 47 | mm , perhaps I ought to have a go at Nicks |
| 48 | When her younger brother tried to challenge her inheritance from her mother , ‘ I told him that though he was now the heir , as being son , yet I was two years the elder by my birth , and though he had got the birthright , yet I ought to have a share of her blessing . ’ |
| 49 | Someone ought to strike a blow for women and show this vain man that he was utterly resistible ! |
| 50 | Actual violence may not be involved , all that is necessary is for there either to be a breach of the peace or reasonable grounds for suspicion that someone may commit a breach of the peace . |
| 51 | With any system of control by criminal offences there is always the risk that someone may find a loophole , a way which misleads the public without amounting to an offence . |
| 52 | After all , some day someone may find a solution . |
| 53 | Similarly , someone may ask a question that implies readiness to present some new information . |
| 54 | SO YOU THINK someone should make a film about your life ? |
| 55 | So you still think someone should make a film about your life ? |
| 56 | For the basic beliefs stand in inferential relationship with more interesting beliefs about public objects , and these beliefs are certainly dubitable ; there is always a possibility that someone should have a reason to doubt them . |
| 57 | ‘ Someone should keep a weather eye on young Geoffrey . ’ |
| 58 | Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ? |
| 59 | Judge William Crowford told Riley : ‘ It 's a matter of great regret that I must pass a prison sentence on someone with a good record like yourself . ’ |
| 60 | I must do a sampler for Amy . |