Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she touches me , I shall be hers for all time , and when she touches me , I shall be so hungry for her , that I may hurt her . |
| 2 | First , as long as other politically defined goals may override them , the power of market proxies to control management behaviour is limited . |
| 3 | Sports heroes and pop stars provide images for teenagers , who may imitate them and style themselves upon them . |
| 4 | Prisoners are brought up to date with new legislation that may affect them , such as housing and social security . |
| 5 | I mean , some may affect me one way , the next person they ask , affected another way , so they get two different opinions , do n't they . |
| 6 | Each of these are covered in this leaflet as each may affect you personally when deciding whether to take the HIV antibody test . |
| 7 | ‘ Because the diplomacy may affect you , too . |
| 8 | The seeds are all the external influences that tend to throw us out of balance and they may affect us on any level of our being ; on the physical level it may be something simple like being exposed to a cold wind , getting soaked in the rain or even some form of trauma . |
| 9 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 10 | He may regard them as curious examples of another civilization or occasionally view with incredulity the ways of city people and industrial workers , but he will only regard them with envy when television reinforces the evaluations already implanted personally by friends and kin with whom he identifies . |
| 11 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 12 | After all , when our western doctor 's diagnosis or treatment turns out to be ineffective we may regard him as a useless quack , but we do not also conclude that the entire system of medical science is erroneous . |
| 13 | Any gynaecological illness , even a Caesarian operation , and he may regard her as unfit for sex and therefore useless : and he will go back to Bangladesh and marry again . |
| 14 | This can be a helpful approach in discussion — someone may regard you as stubborn , whereas you see yourself as determined . |
| 15 | But if the other party does n't use this level of response themselves , they may regard you as insincere or phoney . |
| 16 | Academics regard bias as a sin , but others may regard it as a virtue . |
| 17 | For example , Christians may regard it as an expression of Christian love to convert others to Christ , and they may consider it their moral duty to urge men to follow Christ . |
| 18 | It is true that today 's speakers , not knowing the origins of generic he , may regard it as just a feature of grammar . |
| 19 | We may regard it as sharing with positivism the view that the significant features of a legal system ( that is , its aims and components ) can be adequately understood without reference to the political or economic realities in which the legal systems operates . |
| 20 | For that reason , however inadequate some people may regard it , I was a firmly convinced supporter of Biafra and made various futile efforts during the war to persuade Harold Wilson to a like view . |
| 21 | ' ’ This may fool it into thinking you are not afraid and therefore more powerful than it is . ’ ‘ |
| 22 | ‘ But I 'm too hungry to think about it , so let's eat it first , and then if it turns out to be wrong to eat it , I promise to be very sorry . ’ |
| 23 | Some USM companies do feel neglected by the financial community , but the easing of the rules for transferring to a full listing may assuage them . |
| 24 | The larger donors will use their leverage to influence policy ; an NGO official in a district may lord it over his Mozambican counterparts . |
| 25 | It follows that co-operative R&D is likely to raise total R&D spending if participants produce complementary products , and it may lower it if they produce substitute products . |
| 26 | According to Millward ; " There is a severe risk to marine organisms and ultimately humans who may eat them . " |
| 27 | Over-committing yourself to a foot sweep may expose you to your opponent 's full point counter |
| 28 | You really are not so handsome as you promised to be ; and I have long wished , by conversation like this , to do away what mischief the flattering character I gave of you may expose you to . |
| 29 | Asthma , heart conditions , diabetes or epilepsy may expose you to special risks with watersports in the heat . |
| 30 | But antiracist activities encapsulate one final problem which may outlive them . |