Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Failure to observe them may result in the withdrawal of occupational sick pay and/or statutory sick pay . |
| 2 | Everyone must worry about the group dynamics . |
| 3 | The letter " 0 " has many lines of symmetry though all of them must pass through the centre of the letter . |
| 4 | ‘ Everyone should get around the table and talk , it is the only way forward . ’ |
| 5 | No-one should argue with the concept of greater efficiency in the BBC , but the reforms are also meant to be about decentralising power to where the creativity resides . |
| 6 | He believed nothing should stand in the way of the security of the United States , and was less choosy than Congress about what means he took to preserve it . |
| 7 | Nothing must stand in the way of the safety and well-being of our children . |
| 8 | Nothing must get in the way . ’ |
| 9 | I may rely on the arbitrator . |
| 10 | I have always been desirous of devoting what little capability and energy I may possess to the country which I love most dearly . ’ |
| 11 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 12 | ‘ If I may speak in a spirit of complaint , David , I might point out that it 's easy for you to talk and even easier to talk tough . |
| 13 | The back row played well and so did the front three , so any optimism I may feel about the future is well grounded . |
| 14 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 15 | I may train as a nurse . ’ |
| 16 | My Lords , if I may revert to the proposition that a person can not consent to the theft of property from himself , it is absurd to suppose that a company consents to the theft of its own property , merely because the thief is for most purposes of the company its directing mind . |
| 17 | I may look into the cost , work involved and practicalities of doing it mainly electronically as well as whether it is worth starting it at this stage of the season . |
| 18 | ‘ I may look like a cabman , ’ he countered , ‘ but I 'm a charm in a salon . ’ |
| 19 | I may look like a child , but Luke — Luke changed all that . |
| 20 | The anthem : ‘ Blessed by Thou , Lord God of Israel ’ was sung by Thomas Street Church choir and the sermon was preached by Mr Guard who chose as his text the fourth verse of the twenty-seventh Psalm : ‘ One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after , that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life , to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in His temple . ’ |
| 21 | If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon . |
| 22 | I may object on a point of fact ( ‘ There are no gibbons there now ’ ) or by appealing to some other end or principle ( ‘ You ought not to put that problem off any longer ’ ) . |
| 23 | ‘ You did n't think it was odd that someone should call on the Rector that late at night ? ’ |
| 24 | I must apologise for the delay in responding . |
| 25 | First , I must apologise to the House for not being present in the Chamber for some of the earlier speeches . |
| 26 | He was operated on and survived — just , and in passing I must comment on the dedication and skill of the Indian surgeon and Sri Lankan woman anaesthetist who performed the operation . |
| 27 | I must comment on the Perspective Sensual secrets of chocolate ( Chem . |
| 28 | ‘ I am a man , and a man of passions ; I must go to a woman , otherwise I shall freeze or turn to stone … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I must go to the loo , ’ said Jay . |
| 30 | ‘ I must go to the right here . |