Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , the interests common to the different classes of a given nation or state may override what divides them . |
| 2 | The historian may relate what happened ; but when it comes to explaining why events occurred as they did , and why decisions were taken as they were , he can not always fulfil his role as he would wish . |
| 3 | So let's think what happened to the caveman then . |
| 4 | The court recognised , however , that circumstances may arise which require not merely the carrying out of a fresh balancing exercise but the disclosure of documents within this otherwise immune class because of some yet more potent countervailing public interest . |
| 5 | Despite this precision — or sometimes because of it — the application of statute to the individual case is often unclear , or legal principles may arise which make its interpretation in relation to the facts of particular cases difficult . |
| 6 | ‘ You may think we 've been putting pressure on you , but — ’ |
| 7 | We may think we see the dead person walking down the street , or hear them calling our name . |
| 8 | Let's just consider the political problem though you have still got a problem selling it to a lot of MP s , if they 're listening to this interview and they are concluding , maybe rightly , maybe wrongly , that actually things are n't changing very much , and they may think they 've been sold a pup with these amendments , indeed I hear that some of them have had to be bought off , well , is it true that one of them was sent off to Peru on an on an election er supervision mission in order that he might not be around when the bill came up . |
| 9 | Well I did see him , he seemed alright but you see you ca n't tell what people are like , yo you may think they have ni |
| 10 | She may think herself wasted in a world where good help is hard to find . |
| 11 | And Scots comic Gregor Fisher — the man behind Rab C. Nesbitt — added : ‘ Lilly may think she 's never been to Scotland , but what about in a previous life ? |
| 12 | He may think it looks cissy to do what a normal man would and carry the baby in its cot , but I reckon it only looks unchivalrous . |
| 13 | Perhaps too many all-embracing laws are drafted in such a slipshod manner that police may think it gives them authority to frame any charge and judges are given the power to determine the law according to their own opinions . |
| 14 | The most common is the all-too-familiar cystitis — the bladder could be inflamed and JoJo may think it needs emptying even when it is only partly full , with the result that she could be effectively ‘ caught short ’ . |
| 15 | The manager may think he has delegated when he has effectively abdicated . |
| 16 | Although you may think you know what you want , sub-consciously you may want something else . |
| 17 | Now you may know all about personal allowances or you may think you know all about personal allowances and I thought like that . |
| 18 | ‘ You may think you 've won , but I 'll have the last laugh . |
| 19 | So you may think you 've half a tape left , which is , should be |
| 20 | You may think you stand on your own , or have your own choices , or make your own fate , but you do not do so . |
| 21 | ‘ You may think you do , but you know nothing about me ! ’ |
| 22 | If you have teenagers at home , planning a meal can be tricky ; you may think you have them pinned down , but one phone call and they are up and away to more exciting prospects . |
| 23 | You may think you have purse-netted every hole only for a bolting rabbit suddenly to push up through the snow as if from nowhere and make its bid to escape . |
| 24 | In fact , however complete a word list you may think you have , it will never give full coverage ( Sampson , 1989 ) . |
| 25 | You may think you have to cut back on the necessities of life for a few days or cancel a treat you had promised yourself and the family . |
| 26 | You may think you have problems now , but Vittorio can make them seem like fond memories . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You may think I fell apart and did n't handle myself very well . ’ |
| 28 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 29 | and leave you free to do a job , because you may think I mean , believe it or I 've turned this room inside out today ! |
| 30 | I could do park parade tha , a girl was , er er anywa , I went in the factory and one of the girls says they were saying about a dance , says ooh I quite a few you ought to see him dance the park parade ! |