Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people who have been studied will probably be interested in what is said about them , and this may affect what the researcher writes . |
| 2 | ‘ Well now , Barney , ye may think yerself an old man but I do n't think of meself as such ! ’ he exclaimed testily . |
| 3 | Bowling took no further part in the proceedings , but he may think it a small price to pay for providing one of the turning points in a memorable match . |
| 4 | with my embryo staff around me ; you may think it a little late in the day to check my credentials . |
| 5 | Although geneticists may think it an odd idea , it is therefore sensible for us to speak of genes ‘ for ’ stone shape , stone size , stone hardness and so on . |
| 6 | So let's plot what the speed is at different points . |
| 7 | It was as if he were thinking : Since we 're lumbered with this bore , let's throw him a predictable subject and hear his predictable views . |
| 8 | Die-hard enthusiasts may prefer one the full length of the car to cater for all maintenance without having to turn the car round . |
| 9 | ‘ Right , let's make you a bed on the couch , is it ? |
| 10 | Let's make it a special event . |
| 11 | Let's let's make it a slightly different problem . |
| 12 | Erm let's say a hair dryer is rated at erm er let's make it a telly . |
| 13 | Davidson 's party political position may make him a more objective source than those more closely involved , and he appears to have been in a good position to know what was going on . |
| 14 | But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure . |
| 15 | This view of scientific theories may make me an instrumentalist or a positivist — as I have said above , I have been called both . |
| 16 | Parliament may make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris but he may puff away on the Montparnasse with impunity ( until , that is , he arrives at Dover ) . |
| 17 | that you may make it a condition of the carport roof , that they would put four inches of topsoil and plant grass there . |
| 18 | Exactly , we may make it the performance evaluation and the documentation attached to it that provides you your training record . |
| 19 | From this stage until the plants are large enough to take care of themselves , filamentous algae may make itself a nuisance , becoming entangled in the delicate young foliage . |
| 20 | Coaches ought to know what the children should be practising . |
| 21 | Perhaps I ought to know what the scenario was . |
| 22 | We may consider it a virtue rather than a vice that we possess and exert the power to live , as it were , outside ourselves . |
| 23 | If we 're able to use it the cold may win us a few days in which to withdraw to bed and grieve gently for ourselves ; if not at least we can weep openly at work , blowing our nose and wiping our eyes , and get a little consideration and sympathy from others for our sad lot . |
| 24 | A woman may know what a man 's intentions are towards her , long before he does himself , and can ‘ pick up ’ emotional inclinations which he has not yet recognized . |
| 25 | He told Calero he ought to find himself a code-name — a suggestion Calero virtually ignored — because ‘ the Soviets listen to everything on the east coast ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe you ought to find yourself a younger jockey . ’ |
| 27 | He sent for Marko and told him , " You must plant me a vineyard and bring me wine from it in seven days . |
| 28 | You must think me a terrible whiner . " |
| 29 | You should make yourself a simple planning diary of the weeks of the term , boldly marking key weeks and dates . |
| 30 | Ianthe promised that she should make her a summer dress and with this managed to get rid of her . |