Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A phone call or a letter to them may set your investigations off on a completely new heading and give you further experts whose evidence would be helpful to you . |
| 2 | The roar of applause when it later rids itself of them may boost its popularity at a critical moment . |
| 3 | One or two of them may grab your arms while a third gets ready to hit you from the front . |
| 4 | ‘ Everyone must urge their MP to tell the Secretary of State for Wales his strategy is wrong and must be changed ’ , said Dr Caldwell . |
| 5 | In a society where everyone must supplement their income in whatever way they can , you have to be very noble to renounce , even for love , a comfortable , clandestine source of income . |
| 6 | To them must go our warmest thanks . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , this suggestion by Rees does contain one useful pointer : if managers are non-altruistic , controls on them must influence their pay in order to affect performance . |
| 8 | She was told that it was the law to pay the full amount and she must pay it in full , and her answer was that it was the law last year that everyone should pay their own bills , and what happened to them ? |
| 9 | The sort of day everyone should have their wedding on . |
| 10 | Trudie Sheppard collected her prize from popstar Cliff Richard , who said everyone should follow her example . |
| 11 | I know there is a public perception that everyone should sell their shares at the first opportunity , but I think this could be a big mistake . ’ |
| 12 | Anxious that nothing should disturb her aunt , Alexandra had the hens moved to a small paddock the far side of the stables so that their greedy shouting for breakfast could not be heard in the house . |
| 13 | Even if their love were to die , nothing should disturb their friendship . |
| 14 | Shakespeare must have thought them common enough : in As You Like It a frustrated Rosalind says , ‘ I prithee , take thy cork out of thy mouth that I may drink thy tidings . ’ |
| 15 | I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 16 | But then I may fuse my gun … |
| 17 | ‘ Are you afraid I may burn my fingers ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I may change my mind . ’ |
| 19 | More literally translated that verse runs like this : ‘ I may cover his face with the present that goes before my face ; and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will lift up my face . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I wonder if I may draw your attention to the fact that the bed linen for the upper floor will need to be ready by the day after tomorrow . ’ |
| 21 | Bartram had insisted that this differed from the candleberry , Myrica cerifera , while Miller had found other authors ranging it with the Liquidambar , ‘ so I shall be much obliged to you , if you can send me a perfect specimen , that I may determine its proper genus . ’ |
| 22 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 23 | that I may fear your name . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope I may trust your honour even that far ! ’ she shouted after him . |
| 25 | ‘ I may spend my days in a welter of silks and satins , but I 'm not an entire moron , you know . ’ |
| 26 | Perhaps I may assist my hon. Friend . |
| 27 | Abraham makes his request : ‘ Give me land enough among you so that I may bury my dead properly . ’ |
| 28 | Treshnish ignored Lachlan , bowed to Eachuinn Odhar with respect and asked , ‘ Duart , will you tell me now where I may find my daughter , who handfasted with Lachlan Cattanach a year ago ? |
| 29 | I may now have an inkling of what has happened to me over the last few years ; I may have lined up a few suspects , even tentatively put my finger on ‘ who done it ’ ; I may have my own private detectives working alongside the regular police , and we may have made an arrest or two , but the file has not been closed . |
| 30 | I may have my faults , but ungratefulness is not one of them . |