Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Handling and using them may give a sense of the past . |
| 2 | The time and effort demanded of them may put a strain on their relationship with a partner , who may have been looking forward to the years when they could be alone again as a couple . |
| 3 | In theory , the shareholders have legal control of the company , but in practice this is most often exercised by the directors who between them may have a small minority of the shares with the acquiescence of the institutions which are the major shareholders . |
| 4 | Everyone ought to get a . |
| 5 | Everyone must carry an internal passport , and we were always conscious of security everywhere . |
| 6 | Everyone must feel a genuine sense of being included . |
| 7 | For a company to profit , everyone must have a job that can be clearly and succinctly described in less than forty words . |
| 8 | People who carry weapons into bank premises and threaten to use them must receive a severe sentence . ’ |
| 9 | Why everyone should make a will |
| 10 | Magical , mystical , fascinating and colourful , the culture and way of life in the Orient is so very different from our own that everyone should pay a visit at least once during their lifetime . |
| 11 | Everyone should have a chain fixed to the front door . |
| 12 | Everyone should have a second chance . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I think everyone should have a donor card because , when your life has gone , you could save someone else 's . |
| 14 | Everyone should have a GP , but it can be difficult to find one if you use drugs . |
| 15 | ‘ Everyone should have a grandmother like yours . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps everyone should have a weakness , ’ Jessamy said slowly . |
| 17 | Everyone should have a ‘ proper ’ job . |
| 18 | If a decision has been taken about liability for emotional injury one way or the other , and there can be no controversy what decision that is , then everyone should have a right that that decision be enforced until it is publicly disavowed in the same way . |
| 19 | So everyone every everyone everyone should have a copy of the questions in their book just to tell what they 've worked on . |
| 20 | Any changes in vision should be monitored carefully and everyone should have an eye check every two years . |
| 21 | Its principal aim , according to Mellor is that there should be ‘ something for everyone in all parts of the country , and that everyone should have an opportunity to try something new and widen their horizons ’ . |
| 22 | The aim is that there should be something for everybody in all parts of the country and that everyone should have an opportunity to try something new and widen their horizons . ’ |
| 23 | No-one should buy a property solely on the strength of the initial particulars . |
| 24 | People are bound to miss Gary Lineker but successors like me must score a few and establish reputations of their own . ’ |
| 25 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 26 | While all this talk of constitutional change is in the air — Kinnock proposes to abolish the House of Lords and dismember the United Kingdom , as well as to forbid the whole country from hunting — I wonder if I may make a proposal . |
| 27 | ‘ If I may make a suggestion , ’ Horowitz , also standing , addressed Evans . |
| 28 | As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ? |
| 29 | I may make a mess of this but that does n't mean I 'm stupid . |
| 30 | As you will know I may make a reference under this section when I desire the opinion of the Court , not on the whole case but on a point arising on it . |