Example sentences of "[noun sg] they [modal v] well " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some composers feel that the use of obvious metres does not suit their own aesthetic , that metre is an impediment they can well do without . |
| 2 | If they were born in the village they could well be in the erm baptismal book in church . |
| 3 | By this time they might have gained a portfolio They might well have got hooked . |
| 4 | By not putting the matter to the test they may well have spared themselves refusal . |
| 5 | Well let's forget about that , let's forget about the two thousand odd people who 've said no , let's forget about the fact that there were these accidents in that road , because no we 've got the M forty the A forty four — well the A thirty four as it was — has been relieved of a lot of traffic and from a point of view from the Gipsy Working Party Committee they may well feel that they are even more entitled to go ahead with this site . |
| 6 | The category £10-£19 covered middling or larger peasant farmers , tenants for the most part , though sometimes owner-occupiers , as well as highly skilled craftsmen ; in the village community they might well hold positions of responsibility . |
| 7 | I think if you 're talking about a very exclusive one up in town they might well say no smoking . |
| 8 | But despite the positive counselling they may well receive , many parents , especially fathers , find it impossible to come to terms with the nature of their son or daughter . |
| 9 | Harold was becoming more and more irritable with his wife 's bouncing in and out of bed and he declared that if the mice saw the kitten they might well decide to make a meal of it . |
| 10 | INVERLEITH , who are currently fighting to avoid relegation from the Torrie Stockbrokers National Men 's Hockey League , yesterday received news they could well have done without . |
| 11 | At times of high wages or low food prices , out-workers could opt for more leisure , but in times of slack trade they might well find themselves unable to get enough work to compensate for falling rates . |
| 12 | Some were actually poised on the threshold of gentility , a state they could well afford to maintain , and to which they very frequently attained through the acquisition of real wealth . |
| 13 | So if you are lucky you have a person who was not at all interested in what was happening out in front of the group of children miming and doing the actions to a song they may well not have known before . |
| 14 | Although the issues of capacity and genuine consent or rejection are separate , in reality they may well overlap , so that a patient in a weakened condition may be unduly influenced in circumstances in which if he had been fit , he would have resisted the influence sought to be exercised over him . |
| 15 | They may not come from a church-going background , but with encouragement they might well respond to an invitation to be part of the Church 's music , at least occasionally . |
| 16 | Now if parents , through playing games with their children that are based on words , could alert the child to the fact that print is a convention and that we can translate print into reality , obviously not as abstract as that , but just get the child used to knowing what print is , knowing what reading is , so that perhaps when they go to school they may well know this is a skill that they do n't have , like they do n't know , perhaps , how to ride a bike , they may not know how to swim , they certainly do n't know how to drive a car , but they do know what sort of a thing driving a car is . |
| 17 | Now if parents , through playing games with their children that are based on words , could alert the child to the fact that print is a convention and that we can translate print into reality , obviously not as abstract as that , but just get the child used to knowing what print is , knowing what reading is , so that perhaps when they go to school they may well know this is a skill that they do n't have , like they do n't know , perhaps , how to ride a bike , they may not know how to swim , they certainly do n't know how to drive a car , but they do know what sort of a thing driving a car is . |
| 18 | Last year costs climbed faster than revenues ; this year they may well do so again . |
| 19 | The start of a New Year is a time for looking back on the past 12 months and also a time when self-styled pundits such as myself are unwisely tempted to look into their crystal balls and come up with the predictions that by the end of the year they may well regret |
| 20 | If they stop and pause they may well urinate or even defecate at that spot , which is likely to be not only illegal , but also . |
| 21 | In fact they can well do you harm . |
| 22 | If dead batteries are left in a detector they may well leak and cause corrosion ; damp will cause pod or pack springs to rust . |
| 23 | If they belong to the party that wins power they may well take on a government office of some kind . |