Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's harder than you may think to make a copy of your dick . |
| 2 | Peter Dale ( 1989 ) talks of ‘ defensive practices ’ where managers may choose to play safe in order to avoid criticism ‘ if anything goes wrong ’ , whereas their staff , more closely in touch with children and families , may prefer to employ a strategy of rehabilitation . |
| 3 | If he feels very unsafe , because the traffic is moving fast , he may prefer to ask a passer-by to help him across the road . |
| 4 | In cold weather male golfers may prefer to use a ladies ' ball because it will have similar feel to that of a 90 compression ball in normal temperatures . |
| 5 | However , egg white is not the easiest adhesive to use at first and you may prefer to use a rubber solution glue . |
| 6 | You may prefer to use a flannel to clean this area , as this will afford greater control . |
| 7 | We do , however , appreciate that being creatures of habit , many people may prefer to have a similar breakfast each day , for the sake of speed and perhaps taste also . |
| 8 | To make the comparison fair , we should have to assume that built into each typist 's chair is a gun , wired up so that if he makes a mistake he is summarily shot , his place being taken by a reserve typist ( squeamish readers may prefer to imagine a spring-loaded ejector seat gently catapulting miscreant typists out of the line , but the gun gives a more realistic picture of natural selection ) . |
| 9 | If we are successful in identifying these the opportunities may exist to prevent a situation that is desperately difficult to cure . |
| 10 | If you have Economy 7 and can use the lower-price electricity during the night , you may want to choose a machine fitted with a delay button . |
| 11 | Kitchens can be cramped , steamy places to swing a camcorder in , and if yours is particularly small you may want to use a wide-angle adapter-lens of the kind which screws onto the front of the lens to increase the angle of view . |
| 12 | You may want to hold a simple ceremony in your pet 's honour , as a last chance to say goodbye . |
| 13 | You may want to join a club and work out three times a week or you may simply decide to walk to work instead of going by car or 'bus . |
| 14 | In the same way a horse may want to touch a person that it likes . |
| 15 | You may be using some particular part in the spreadsheet that you consider to be unusual , er you may want to include a page reference , so that er , you can understand it again |
| 16 | In particular , a database user may want to search a file in a number of ways , according to a particular application . |
| 17 | You may want to stipulate a time limit for replies : to help with your catering arrangements : Please reply on or before May 8 , 1922 . |
| 18 | However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government . |
| 19 | It is also generally a good idea to keep your notes short ; while you may want to keep a record of everything that might prove useful , your notes will seem unhelpful if you feel swamped with redundant information when you come to refer to them later . |
| 20 | The youth may want to buy a motor bike , but his mother wants him to purchase an old car because she thinks bikes are dangerous and will get him into bad company . |
| 21 | Once the teething phase has passed you may want to get a new bed , rather than a cardboard box with its sides cut down . |
| 22 | If you are ill you may want to write a letter than can be read and re-read in the future . |
| 23 | On the other hand , you may want to write a book in which the element of comedy is much less strong . |
| 24 | But you may want to add a second ( perhaps en suite ) bathroom or to re-arrange the existing layout to squeeze in extra equipment , such as a bidet or separate shower . |
| 25 | ‘ People will want to do things in different ways , they will want to run trains at different times , they will want to act competitively , they may want to run a bus service at the end of the train service so they may not be too interested in timetabling together . ’ |
| 26 | Aside from running their hands over the dog 's body and legs , checking its conformation , judges may want to have a clear view of the dog 's mouth , to check , for example , that the jaws are neither under or overshot , according to the breed standard . |
| 27 | John Watkins University Press I think there 's a copy in the library erm , you may want to have a little look at it , but so what we 're going do is we incorporate both these two hypothesis into a model supply response okay . |
| 28 | So we may want to introduce a more sophisticated mechanism for determining what the desired level of supply is and what we 'll do is that we 'll say this is actually a special case of a much more general , er more s sophisticated . |
| 29 | Chapter III will help you to choose a rug suited to your individual needs — you may want to make a worthwhile investment , or simply brighten up your home . |
| 30 | We may want to make a dash straight back to Olbia so that we can catch the first ferry across in the morning . ’ |