Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The French education system has had many of the features now introduced into the British system for more than a century and studying them may shed some light on future possibilities for schooling in this country . |
2 | Indeed , one of them may get more information out of it than the author realised he was putting into it . |
3 | Hyphenating them may overcome this problem . |
4 | I tried telling her she was wrong , which was silly really , because no-one ought to decide such things for anyone else … ’ |
5 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
6 | I mean I know there 's always an argument , especially here in Oxford , that people just come , look round the colleges and they 're gone again , but having said that some of them must spend some money . |
7 | But the government intends everyone should pay some amount . |
8 | that he thinks that erm of all of these forced motivations class interest is the most damaging and he argues there 's a remedy for this , we 'll see why it 's a remedy in a minute , that certain people ought to be given more than one vote so that although everyone should have some votes , not everyone should have the same number of votes . |
9 | There 's a lesson here for the BBC or for any television organisation — and it 's important that everyone should get that lesson right . |
10 | I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today . |
11 | Someday I may meet another mammoth . |
12 | Please can you tell me where I may purchase some dog 's tooth violets . |
13 | If he stims me much more , I know that I may seek such stimming again , however unwillingly . |
14 | Steve and I may see each other six times a week if we 're racing . |
15 | I may gain more acceptance . |
16 | In Scotland I may find some answers . |
17 | I may have the gift of inspired preaching ; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets ; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains — but if I have no love , I am nothing . |
18 | I may have more luck . ’ |
19 | ‘ Well , thank you , Mr Glynn , that 's all for the moment but I may have more questions for you later . ’ |
20 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |
21 | In summary : ‘ We 'll discuss work problems and possible remedies , both of which you suggest ; I may have some thoughts on these too . ’ |
22 | But having read them , it is first of all possible that I may have some queries on them . |
23 | The hon. Gentleman and I may have some disagreements , but I have respect for his command of basic arithmetic . |
24 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
25 | ‘ I may have another drink , I may not , ’ Newman replied , looking at Corduroy Jacket . |
26 | The Government have cut unemployment benefit 11 times since 1979 , making a cumulative ’ saving ’ — if I may use that word — at the expense of the unemployed , of £5 billion to £6 billion over the past decade . |
27 | In other words , these things I 've been talking about , map , if I may use that concept again from mathematics , they map to earlier feelings . |
28 | Is my hon. Friend — if I may use that term — sure that a solution put forward in this House would be accepted in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic ? |
29 | This is only a reflection of larger areas of the church above , that 's if I may use that phrase , which is happening . |
30 | The confusion yields when we realize that we have to do with a limited area , however large , and that the ‘ unionists ’ , if I may use this term , made the mistake of extrapolating the ambiguity and interchangeability within this limited area to the whole scope of Mozart 's staccato notation . |