Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they 've had a few beers , they m they may leave something else behind . |
| 2 | ‘ Guide dogs are trained not to pick up such morsels because they may eat something unpleasant or possibly even dangerous . |
| 3 | Made by several Persian , Indian and Pakistani workshops , they may feature anything from copies of famous Western paintings to reproductions of dollar bills . |
| 4 | They may need one if Charlton 's long-awaited return to their famous old ground , after seven years in exile , is to go ahead against Portsmouth on Saturday . |
| 5 | They 'll be underground all day without stopping to eat and they may find nothing at all . |
| 6 | They may find someone to talk to , but rarely someone with whom they can actually cry although Damon Runyan claimed that the tears shed on Broadway by ‘ guys in love ’ , would produce enough salt water to start an opposition to the Atlantic and the Pacific . |
| 7 | They may get something . |
| 8 | Whilst certainly they may receive something in return , there does not seem to be a pressure to balance out the gifts . |
| 9 | The new directions to be taken may not be indicated by the diagram , or be unclassifiable by present terminology anyway — but they may have something in common with what is gathered here : ambition and invention , perseverance , independence , wit . |
| 10 | ‘ They may have something on file . ’ |
| 11 | I mean , some people erm , are elderly and they 're confined to their homes , they may have one downstairs , and one in their bedrooms . |
| 12 | They may have nothing to offer , but that has not stopped them holding press conferences or making public statements . |
| 13 | As you add it up , you 'll find that some columns are very low , they may have nothing in them at all , that , that 's alright . |
| 14 | Such measures may not tackle the root causes , but they may help everyone to recognise the seriousness of the problem . |
| 15 | , … or to strike south to the Waste , recapture the girl — remember , they may know nothing about her — and then ride back either by the track on the other side of the Swamp or carry on direct south towards Leicester . |
| 16 | They may know nothing about media selection , or how to produce a TV commercial , or what it costs to buy a 20 cm × 5 cols space in the Finchley Advertiser . |
| 17 | No , no no , no I said to her if we could just know , cos er , moving bodies and cars and so on , she probably understands but she said as soon as you see a doctor out here , speak to them and , and then we can erm , but they may know somebody |
| 18 | They may know something about Laura Channing and on the other hand they may not . |
| 19 | If he 's been in the area , they may know something . ’ |
| 20 | At a public meeting last September he suggested that saying ‘ they ought to do something about it ’ was pointless , and boldly proposed that the only way to save the shop was for everyone in the village to club together and buy it . |
| 21 | We get out of the car , stomp round to the wheel , look at it , kick it , swear , look at our watch , feel guilty about not having left enough time to cope with the unexpected , open the boot , bang our head on it , swear again , wonder whether it would n't be better to walk to the phone , decide to change the wheel ourselves , lose one of the nuts and eventually arrive at the meeting half an hour late in a filthy temper , and take up the next five minutes explaining that it must have been a sharp chipping off one of those construction lorries and they overload them to save money and they ought to do something about it … |
| 22 | But er the government , a long while ago , actually decided they ought to do something about knocking the institutions ' heads together and they drew up a plan called the Council of Engineering Institutes , where the idea was we get a little of coordination across the entire patch . |
| 23 | people think they ought to do something for you . |
| 24 | The Crystal Palace tram terminus was on a gradient and it was ruled that if the crew wanted to take their break there , in the busmen 's canteen round the corner on the Parade , they must go one at a time and not leave the car unattended . |
| 25 | I always think that if someone tries to get close to me they must want something from me . |
| 26 | If that is so , they must explain something about that uncertainty to the child , and include the fact that others have a positive belief in life after death . |
| 27 | Thus when the officials think they must do something to stimulate tourism , plant trees or preserve the countryside , instead of acting themselves , they float a tourist board , a forestry commission or a countryside commission . |
| 28 | ‘ They wanted more details and I said it was a murder dammit and why did n't they do something about it and he said ‘ Another of those ’ and … well they must do something . |
| 29 | they must do something about the park court this summer , get the perspex sheeting renew renewed |
| 30 | Now the opportunity had once again been given to them , she felt that they must do nothing to jeopardise the future . |