Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may cost you a couple of hundred quid , but they look as if your grandmother may have knitted them from one of her own patterns . |
| 2 | So brace yourself for events which may seem puzzling at times , but which will eventually straighten themselves out , although they may leave you in an exhausted state . |
| 3 | But if the other party does n't use this level of response themselves , they may regard you as insincere or phoney . |
| 4 | whatever and maybe if it 's a good correspondence course they may refer you to the actual you know things you should have er read and so on |
| 5 | They may want you to help to sort out the personal belongings of the dead partner , which is always a painful job . |
| 6 | Your employer has no legal or even moral obligation to house you , although they may advise you on what is available locally in the public and private sector . |
| 7 | ‘ When you expect a deal to happen they may tell you there has been a last minute problem and the people either providing the funds or the guarantee either require a non-performance bond to be put up or require some kind of payment up front to prove you really mean business . |
| 8 | They may offer you advice . |
| 9 | They may offer you money . |
| 10 | To them you are just a very large creature who for some unknown reason feeds them , and for that , and that alone , they may give you a grudging sort of respect , if owls have any idea what respect is . |
| 11 | They may give you the creeps , but not Ray Gabriel . |
| 12 | If you are using special fonts do check with the bureau first , they may provide you with a copy of their screen font to install on your system as a way of ensuring that what you send them matches what they send you back . |
| 13 | They may drive you crazy with their blips and bleeps — but at least they are not rotting your children 's brains . |
| 14 | They may reject you and isolate you because you are different from them and they would like to be like you . |
| 15 | They may call you for product details or information about the company which makes the product . |
| 16 | They might say you gave a good performance , or they may say you gave a bad one , but they rarely go into the realms of personal abuse . |
| 17 | Acknowledge their status , and they may let you know when the person you want to talk to is available . |
| 18 | Remember that , as with tools for any kind of job , there are good tools and not-so-good tools and if you buy poor quality tools , they may let you down at a vital time . |
| 19 | If you have written in response to an advertisement they may ask you to telephone to arrange a suitable time for the interview . |
| 20 | Okay , so they may ask you to use something which you have n't necessarily had to do before so that they 're really all that the examiner 's testing is that you 've got a little bit of nous , a little bit of savvy and with what you 've got available you can improvise a dressing or use the dressing in a sensible manner so that your casualty 's comfortable and you 're doing the best you can for them , okay ? |
| 21 | cos that 's one thing they will come back and do later on when they review your C C Q they may ask you to go back and say there was a loan or |
| 22 | This factsheet can only suggest some of the ways in which they may help you . |
| 23 | Once people see that you are in trouble , then they may help you . |
| 24 | If the calf dies , you will wish you were not wearing them either , although they may help you as you dig a hole for the body . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , I send you these meditations , hoping they may help you to continue your great book . |
| 26 | the bank will not mind , though they may charge you for a management fee . |
| 27 | If his employer 's scheme has ‘ contracted out ’ , they must pay you half his guaranteed minimum pension , and the state makes up the difference . |
| 28 | I told Gary he should have said , ‘ And they must make you so proud ; everyone can see where they got their looks , Mother . ’ |
| 29 | If they do , they must give you an opportunity to object or ‘ opt out ’ . |
| 30 | they must tell you at least 21 days before they plan to take maternity leave . |