Example sentences of "we [modal v] have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may have a glimpse of sympathetic magic in ‘ when we came back , late , from the hyacinth garden , / Your arms full , and your hair wet … |
| 2 | At the weekends , we are no longer constrained by the timetable of our weekdays and we may have a fuller social life in the evening . |
| 3 | Here we may have a glimpse of the future shape of organisation and management theory and practice which is worth on-going consideration in relation to schools . |
| 4 | We may have a theoretical reason for believing that the variable we are studying will require a particular transformation . |
| 5 | Thus we may have a close-up of a character weeping , viewed from a position in which , if the viewer were actually there , he would be coshed for intrusion of privacy . |
| 6 | In order for this to happen it is imperative to educate people in general so that we may have a much greater knowledge of the fundamental causes of both health and ill-health . |
| 7 | We may have a head filled with reasons why we do not . |
| 8 | ‘ We may have a mild winter , ’ she reminded him . |
| 9 | The only world tournament we may have a chance of winning |
| 10 | But although we may have a spiritual or mental knowledge of the pregnancy , the actual physical development of the baby in the womb has to lie beyond our conscious control . |
| 11 | ‘ I think we may have a breakthrough . |
| 12 | We may have a genetic pre-disposition to cancer , but where or when it appears in our body is determined by a combination of factors . |
| 13 | We may have a system of " one person one vote " , but Liberals and Social Democrats point out that we do not yet have a system of " one person one vote one value " since some votes are more equal than others . |
| 14 | On Tuesdays we may have a school football match but we usually do not have one . |
| 15 | We may have a football match planned but not always . |
| 16 | Bush acknowledged at the concluding press conference that " we may have a difference " on the use of military force if Iraq refused to accept UN demands . |
| 17 | Well , we may have a few helpful hints . |
| 18 | ‘ I think we may have a bit of a problem on our hands … ’ |
| 19 | I do nt think we should get too complacent as we may have a genuine bad run and things are pretty tight in the top 10 at the moment , but then again I did say after the Oldham match that 4 more wins on the trot would see us averaging 2 points a game , which is statistically Championship form . |
| 20 | But now that Royal Ballerina is in , we may have a race of truly Classic proportions . |
| 21 | But now that Royal Ballerina is in , we may have a race of truly Classic proportions . |
| 22 | Nine months or a year 's time we may have a different animal working in that office and it may well be some person who has who does some J L O work to supplement John and does some project work , now er Jackie has indicated she 'd love to fill that role , and we all know what project she 'd want to be doing it , but er if we do put somebody in that role they will be project officer as well and on the wall will be a year planner and it 'll have things like crucial crew gala day and all these major major things and that particular officer will work quite closely with the new Pat and they 'll be able to take some of the weight off our shoulders so when we start planning for something like crucial crew you can delegate some of the work to the project officer and perhaps the other sergeant Now I know things do n't always work out quite that straightforwardly but you know the last year has been a bastard of a year for us in terms of sickness , four S L O's have been on long-term sick we 've lost Pat for all that time Jed was off for quite a while |
| 23 | Seems we may have a chance of finding out : In America , 12-year-old Gregory Kingsley has already ‘ divorced ’ his real parents in a successful legal action . |
| 24 | So we may have a , quite another a board or what ? |
| 25 | Were all here , are n't we let's have a glass of sherry , " he said to Dada . |
| 26 | It played a very , very important part in David 's career , because it was for that film that he wrote ‘ Space Oddity'/ Most of the stuff on the film came from the Deram label but I thought we ought to have a very special piece of material — some new material — and something that would show how very fine and inventive a writer David was . |
| 27 | It 's our money , that 's what you lot ought to remember , and we ought to have a say in … ’ ‘ … all your rubbishing talk about the future of mankind — it 's a load of crap — like this nonsense about the population explosion . |
| 28 | I think we ought to have a calendar . |
| 29 | That we ought to have a careful look at the possibility of developing this hotel on a timeshare basis . |
| 30 | ‘ You are n't , of course , about to utter heresy — that we ought to have a national force ? ’ |