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 | Furthermore , we should have a shared understanding of the rules of discourse about such subjects . |
| 27 | The difficulty here is best demonstrated when Honderich , analyzing the notion that Conservatism is a ‘ defence of the familiar ’ , argues that if this were central to Conservatism ‘ we should have a mystery on our hands , the mystery of how an egregious idiocy could have become a large political tradition ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ I think we should have a cup of tea , ’ Rose said with jollying encouragement towards Moran but when he only looked back out at her she just continued talking as she got kettle and teapot . |
| 29 | This last comment does n't mean that we can strap on our sixshooters and holsters , but rather the guns of the artillery are on call if we should have a chance to use them . |
| 30 | There was one moment when someone proposed ‘ I think we should have a facilitator for this bit , ’ and we just listened and passed it by , on with our own journey into the delicious unknown . ’ |