Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In theory , the shareholders have legal control of the company , but in practice this is most often exercised by the directors who between them may have a small minority of the shares with the acquiescence of the institutions which are the major shareholders .
2 Everyone must feel a genuine sense of being included .
3 People who carry weapons into bank premises and threaten to use them must receive a severe sentence . ’
4 Everyone should have a second chance . ’
5 It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company .
6 As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ?
7 I may need a few shots before I find the mark , Khan . ’
8 If I live , I may have a crooked back like my father , but I 'll probably die . ’
9 I can see that I may have a little difficulty explaining this first part of my story , especially to anyone not acquainted with the often bizarre rituals of academic life .
10 ‘ I 'm sorry , I think I may have a wrong number , ’ it said .
11 If I ought to pay a fair price for what I buy then I ought to come back and add to the agreed price .
12 Along with our new view of ourselves should go a new credo altogether .
13 ‘ An' I must set a good table for the funeral . ’
14 To escape from Heathcliff I must go a long way away .
15 I see that I must do a little bargaining on my own behalf .
16 I made Mrs Seale come with me in a cab from the theatre , saying I must visit a sick friend .
17 And I must make a real effort to find one of these machines that 's working .
18 And I must make a real effort to find one of these machines that 's working .
19 but I must make a historical excursion here to establish the background to this absolutely fundamental question .
20 And now I must make a few preparations .
21 Well then tomorrow I must make a little list , see cos I want to finish that baby 's jumper
22 But to answer it , I must make a considerable digression , to say something about how we get such beliefs by observation .
23 I must start a new life among strangers . ’
24 ‘ And now ’ , she said , ‘ I must propose a special vote of thanks to Mr Barker to whom we all owe so much . ’
25 However , first I must define a few basics .
26 I must look a frightful sight , ’ she said .
27 I was sure I must look a different person , that my guilt and radiance must have transfigured me .
28 I must look a different being to yesterday .
29 Before going on to the second reason for Locke 's not acknowledging the existence of epistemic appearances I must correct a false impression I may have given , that all the seventeenth-century philosophers who succeeded Descartes toed the Cartesian line about the mind perceiving things by being causally affected by them .
30 I must have a good game against him . ’
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