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 . ’ |