Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since I hated the police , it was natural that I should feel myself aligned with the prostitutes . |
| 2 | The State Department in Washington still must decide what to do with the migrants , apparently picked up by the Panamanian-registered East Wood from an island off China to be smuggled to Hawaii . |
| 3 | If the LEA were to lay down as a condition of grant that we should have nothing to do with the University body , we should refuse the grant , and I do not see why Universities should not show the same loyalty to us . |
| 4 | It must have something to do with the way the language heaps noun upon noun . |
| 5 | Maybe it 's the transformers , because they must have something to do with the sound . |
| 6 | ‘ It must have something to do with the attack on Anna . |
| 7 | I must admit I acted with the thought that I could interest you , that some attention would not be unwelcome — I hope I am not so insensitive as to force my company on anyone without some indication on their part — and there was interest , was n't there ? |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll see what happens with the weights before deciding . ’ |
| 9 | Well we 'll , we 'll see what happens with the Eyecron I think that 'll turn it off , but does n't then we must have another look , very |
| 10 | " I tell you I 'll have nothing to do with the place , " said Fiver . |
| 11 | The Marshal roared into the distance for Lorenzini and then said : ‘ It looks as if this might have nothing to do with the kidnapping . ’ |
| 12 | Cynics have pointed out that this might have something to do with the toll . |
| 13 | OK , I suspect that Ms O'Connor 's motive for using the photo might have something to do with the sales of her last two singles . |
| 14 | But that might have something to do with the fact that I , myself , am Pakistani . |
| 15 | ‘ It might have something to do with the fact that there are too many distractions ! ’ she retorted . |
| 16 | ‘ Not to me , ’ Robyn murmured , hardly daring to hope that his lighter mood might have something to do with the fact that he really did like her work . |
| 17 | It might have something to do with the forthcoming general election when any smear will do . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought it might have something to do with the fact that when it emerged that I 'd received the letter , Ivy Cook would become persona non grata in the Miletti family . ’ |
| 19 | He 'd make me sleep with the kids , then he 'd make me come back to bed with him , in and out all night . |
| 20 | Their manager 's distress on hearing the draw could have something to do with the fact that Messiahs are not usually expected to rework old miracles . |
| 21 | The fact that Hitler was out of Germany , at the Führer Headquarters in the east , and engaged in the conduct of the war against the Bolshevik arch-enemy — a war which he had long prophesied as inevitable in order to defend Christian Europe — evidently made it unthinkable for many that he could have anything to do with the ‘ godless Bolshevism ’ of the brownshirts at home . |
| 22 | She told herself sternly that the time had passed when sympathy , hope , tender care , even love could have anything to do with the figure on the bed . |
| 23 | She raised her eyes , saw his glance rake over her face , and was certain he was discounting entirely that her blush could have anything to do with the fact that , after being nearly naked in his arms , she was feeling a trifle uncomfortable at seeing him again . |
| 24 | I could hear them fumbling with the ladder at the window . |
| 25 | They walked regardless of the weather : on early spring mornings when the sky was remote and pale as a plover 's egg ; on stormy autumn afternoons when they felt they could reach up and touch the lowering clouds that covered the land like a bruise ; and on frozen winter days when the sky was a white membrane stretched so tight that they could imagine it cracking with the cold . |
| 26 | She finds it hard to explain why , but ponders that it may have something to do with the religious faith she grew up with . |
| 27 | All this may have something to do with the conference 's unpublicised preliminary meeting which was held in London at the beginning of October . |
| 28 | The fact that Limone is so relaxing may have something to do with the proven fact that statistically , the residents of Limone live longer , with lower incidents of stress or heart disease ! |
| 29 | It may have something to do with the different preparation and coating techniques of the lacquer painters . |
| 30 | Compton-Hall believes it may have something to do with the strong magnetic field found inside . |