Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ The concluding words show that a claim to contribution might arise under the Act of 1935 out of tortious conduct committed by two or more persons even though one or both of them may have committed a crime in the course of such conduct . |
| 2 | I think , however , I may have discovered a cure . |
| 3 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 4 | I may have to spend a lot of my time in Scotland now — perhaps even look for a Scottish constituency — and your work is in London . ’ |
| 5 | I may have to learn a notion of proof different from that to which I am accustomed . |
| 6 | I may have changed a word here or there , but apart from that it 's all exact . |
| 7 | I must have heard a car door slam , or something . ’ |
| 8 | I must have destroyed a bomber ! |
| 9 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I must have made a mistake . ’ |
| 11 | I must have made an impression ! ’ |
| 12 | Then she slumped back in her chair , mouthing the nicotine-dosed chewing gum she used instead of cigarettes , and I thought I must have imagined an intensity of which she was surely incapable . |
| 13 | So I had a market cornered and good access to American trips because I used to like writing about that , even though on the early stuff I must have affected a punk rock stance long after it was all over . ’ |
| 14 | Because I suppose I must have appeared a bit untrustworthy , thought Caspar , what with working for the Gruagach and everything . |
| 15 | Some of the super models like Linda Whatsername have actually dyed their hair red , so I guess I must have set a trend ! . |
| 16 | ‘ I must have left a hole somewhere , because one has slipped through — straight into my heart . ’ |
| 17 | I must have got a splinter in the engine , somewhere . ’ |
| 18 | er one thing or another , I must have spent a couple of thousand pounds on these photos . |
| 19 | If it was Monday morning , I must have had a skinful the night before . |
| 20 | ‘ I must have had a fight every two days , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I must have had a death wish choosing that . |
| 22 | I took their advice , but I must have had an inclination towards food to have ended up as I have . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I must have caught a chill ; |
| 24 | If Marie Gibbs ' time course was right , I should expect to find a sequence of cellular changes in left and perhaps right IMHV and/ or LPO , associated with the several phases of memory formation , in the minutes to hours following the bird 's pecking at the bitter bead . |
| 25 | You ca n't really I should think find a gene surely that 's |
| 26 | I should love to read a reference by her for a maid leaving her employment … . |
| 27 | And now I look back on the years I wasted on the building sites and I should 've become a policeman ea a lot earlier cos it 's great fun . |
| 28 | I did n't lose her till she was over twenty but So but I think it was desperation because if I 'd had money I should 've had a house full of children because I loved them , you see , I 've always loved children . |
| 29 | I should 've got a day return , it would n't , it 'll been cheaper . |
| 30 | Maybe I should consider becoming a Power Pack leader . |