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

No	Sentence
1	Bowling took no further part in the proceedings , but he may think it a small price to pay for providing one of the turning points in a memorable match .
2	with my embryo staff around me ; you may think it a little late in the day to check my credentials .
3	It was as if he were thinking : Since we 're lumbered with this bore , let's throw him a predictable subject and hear his predictable views .
4	‘ Right , let's make you a bed on the couch , is it ?
5	Let's make it a special event .
6	Let's let's make it a slightly different problem .
7	Erm let's say a hair dryer is rated at erm er let's make it a telly .
8	Davidson 's party political position may make him a more objective source than those more closely involved , and he appears to have been in a good position to know what was going on .
9	Parliament may make it a crime for a Frenchman to smoke on the streets of Paris but he may puff away on the Montparnasse with impunity ( until , that is , he arrives at Dover ) .
10	that you may make it a condition of the carport roof , that they would put four inches of topsoil and plant grass there .
11	From this stage until the plants are large enough to take care of themselves , filamentous algae may make itself a nuisance , becoming entangled in the delicate young foliage .
12	We may consider it a virtue rather than a vice that we possess and exert the power to live , as it were , outside ourselves .
13	If we 're able to use it the cold may win us a few days in which to withdraw to bed and grieve gently for ourselves ; if not at least we can weep openly at work , blowing our nose and wiping our eyes , and get a little consideration and sympathy from others for our sad lot .
14	A woman may know what a man 's intentions are towards her , long before he does himself , and can ‘ pick up ’ emotional inclinations which he has not yet recognized .
15	He told Calero he ought to find himself a code-name — a suggestion Calero virtually ignored — because ‘ the Soviets listen to everything on the east coast ’ .
16	‘ Maybe you ought to find yourself a younger jockey . ’
17	He sent for Marko and told him , " You must plant me a vineyard and bring me wine from it in seven days .
18	You must think me a terrible whiner . "
19	You should make yourself a simple planning diary of the weeks of the term , boldly marking key weeks and dates .
20	Ianthe promised that she should make her a summer dress and with this managed to get rid of her .
21	‘ They should make him a national treasure , ’ said Ian Wright .
22	He says : ‘ It 's the ideal match up between two men of different styles , which should make it a very , very exciting fight . ’
23	Since sexism is unjust you should make it a point to put women in positions where they have a chance to overcome their historic powerlessness .
24	‘ Perhaps I should make it a costume party next year . ’
25	I never put the case for a timetable motion on the ground that we should make it a permanent feature of our parliamentary procedures .
26	You should make it a condition of payment that the gang supplies a Polaroid photograph of your father holding the mornings paper on the day the drop is made .
27	‘ We are the first England representative team to face the Springboks in 23 years and we must make it a memorable day , one the selectors can not ignore . ’
28	In future I must make it a rule never to use those cold , wet , good-for-nothing days for looking at crags .
29	I think we must make it a positive step forward that this council not only goes forwards to build but it goes forward to use that building and give the firemen of this county the right tools , or firewoman , the firemen and the firewoman of this county the right tools to work with .
30	The truth is , I look upon both candidates in the same light , and should think myself a traitor to the constitution of my country if I voted for either .