Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There has , however , been very little research which looks directly at this issue and thus at this stage suggestions about the normal levels of memory performance or about the variables which may influence it remain largely speculative . |
| 32 | If there is to be a rehearsal you may prefer them to bring a practice leotard in order to keep any specially chosen outfit for the performance . |
| 33 | Anglers may prefer you to pass quietly . |
| 34 | ‘ Let's make them work . |
| 35 | Let's make them work . ’ |
| 36 | So taboos may exist which prohibit social intercourse between a man and a young girl having her first menstruation , or between females and a young male who has just reached puberty , because there is strong unconscious , or even conscious , desire to have sexual relations with the girls or boys ( incest ) . |
| 37 | As the puppy gets older , he will want to go outside to the soiled piece of paper that you have positioned in a place that you may want him to use . |
| 38 | I may want me to go and do it now ? |
| 39 | If they 're sick for seven days or less , you may want them to fill in a form saying so . |
| 40 | They may want you to help to sort out the personal belongings of the dead partner , which is always a painful job . |
| 41 | ‘ Miss Havisham may want us to spend more time together in future . |
| 42 | Our parents may want us to have ‘ what they never had ’ — may want us to fulfil their own frustrated dreams . |
| 43 | Our parents may want us to have ‘ what they never had ’ — may want us to fulfil their own frustrated dreams . |
| 44 | Others may want someone to work with them and there is a wide range of therapies available . |
| 45 | If your organization is slap-happy it will unnerve candidates and may make them think twice before accepting a job with you . |
| 46 | Sometimes changing to a normal lifestyle may make them feel guilty . |
| 47 | You 've got to make them feel that you 're not expecting too much of them , or you may make them freeze . |
| 48 | In such circumstances their use of slang and informal language may make them seem rather stupid in the eyes of others . |
| 49 | He may make me feel desolate , make my spirits sink , hide my future from me … still … |
| 50 | It may make me sound as if I 'm in training for a Blue Peter badge , but it works . |
| 51 | This may make her feel that society regards her as a second-class widow , and you may need to help those who come into contact with her to understand how important it is going to be for her future adjustment for them to treat her just as they would any other bereaved person . |
| 52 | So the very fact that she observes her price to be higher than the average price level she was originally expecting may make her adjust upwards her expected average price level . |
| 53 | A drug may make an animal less hungry , less mobile , less sensitive to the pain of an electric shock , just as much as it may make it forget . |
| 54 | That may make it seem as if we thought each had specific dates and a definite content . |
| 55 | Excessive heat may make us feel ‘ stupid ’ and unable to function mentally . |
| 56 | The problems of the informal interview , then , are considerable , and they may make us feel that the formal type of interview is much less beset with difficulties and open to the criticism of lack of scientific method . |
| 57 | Dame Edna Everage may make us laugh at prejudice , but are we smiling or laughing at ourselves ? |
| 58 | Fear of losing our grip may make us hang on to jobs for longer than we should , in an attempt to reassure ourselves . |
| 59 | OK — when you 're in a dazed state , drugs may make you think you understand it all . |
| 60 | An enjoyable social life at the beginning of June may make you think twice about getting married now , Aquarius ! |