Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 2 | In the lift to his floor he thought how odd it was that taking a firm stand should make him feel so bad-tempered . |
| 3 | For Betty and Trevor Lee of Stevenage , Hertfordshire , yesterday 's decision should see them recoup just over £10,000 out of the £12,000 investment in Barlow Clowes International . |
| 4 | Edgar must let me do what I want ! ’ |
| 5 | Such research should help us identify which aspects of unemployment are crucial . |
| 6 | The distress of your loss might make you see things . |
| 7 | Concerned , however , that these words might make him seem too frivolous , in the simple delight he obviously took in playing with his cat , he checks himself with the criticism that ‘ verily it may well be called an idle man 's pastime ’ . |
| 8 | And a nice cup of tea 'll make you feel better . |
| 9 | Therefore , consider how your choice of subjects might help you prepare yourself for survival and success in the world of the twenty-first century . |
| 10 | Albert took off his glasses and rubbed them on his handkerchief and put them back on , as if clean spectacles might make him think better . |
| 11 | Bernice could see him raise a bulky suited arm and gesture grandly at the surroundings . |
| 12 | Only the military power conferred by industry could help them do this . |
| 13 | Look up " kitchen-sink " in the Oxford English Dictionary ( second edition ) , and explain how the entry could help you put together an essay on kitchen-sink drama . |
| 14 | One or two of the local lads could help you fish the char , Mary could cook it and pot it — you 'd have to put the pots out to commission but the district is full of men who would work for you . |
| 15 | A reference to its dictionary would help it realise that it is unlikely a word would begin with the character ‘ 5″ , but , in all probability should read ‘ Singing ’ . |
| 16 | I hoped my vote would make him think again . |
| 17 | But , when nothing she could do from inside the car would make it go again , she began to realise in her non-mechanical mind that she had something of a problem on her hands . |
| 18 | I wondered if Dawlish would let me keep it . |
| 19 | Border , who had hoped that Kruger would help them win points in four events at Gateshead , finished fourth , 74 behind winners Rotherham . |
| 20 | Dorcas watched it roll back , and wondered whether Grimma would let him stop and collect a bit of it . |
| 21 | The judiciary only resort to disciplinary action in the most blatant cases , where the alternative would make us look even worse . |
| 22 | Caddis houses helped us take the previous step ; snail shells will help us take this one . |
| 23 | The enclosed card will help you remember the CLARENCE number , so please carry it with you in case you need to call us . |
| 24 | We see many opportunities for development , and our extensive opening programme will help us compete more effectively with our main supermarket competitors and the discounters . |
| 25 | SCO hopes the new programme will help it focus on three markets — retail , finance and government — and its expects to sell 1,500 developers kits there in its first year — between 400 — 500 of them in Europe . |
| 26 | If you know that a slightly longer sweater will make you look slimmer and you want to look that way , it is up to you to examine the diagram before you knit and work accordingly . |
| 27 | While crowds at Netherdale and at the relegation games should be large , the biggest attendance could be at Inverleith , where Stewart's-Melville will be hoping the experience of players such as Finlay Calder , Douglas Wyllie and Julian Scott will see them win their Division II promotion clash with Musselburgh . |
| 28 | Only a dramatic confrontation with the reality of their condition will make them take their illness seriously . |
| 29 | They hope the experiment will help them find out why a mother and baby were cremated and then buried in the centre of a large earth mound |
| 30 | They hope the experiment will help them find out why a mother and baby were cremated and then buried in the centre of a large earth mound |