Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At some stage the history teacher may want to tap into some of this . |
| 2 | Those who are interested in doubt only from a practical standpoint may want to pass from this definition of doubt as doublemindedness directly to an examination of the categories of doubt in part two . |
| 3 | Alcohol Concern ( 1987 ) suggests that older people who have been regular drinkers may need to reduce by half the quantity of alcohol they consume . |
| 4 | The coding frame for each question should have been constructed at the pilot stage except for open questions where we may need to look at all responses to decide on groupings . |
| 5 | Commuters read paperbacks as they sit in trains , but find that they may need to rest from this activity more frequently than when they are reading in a comfortable and well-lit place at home . |
| 6 | You should 've thought of that , ’ said the foreman . |
| 7 | I mean , she 's told you about her three children but er I suppose she should 've thought of that , should n't she , before she signed on ? |
| 8 | For the moment , at least , I should prefer to rely on that process of negotiation rather than on anything else . |
| 9 | We in Scotland must make do with such styles as we can accumulate in our professional careers and , by and large , the only other source of styles for non-statutory deeds is the Encyclopaedia of Scottish Legal Styles . |
| 10 | For one person to get more , another must make do with less . |
| 11 | I must prepare to say at this point that I have a special report on the Colville Road area to er er committee , not just on the now but I think we probably need to have further consultation with regard to the needs in that area . |
| 12 | Say no I 'm alright and I must 've lifted my head , all I could hear was this old scraggy voice like a witch , ah serve the fucking bastard right , the fucking honest to fuck , so I must 've sat for another half an hour and I knew I had to go that way to get home . |
| 13 | Those who believe that the family is a major force for good in our society should strive to move against this social trend . |
| 14 | As for payment times , we can not disagree : they are unpredictable , and only those institutions willing to sustain major expenses , after the contract is signed and until the funds are finally transferred , should consider working with these programmes . |
| 15 | ‘ You must enjoy working in such opulence . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Having spent the Vigour of my Youth and Genius under the Oppression of Sir Joshua & his Gang of Cunning Hired Knaves Without Employment & as much as could possibly be Without Bread , the Reader must Expect to Read in all my Remarks on these Books Nothing but Indignation and Resentment . ’ |
| 17 | While it is appreciated that the contract — as contained in the works ' rules , etc — can contain such a provision , one wonders whether industrial tribunals should feel bound by such a provision . |
| 18 | We should keep thinking about this … the politics of the situation can hardly be ignored as the personal is the political , especially for women in Scotland . |
| 19 | Candy would tell her there was no point in trying to buck fate — it was in the stars that she should become entangled in this whole crazy situation . |
| 20 | This picture goes straight to my heart ; I should like to lean against that tree between the old man and the girl and listen while the youth played . |
| 21 | What I should like to do in this essay is to challenge this assumption . |
| 22 | I do not want to take too long , but I should like to refer to some of the points made by the Member for Newham , North-East ( Mr. Leighton ) . |
| 23 | I should like to recommend to those readers who would not normally glance at your Sport supplement on a Monday , to make a point of doing so . |
| 24 | I should like to check on that before replying specifically to my hon. Friend , but I will certainly write to him . |
| 25 | I should like to reply to more of what was said by the hon. Member for Sedgefield when he opened the debate . |
| 26 | In this chapter , I should like to look at some of the ‘ social meanings ’ we give to arts and science today . |
| 27 | She seemed pulled out , elongated by it , so that her shoes , her new bronze slippers with rosettes on the toes that Aunt Emily had said she must keep hidden at all times if possible since legs and feet were highly indecent , seemed far further away than the five and a half feet she knew separated them from the crown of her head . |
| 28 | Since sudden death can occur in this group of patients , the duration of the ventricular arrhythmia must become prolonged in some cases and can evolve into ventricular fibrillation . |
| 29 | Give the board a good jolt and the l.e.d. should stop flashing for another minute . |
| 30 | Before proceeding to the discussion of pull-out torque/speed characteristics for the variable-reluctance motor , we must pause to consider in more detail the effects of neglecting the harmonics of phase current . |