Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people who have been studied will probably be interested in what is said about them , and this may affect what the researcher writes . |
| 2 | So let's plot what the speed is at different points . |
| 3 | ‘ Right , let's make you a bed on the couch , is it ? |
| 4 | Erm let's say a hair dryer is rated at erm er let's make it a telly . |
| 5 | This view of scientific theories may make me an instrumentalist or a positivist — as I have said above , I have been called both . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | that you may make it a condition of the carport roof , that they would put four inches of topsoil and plant grass there . |
| 8 | Exactly , we may make it the performance evaluation and the documentation attached to it that provides you your training record . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Coaches ought to know what the children should be practising . |
| 11 | Perhaps I ought to know what the scenario was . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | He sent for Marko and told him , " You must plant me a vineyard and bring me wine from it in seven days . |
| 16 | Ianthe promised that she should make her a summer dress and with this managed to get rid of her . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps I should make it a costume party next year . ’ |
| 20 | It should explain what the report is about , its main findings and principal proposals . |
| 21 | You must be gentle with her , you must protect her all your lives , she 's your little sister , you must make her the apple of your eye . |
| 22 | In future I must make it a rule never to use those cold , wet , good-for-nothing days for looking at crags . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 16.48 The record of the continuous assessment should cover what the child has read ; the child 's reading strategies and approaches when handling a familiar text , levels of comprehension ; retrieval of information ; and the child 's reading tastes and preferences . |
| 25 | He said , , he got the strap out of the desk , about three or four , you must know what a strap is do n't you ? |
| 26 | Those who transact business in London must know what the rules are . |
| 27 | The intending patient must know what the Centre was about , the challenges that would be met , the changes to one 's life that might well be necessary . |
| 28 | While doing housework they are responsible for children and must know what the children are doing : while looking after children they are almost always involved in housework activities . |
| 29 | Until then she must know his every move . |
| 30 | Maybe I should buy him a place in the country . |