Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A MOTHER is living in a nightmare from which her only possible escape is that her tiny daughter may win her fight for life . |
| 2 | The literature on lateral eye movements has been reviewed by Ehrlichman and Weinberger ( 1978 ) and the reader should consult their paper for a thorough critique . |
| 3 | Chelsea managing director Colin Hutchinson confirmed : ‘ We have received his international clearance and he should make his debut for the reserves . ’ |
| 4 | He knew he must treat her affection for him seriously . |
| 5 | We shall come south as soon as possible and review the situation and you must prepare your mind for returning with us until some suitable person can be found to share Bishopstow with you . ’ |
| 6 | I must explain my ruse for prising so much stuff — good stuff — out of the islanders . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That should suit your taste for the melodramatic . ’ |
| 8 | In doing so he emphasized that if leaders of society were to maintain the allegiance of the masses they must demonstrate their responsibility for them , sustaining the aristocratic tradition of obligation towards the poor . |
| 9 | ( II.iv.42 ) — but proceeds to proposition her with a debased contract , that she should exchange her chastity for her brother 's life . |
| 10 | Younger men must show their respect for her and obey her . |
| 11 | And the Shadow Education Shec , Secretary , Jack Straw says Cabinet Ministers should show their support for State Education and stop sending their children to private schools . |
| 12 | ‘ I hope you agree that we should show our gratitude for God 's gifts in a concrete way , by supporting a charity . |
| 13 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 14 | We must give him nourishment for it 's a very lowering , debilitating disease . |
| 15 | And that should give us food for thought ; while his uncle William in Frome , amongst others , was receiving poor relief at the rate of between 1s. and 4s. per fortnight , here , in the same year of 1799 , the nephew-made-good was handing over what amounted to about a year 's dole payments to join an exclusive club in the metropolis . |
| 16 | He knows that he must improve his footwork for the grass courts , and he is also concerned that the head of his racket , which is smaller than most manufactured nowadays , may put his volleying at a disadvantage . |
| 17 | Thus Leo I thought it better that his congregation should keep their fasting for the proper liturgical seasons publicly set aside for it , rather than carry it out as a private ascetic exercise . |
| 18 | It is also argued that it is inconsistent with human dignity that a woman should use her uterus for financial profit and treat it as an incubator for someone else 's child . ’ |
| 19 | In these days when party politics have entered so fully into local government , nominations to committees frequently come from the political groups of the council and it is at the group meetings of the council that a new member should stake his claim for membership of particular committees of his choice . |
| 20 | Compare Auntie 's " Him and his women " ( a fine , natural contour ) with her That is the sort of weak politeness ' just afterwards , where the thought is dwelt on in a manner quite foreign to real life ; or the inane canonic whining of the Nieces ( not perhaps Britten 's most successful creations ) with Balstrode 's " D' you think we should stop our storm for such as you ? " |
| 21 | Industrialists should temper their drive for growth with the development of sustainable resources and thought for pollution , he added . |
| 22 | ‘ I should slap your face for that . ’ |
| 23 | That old homosexual really was one — not like Angus Wilson 's — he just says they are and we must take his word for it . ’ |
| 24 | I will not bore you with going through a lot of slides showing those comparisons , but in a short paper erm you must take my word for it that the two groups were comparable . |
| 25 | You must take my word for it that I saw it by accident . |
| 26 | Not for the first time , the British voter has confounded the pundits and returned a shrewd , sensible verdict which should renew our respect for his discernment . |
| 27 | Perhaps he and Laetitia should forget their search for their missing brother or sister , who , after all , might not want to be found , and let the past look after itself ? |
| 28 | ‘ She should lose her scholarship for that . ’ |
| 29 | She should save her pity for herself . |
| 30 | Despite the unpopularity of politicians , John Major is considered one of the best of the political bunch , with 67% agreeing that he is doing a good job as Prime Minister , housewives , particularly , approve of his performance ( 74% ) , which should raise his confidence for the election . |