Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm honoured to get your letter , your Highness ( or may I call you Harry ? ) but you fail to say which of Her Majesty 's fish are off-colour . |
| 2 | Are you discussing business , or may I join you ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Was there anything else , or may I go ? ’ |
| 4 | So he sent a telegram to his wife saying : ‘ Am in Market Harborough — where ought I to be ? ’ and she , being a practical woman , sent a terse telegram with one word : ‘ Home ’ . |
| 5 | The issue here is not only Where do I locate my response ? , but Where ought I to locate it in order not to be misguided , or plain wrong , or reveal my ignorance or blindness ? |
| 6 | ‘ Darling , ’ said Francis , ‘ or should I say Ms. Razorblades , could we attempt lunch ? ’ |
| 7 | Or should I put them back where they were ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , Piper , fish , freshly caught , or should I say blown out of the water ! ’ |
| 9 | Because of a combination of so many unknowns , we , or should I say they — Pete and Dick did all the work , I just made the bikes — made a total cock-up of ability and distance . |
| 10 | Joyce used to take Luke , but people kept stopping her to admire him and generally go gooey over what a beautiful specimen he was — or should I say ‘ is ’ . |
| 11 | I read about 3.54 , 4.3 and 3.9 , what do they mean , which is best and will it solve the problem or should I just change back to a standard cam ? |
| 12 | Is removal straight forward , or should I leave it to the professionals ? |
| 13 | Or should I perhaps sit down in Salzburg with the empty hope of some better fortune , let Wolfgang grow up , and allow myself and my children to be made fools of until I reach the age which prevents me from travelling and until he attains the age and physical appearance which no longer attract admiration for his merits ? |
| 14 | Do you keep it or should I go to a larger store ? ’ |
| 15 | The area now looks a total mess , as does the River Wey ( or should I say the dry bed of the River Wey ) that runs through the town . |
| 16 | My own taste is so eclectic ( or should I say conditioned by the cheapest bargain available ) that I am not evangelical on behalf of any product — except perhaps Valpeda foot balm , which soothes the weary feet better than anything I know , softens hard skin and banishes athlete 's foot . |
| 17 | Those hours spent with Mr. Golding are a very pleasant memory — he was always kind and must have been a nice type of man to allow a small boy to help , or should I say hinder him . |
| 18 | I felt very sorry that someone who was a partly trained civil engineer should have to waste his time sweeping floors and doing other such menial tasks , but that 's how it was — he was one of the unlucky ones — or should I say lucky ? |
| 19 | They each had a radiator beside their beds , and very often when I was on night duty J. would return to bed very late ( or should I say early ? ) , after having been sitting with me in the Met Office , drinking coffee , chatting and so forth . |
| 20 | One day she 'll meet a swan who stands its ground ( or should I say ‘ sits its water ’ ? ) instead of just paddling disdainfully away from the natatorial hound , and that , as we country-folk say , will larn her something proper . |
| 21 | p 716 ) in the light , or should I say sound , of our own work . |
| 22 | Dad , as a master-tailor during the '14 –'18; war , had a War Department contract for army uniforms , and so we were able to keep up with the Jones 's ( or should I say , the Cohens ? ) . |
| 23 | The strike had ended soon after he had commenced this venture so he was again at work during the day , as a machinist , but after getting home at 6 p.m. and hastily eating a meal , he went into his ( or should I say , the communal ) bedroom , and worked long into the night . |
| 24 | They wanted me — or should I say , my blood . |
| 25 | That is this , should I rely on the agape love of my partner or should I strive to be the type of person that my partner could easily love even if no agape love were available ? |
| 26 | I have a 200W heater mat and external thermostat , will these be suitable , or should I buy a heater/stat ? |
| 27 | How many should I put in , or should I stick with the six ? |
| 28 | Will I ever be able to play again , or should I shoot myself and then throw away my guitars ? |
| 29 | The Spanish lines in ‘ Should I Stay Or Should I Go ’ and ‘ Spanish Bombs ’ are not grammatically correct . |
| 30 | ‘ Should I Stay Or Should I Go ’ was written by Mick about American singer Ellen Foley ( above with Mick ) , who sang the backing vocals on Meatloaf 's ‘ Bat Out Of Hell ’ LP . |