Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I SAID to the man who stood at the gate of the year , ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ’ . |
| 2 | Nowadays the attitude seems totally the opposite ; the modern-day prop appears to say : ‘ I may go down in the scrummage , but I will never go back ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ If I may come straight to the point , sir . |
| 4 | Perhaps I may turn briefly to the higher rates , which may be in the minds of some , and ask whether it would be possible to picket Park lane , to ask those attending this evening 's £500 per head dinner whether they are paying more tax this year at the lower rate , or whether they paid more tax in 1979 at Labour 's higher rates ? |
| 5 | If I may hark back to the answer that I gave to the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) , one of the areas on which there has been a significant concentration by the Government and the security forces in recent years is the financial resources available to terrorists — I hasten to say on both sides of the community . |
| 6 | But this if I may pick up on the point Mr made , how then do you assess the environmental impact of what you 're proposing if you do n't actually know where it 's going to go ? |
| 7 | I ought to go down to the police station . |
| 8 | Before you accuse me of sex discrimination , I know I ought to plunge headlong into the Y-fronts versus boxer shorts debate . |
| 9 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 10 | ‘ I must go on with the post , but I 'll send somebody to help you as soon as I can . |
| 11 | , ’ If the quotation is a common one you could acknowledge this fact but turn it into a plus , ‘ We all know the lovely poem by John Masefield , which you can never tire of hearing , ( Pause ) ‘ I must go down to the seas |
| 12 | I have been there three times , but each time they say I must go back to the Home Office and try to get my daughter a visa for longer than a six months ' stay in Britain ; otherwise she can not be admitted to school . |
| 13 | In the Cathedral and afterwards on a quiet walk outside , I knew I must go back to the hospital . |
| 14 | I must go back to the sea , she said . |
| 15 | ‘ I must go back to the Hall now , and I shall tell him immediately . ’ |
| 16 | Nor was the conversation doing anything other than drag down her spirits , so she brought it to a close by saying , ‘ I must go back to the office . |
| 17 | If I want to leave a room , I must do so by the limited number of means available to me , which will be by the door or the windows ; if they are locked , I can not leave . |
| 18 | I must work round to the subject gradually . |
| 19 | That is one more reason why , across the south , there has been a greater swing to Labour than in any other region and why , I must point out to the hon. Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) , who seeks to speak for my native county , we look forward to a smashing victory in his constituency at the next election . |
| 20 | As the object of my attention I have chosen the character of Anderson in Tom Stoppard 's ( 1977 ) television play , Professional Foul , though I must point out from the outset that it is the dramatic text which is the focus of my attention and not the BBC Television production , and my comments will reflect this to a large degree . |
| 21 | erm , nevertheless I must report again on the plan eighty eight er on the A ten eighty eight , principally because even in England people realize that the villages in |
| 22 | And I do , and I do , I must say not for the last time during the passage of this Bill , I do feel constrain to offer my very deep sympathy to my Noble Friend on the front bench . |
| 23 | ‘ Forgive me , I must get back to the hospital , ’ he said . |
| 24 | I must get back to the shop now . |
| 25 | I must get back to the hospital … ’ |
| 26 | I I think I must come back with the fact that I have n't denied we made made a mistake . |
| 27 | His widow , Margaret , said : ‘ Alfred told me that I should carry on with the case if he died , and that is exactly what I will do . ’ |
| 28 | So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force . |
| 29 | And for this reason I should move up to the company 's Gold Card program . |
| 30 | Above all there is a smell of great ordinariness and naturalness that I should recognize anywhere in the world like a familiar voice . |