Example sentences of "i [modal v] [be] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew that this was the moment when he should have said firmly : ‘ I may be moving to London , but not with you . ’ |
| 2 | if I strike a child in a manner likely to cause harm it is right that if the child dies I may be charged with manslaughter . |
| 3 | The person undertaking , if required to sign , states : " I understand the undertaking that I have given , and that if I break any of my promises to the court I may be sent to prison for contempt of court " . |
| 4 | Then again , I may be struck by lightning before I reach the church . |
| 5 | I may be tempted towards didacticism , but this is n't an advice column . |
| 6 | The last sentence could be expanded to ‘ I may be going on holiday with Richard Molland but I 'm not sure . ’ |
| 7 | If you have information to sell , be so good as to state your price , that I may be left in privacy . |
| 8 | He explained that first I must promise not to fight against Lilliput or hurt Lilliputians , and that I must be searched for weapons . |
| 9 | I kept going to the toilet , positive that I must be bleeding to death . |
| 10 | ‘ TB , ’ he muttered , ‘ I must be dying of love . ’ |
| 11 | It may not impress you , but there 's a man I should be defending in court all day , and it 's nearly dawn . |
| 12 | I mean I should be finished in time for that weekend . |
| 13 | In the meantime , please do n't hesitate to contact me if there is anything urgent that I should be doing in connection with Olympus . |
| 14 | I had said that we should go to Egypt for this , not believing that the occasion would ever really arise ; that I should be married to Syl and taken to the country in which I had come to life and lost it . |
| 15 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 16 | First of all we SUFFERED that defeat last Saturday next I knacker my ankle playing on Sunday and lastly I arrive in Northampton on Monday morning to find that we could only get tickets for Arsenal end on Tuesday ( So Gavin it was n't me being escorted away by the men in black , even though it the current season does n't improve quickly I might be escorted by mem in white . ) |
| 17 | I might be starting at Crewe or Rochdale , but I might end up at the top . ’ |
| 18 | To think I imagined I might be falling in love with him ! she thought , as she went into the kitchen . |
| 19 | I think I might be falling in love , the words kept running through her brain . |
| 20 | I had a flimsy recollection of being afraid of getting drowned ; now I had a flimsy suspicion that I might be buried under snow and never rise again to the surface . |
| 21 | The concept of an objective order demands the possibility of certain criteria of objectivity , such that I might be corrected by others on a given occasion , should I for any reason fall foul of such criteria . |
| 22 | no , I might be going to London |
| 23 | I might be going to Heaven . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll be riding to Brussels to tell the Duke to run like hell . ’ |
| 25 | Thank you also for the ten pound cheque which I 'll be donating to Cancer Research , Yours sincerely , Angela . |
| 26 | If I give myself up , I 'll be charged with murder . ’ |
| 27 | Oh , I 'll be brainstorming with Rog for a couple of tick-tocks , so hold all calls up to and including state government . |
| 28 | ‘ The money I get for the scrap is paid into the Finance Department , and when the fund has built up to a worthwhile sum I 'll be calling for suggestions for a local charity to whom we can donate the cash . ’ |
| 29 | Each month in this column I 'll be looking at subjects of particular interest to me that reflect certain aspects of homeownership |
| 30 | Each month in this column I 'll be looking at subjects of particular interest to me that reflect certain aspects of home ownership and all it entails |