Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then and then like you know and then she went off in a mood cos I cos I go to let's me sit opposite you like hinting like oh I do n't want to sit there . |
| 2 | If I have a choice between working for a nice man who let's me get on with my work in my own way and as far as possible on my own initiative and a difficult woman , then I 'm not going to hesitate , am I ? ’ |
| 3 | May I go ahead and place an order for this model ? |
| 4 | You say , ‘ May I go now , Mother Superior ? ' ’ |
| 5 | ‘ May I go now ? ’ |
| 6 | The general asked , ‘ May I go now ? ’ , then walked off , not waiting for an answer . |
| 7 | ‘ May I go home , please ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ May I go home now ? ’ |
| 9 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 10 | To me it emphasises the speech more strongly , shows the characters breaking into speech rather than hanging up their speech marks to say ‘ Please , may I speak now ? ’ |
| 11 | May I speak frankly ? ’ |
| 12 | You know could be I 'll I 'll a large part of it may I do n't know whether all of it but a large part of it will be here 's the English for you know that sort of thing . |
| 13 | Nothing in between you do n't have to revise , even if you know next week I may I do n't know , I may ask you to get on with unit seven . |
| 14 | May I do so and see whether he is still of the same mind ? |
| 15 | Now , may I stop there then , and if Mr can come in with the detail . |
| 16 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
| 17 | May I pass on to him some of the comments made to me by people I know in Belfast ? |
| 18 | May I walk along with you ? ’ asked Mrs Dare , and fell into step beside her . |
| 19 | May I walk along with you ? ’ |
| 20 | May I walk along with you ? |
| 21 | Indeed , may I express once again our great admiration for the skill and courage of those involved in our emergency services ? |
| 22 | ‘ Then may I carry on , please ? |
| 23 | You know before you 're sure whether it 's cos you know if you get into probation you see , that 's quite a specialized area and , and it may I think actually it might be it 's quite difficult to get into . |
| 24 | why in due course , if proper use is made of native institutions , those races which are now subject should not take their places in the ranks of that group of allied nations , as they may I think rightly be called , which forms the [ self-governing ] British Empire … |
| 25 | May I move on please to the next paper ? |
| 26 | ‘ And long may I remain so . ’ |
| 27 | May I relate how MKM gave me a much needed ‘ kick ’ ? |
| 28 | " May I sit here for a while and keep you company ? " asked the fox . |
| 29 | ‘ May I sit down ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ May I … may I sit down ? ’ |