Example sentences of "[vb mod] i [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | May I bring the assembly back to deliverance number three . |
| 32 | May I bring the Minister back to the discussion that took place in Committee ? |
| 33 | May I bring the Minister back to the tiny proportion of Scottish Conservatives who , he claims , support any form of devolution ? |
| 34 | While welcoming the briefing that is continually taking place , may I press the Secretary of State to bear in mind that the reserve forces are always an important aspect of our national forces ? |
| 35 | May I press the Minister on the assurances given by the Secretary of State ? |
| 36 | How may I serve the Benedictine Order and those who ride in their company ? |
| 37 | May I hold the offer over until to-morrow morning ? ’ |
| 38 | " May I leave the table now ? " |
| 39 | May I extend the grateful thanks of Mr. and Mrs. Emery of Eye in my constituency , whom I visited this morning and who have just had their home insulated under the Government 's home energy efficiency scheme ? |
| 40 | Before we proceed to Prime Minister 's Questions , may I remind the House of what I said on Tuesday ? |
| 41 | Before I take issue with the quantities on which the subsidies within the MacSharry proposals are based , may I remind the Minister of what farming means generally in Scotland . |
| 42 | May I remind the Prime Minister that the predecessors of his Back-Bench colleagues waved their Order Papers for a Prime Minister who promised ’ peace in our time ’ , just as he has promised ’ no single currency in our time ’ . |
| 43 | May I remind the honourable member that there is no reason why he should not tear to pieces these four statutory instruments if that 's what he wishes , but that is what he must do not deal with all the others . |
| 44 | ‘ All that I have done today has gone amiss ’ , he says ( II , 17 ) ; ‘ Since we passed through the Argonath my choices have gone amiss ’ ( II , 28 ) ; ‘ And now may I make a right choice , and change the evil fate of this unhappy day ! ’ |
| 45 | May I make a relevant point please ? |
| 46 | May I make a , a separate point |
| 47 | May I make a request ? ’ |
| 48 | May I make a suggestion to the Leader of the House ? |
| 49 | Having achieved this excellent treaty of Maastricht and secured the derogation on monetary policy , by which the Government have set so much store , may I make a plea to them ? |
| 50 | Accordingly , while congratulating the Association on its endeavours , may I make a plea to the members of its Committee to restrain themselves from the political tactic of eyewash and puff and to conduct themselves , so far as the Law Society are concerned , in a straightforward , honest and co-operative manner ? |
| 51 | ‘ May I make a suggestion , sir ? ’ |
| 52 | Before you move on madam chairman may I make a suggestion general approval , presumably we will be erecting a notice board er at the ground er and I would think it would be appropriate having selected the name that we make er erm some statement on the notice board saying the facility was originally provided by Southwell Parish Council . |
| 53 | Erm , may I make a comment on neighbourhood watch , I went to er a job the other day , it was a theatre , I was off duty and er I got tapped on the shoulder by my local neighbourhood watch co-ordinator who said , nine months ago I resigned , I wrote a letter to headquarters , I wrote a letter to the divisional commander , and I wrote a letter to the local constable , and nobody 's replied to me and they still keep sending me papers are you gon na get your act together , now I I have brought this up before , we never ever have let a neighbourhood watch scheme lapse , it 's nothing to do with you , this is all before you came |
| 54 | May I make the further suggestion that when it is all over on 9 April we get the right hon. Gentleman a new job — a walk-on part in a re-run of ’ Crossroads ’ or as a substitute for Ken Barlow . |
| 55 | As a Scottish lawyer , may I make the simple point that the Lord Advocate looked carefully at the question of a prosecution for culpable homicide ? |
| 56 | May I make the point that this money was committed as part of a contingency fund in the budget before poll tax came in right ? |
| 57 | May I make the point to Les , and it 's true , it is not illegal to do things without planning permission |
| 58 | Sir , — May I congratulate the photographer who took the picture in last week 's edition showing a young boy looking up at the Queen with wonderment and awe . |
| 59 | Mr. Speaker , Sir , may I congratulate the Minister on his engagement ? |
| 60 | From a different political viewpoint , may I congratulate the Prime Minister on his ability and the authority that he demonstrated during the negotiations that secured this agreement , which , despite all the odds , will be beneficial to the United Kingdom . |