Example sentences of "[modal v] i [adv] [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I particularly welcome my right hon. Friend 's announcement that he has agreed to President Yeltsin 's request to send advisers to help the Russians with the traumatic changes that they must make to their armed forces as a result of the change in the situation ? |
| 2 | May I please use your pages to thank everybody who made a donation to my collection towards insulated sleeping mats for London 's homeless ? |
| 3 | May I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend both on her statement this afternoon and on all the ways in which she works for the British interest both in Europe and elsewhere in the world ? |
| 4 | Or should I just change my name to Keith ? |
| 5 | ‘ Well , why should I always spend my time with you ? ’ she asked crossly . |
| 6 | ‘ Might I just put my ego in formalin and send it to him ? ’ |
| 7 | Could I just borrow your pen and I 'll write that down . |
| 8 | Could I just clarify my position on this . |
| 9 | So I wonder , could I just crave your indulgence very briefly . |
| 10 | C could I just have your bottom line figure again then for I five . |
| 11 | Could I just have your attention , it 's just the end , for practice , for summary , you need to be very aware of why certain pieces of writing are written the way they are . |
| 12 | could I just get my notes together ? |
| 13 | Could I also express my satisfaction and that of other residents with the service provided by Mr Curwen 's taxi-bus on school days . |
| 14 | In other words , could I truly visualize my own death ? |
| 15 | ‘ How could I possibly tell its sex since , as you know very well , I 've had no time to examine it ? |
| 16 | Could I possibly make my one one minute comment on criteria eleven ? |
| 17 | Oh , they would make a show of looking — taking my belongings was , after all , theft — but would I really prosecute my … lover ? |
| 18 | ‘ Nor would I ever mention your name . ’ |
| 19 | Would I then purchase their goods as a result of a programme being sponsored by that company ? |
| 20 | Can I just express my e concern that erm Mr is using this examination in public as a an opportunity to knock other schemes in the Greater York area . |
| 21 | Can I just finish my sentence please , |
| 22 | Can I just draw your attention to your item on Urgent Business . |
| 23 | Yes , I know er I can I just get my bits of paper on there , |
| 24 | Can I just get my Tryptophan |
| 25 | It 's just that otherwise when we choose the printer , we erm can I just see your screen , Liam . |
| 26 | Can I just ask your permission for our proceedings this afternoon to be tape recorded by Caroline , and I 've forgotten where you come from , Caroline ? |
| 27 | Erm okay first things first , can I just have your full name please ? |
| 28 | Can I just have your name before you go ? |
| 29 | Can I can I just focus your mind on two things gents ? |
| 30 | Can I also draw your attention to another date which is the Thursday the seventeenth of September which is the regional press launch for the fifteenth international Tyneside film festival . |