Example sentences of "i [modal v] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps some indication of how this reacted on me may be gleaned from memory , One of the medical wing commanders at the hospital — H.E . |
| 2 | Probably were n't I do n't know but they seemed to us I may be looking at it from a child 's eyes but er that 's how they seemed to be to me . |
| 3 | ‘ To think I may be looking at the last of the Corbetts . ’ |
| 4 | I may be subdivided into three elements . |
| 5 | He knew that this was the moment when he should have said firmly : ‘ I may be moving to London , but not with you . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Brave Oates , who was born and raised in Mellor 's Putney constituency , told Scott as he left : ‘ I may be gone for some time . ’ |
| 8 | Did you say to her , I 'm going out to re I 'm going out and I may be gone for a long time . |
| 9 | It 's , you know , it 's like what 's his Captain Oates was it , going out into the tent in the Antarctic or something , you know it 's sort of I may be gone for a while , you know , in the in the , into the wilderness and never to return so that in , in the British structure er politicians are , their loyalty is central rather than local because their political futures are determined centrally rather than locally . |
| 10 | 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 " . |
| 11 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |
| 12 | It is as though the Prime Minister is trying to paint a canvas in the style of Georges Seurat , if I may be forgiven for referring to a continental artist . |
| 13 | Quite a large part of that excitement is due to you , to your designs , and , also , if I may be forgiven for mentioning something so personal , for the way you have helped and befriended Therese . |
| 14 | Then again , I may be struck by lightning before I reach the church . |
| 15 | I may be tempted towards didacticism , but this is n't an advice column . |
| 16 | Try and do the sums as it were and think it through , and if you do that , I think you 'll see that er , it does work out this way And of course , it gets er , even worse if you consider questions like relatedness through parents , because clearly I may be related to my mother 's sister 's children , my cousins , er no it 's actually nieces , because my mother and her sister share genes , but I 'm not er necessarily related erm in the same way , erm , through er , my father 's er relatives , for example , because although erm , because my er , my , my relationship between mother 's kin and my father 's kin is purely through marriage , so they have no joint genetic relatedness . |
| 17 | I may be getting on a bit but I still know a thing or two . ’ |
| 18 | As as I see it er it 's and I I may be corrected on this , Professor Lock 's hypothesis is that we over-provide land and then limit release once an |
| 19 | ‘ I may be missing in the memory department , but I do have a brain . |
| 20 | The last sentence could be expanded to ‘ I may be going on holiday with Richard Molland but I 'm not sure . ’ |
| 21 | I may be bragging about myself though . |
| 22 | If I read Shakespeare 's The Merchant of Venice and notice the anti-semitism which surrounds the character of Shylock , I may be bothered by it , even condemn Shakespeare for his anti-semitism . |
| 23 | ‘ It looks like I may be coming with you to Abbotsfield . |
| 24 | Although I may be forced to . ’ |
| 25 | But at least I 'm staying in Bushmills , so I may be diving into a vat before the week 's out . ’ |
| 26 | If you have information to sell , be so good as to state your price , that I may be left in privacy . |
| 27 | I may be heading for the infernal scrap-heap , but I still have my professional pride . |
| 28 | ‘ I think I may be suffering from an excess of imagination , either that or … or … ’ |
| 29 | As a complete an utter novice I am seeking a publication that will explain to me in more or less layman 's terms how my computer works and what I should/could be doing with it ! |
| 30 | I wonder , I must be looking at on her |