Example sentences of "i [modal v] be a [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may be a little late so do n't wait supper for me . |
| 2 | I may be a little biased about this one , but I now consider it to be of a very high standard . |
| 3 | " I may be a little late , " she said , " next week , after the violin class . |
| 4 | I may be a little naive , but it would have been nice to see a man mentioned as a future England manager demonstrate that he understood the importance of loyalty . |
| 5 | And that 's why this is very interesting for you because you now know what your preference is and what you need to think about is that I may be a very high reflector , but I can see there 's , there 's Lou in particular was a very strong activist and when I put them together training , I need to ensure that it 's not the way I like to learn , it is a balanced approach others can also gain , I need to ensure that others gain from this . |
| 6 | It 's intended to suggest that I may be a more complex character than they assume . |
| 7 | He spoke about how I was very shy and embarassed and how I must be a very holy person . |
| 8 | And perhaps you 'd warm Sally I might be a little late . ’ |
| 9 | If British industry were in the same powerful position as German industry , I might be a little more relaxed about economic monetary union , but I am worried about the time at which we are entering into new commitments . |
| 10 | ‘ I guess when I show up for the Majors I 'll be a little more popular . |
| 11 | Well , I 'll be a very small cog in the wheel that 's trying to stamp it all out . ’ |
| 12 | If it does n't grow back , I 've accepted that it might not , but if it grows back I 'll be a very happy man . |
| 13 | I think I 'd be a little worried about that . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm a terrific customer , but I 'd be a really dreadful proprietor . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Begob , Myles , I 'd be a more frequent visitor if it was n't for these stairs . |
| 16 | I 'd be a very rich woman |
| 17 | That 's alright I hope , if you can cope with that but , if , if I would be a just a little bit upset if all thirteen of you went off together or eleven of you . |
| 18 | erm I , I do n't I , I would be a little unhappy saying the peasant still , in the nineteen forties , was st totally still bound by foreign economy |
| 19 | ‘ I would be a very unwilling seller , that is the last resort as far as I am concerned . ’ |
| 20 | I think I would be a very different person now if orange juice and milk and dinners at school had n't told me , in a covert way , that I had a right to exist , was worth something . |
| 21 | I replied that I did n't think I would be a very good secretary but that one day I would like to run my own gallery . |
| 22 | Because if I escape I shall be a completely different and I think better person . |
| 23 | I 'm twenty , and I shall be a fully trained nurse in just over a year , and I 'm not as innocent as you seem to imagine . |
| 24 | I think I will be a very unconventional mother , and having two daughters of my own I am appalled by the cost that this is going to erm |
| 25 | I can be a little late . ’ |
| 26 | I can be a very persuasive man . ’ |
| 27 | Every time I looked in the mirror — and I can be a very careful driver if I want to be — I saw the languid bride with shuttered eyes and hair adrift . |