Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
| 2 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
| 3 | Just as he did earlier in the chapter , he warns Moses and Aaron to ‘ Get away from the midst of this congregation , that I may consume them in a moment . ’ |
| 4 | Give me the Lady Fand , that I may bear her to a fitting place . ’ |
| 5 | I shall not be gratified for a benefit , although I may return it in the hope of future benefits ; similarly I shall not avenge injuries except as a deterrent to future injuries . |
| 6 | the authority if I may refer you to it is the recent report of the British er Columbia Supreme Court erm courtesy of professional negligence er in the updating section it 's a a . |
| 7 | And then in the last sort of seven to eight years , it starts to decline quite rapidly because you 're actually paying off the capital at that stage , and th that 's where I may meet somebody at say fifteen years , they thought their mortgage would run to age sixty five and they actually retire at sixty , they 've got five years left and they 're about there . |
| 8 | You will think me discourteous , but perhaps I may excuse myself by explaining that it is the discourtesy of grief . ’ |
| 9 | Now , please have Red Sixteen sent for , so that I may inform him of my decision . ’ |
| 10 | I need to be able to see the path ahead in order to plan my route well in advance , or else I may get myself into an awkward position . |
| 11 | If I may ask you about the window ? |
| 12 | I may see you on the same plane . ’ |
| 13 | I may see you in the shop one of these days . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I may call you by your pen name , yes ? ’ he added . |
| 15 | For this alone , I may find it in my heart to forgive her . |
| 16 | If we can not guess Jacob 's motives , the storyteller makes them plain : ‘ I may appease him with the present that goes before me , and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will accept me . ’ |
| 17 | I may have something for him . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I will buy it , so that I may have you to myself . ’ |
| 19 | I may unnerve you by saying that many of us err in this . |
| 20 | ROS : A compulsion towards philosophical introspection is his chief characteristic , if I may put it like that . |
| 21 | I may use them on Mrs occasionally . |
| 22 | She says I have just bought this pram from a jumble sale and I am thinking I may use it as a flower pot and maybe make some model babies out of flowers . |
| 23 | If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda . |
| 24 | But one day I may take you at your word , ’ she said darkly . |
| 25 | Planck is reported to have counselled the young Einstein in 1913 : ‘ As an older friend I must advise you against it ( the pursuit of the general theory of relativity ) , for in the first place you will not succeed ; and even if you do succeed no one will believe you . ’ |
| 26 | I must tell you of my latest accessory , an electronic wool winder . |
| 27 | But I must tell you of God 's plan for the people . |
| 28 | Indeed some of us think we now know what bankers in the republic felt like , if you stand up to make a speech the matter has moved on before you sit down again but I must tell you of the next major problem . |
| 29 | Before we start our session , I must tell you about an excellent course I attended recently . |
| 30 | ‘ I must tell you about our guardian angel . |