Example sentences of "i [vb infin] [pron] on the " in BNC.

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1 Although regretting the need for such prosecutions , may I congratulate him on the vigour with which he prosecutes those who peddle such odious doctrines ?
2 Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers .
3 Will I do it on the other side ?
4 Should I do it on the back of that ?
5 I flash upon my own family ; the way I have to think a moment before deciding who to include in my family , whether to include the step-parents or the siblings on my father 's side whom I would not know should I see them on the street , the hastiness of Mom and Larry on Sunday swirls between galleries and sushi , untapered by excess or sentimentality , busy with books and foreign films and the Sunday supplement of the New York Times , the wisdom of Ivy Leagues and schedules too dense to live by , to wake by , to sleep and breathe by .
6 Should I lay them on the doorstep and vamoose before she responded to the bell ?
7 ‘ Can I put it on the teacakes ? ’
8 ‘ Shall I get him on the line , sir ? ’
9 Shall I accompany you on the violin ?
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