Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 I have always been desirous of devoting what little capability and energy I may possess to the country which I love most dearly . ’
32 I accept that whatever good looks I may possess are artful , concocted at large by paint and persona .
33 I do n't know if I shall join the company yet , I may do , I may go to Paris , I may die , my face may even turn blue .
34 " I may do , when I return from town .
35 I may do .
36 Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that .
37 ‘ We live in a monarchy , and if I may speak personally , I hope and believe we always will .
38 Arriving at the podium to a standing ovation , Jesse asked for the house lights to be raised — ‘ so that I may speak unto the people ’ .
39 ‘ If I may speak in a spirit of complaint , David , I might point out that it 's easy for you to talk and even easier to talk tough .
40 ‘ And your father — if I may speak of him too — was a man all of us admired … ’
41 ‘ My lord , if I may speak for Shrewsbury , both abbey and town , I must tell you how grateful we are that Saint Winifred fell into such noble hands as yours .
42 If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind .
43 Erm , I think I 'll leave it at that for this moment in time and er if I may speak at at the end .
44 If I may speak as one who has heard all the centenary lectures and restraining myself from being invidious , I will merely say : George , it was an admirable centenary lecture , and the huge spinning top of words , despite its complexity , kept the patterns clear and sharp and arguable .
45 Tell me that , so I may hope still to find , one day , a man of pure heart .
46 But you did come out , so I may hope that you can be induced to vary your quiet days with
47 To me resignation is a priceless liberation , for with it I have taken the first big step to that place where I may hope to wash my hands of what in my mind 's eye is the blood of millions of poor and starving peoples .
48 Pray tell me , Joan Halidon , that I may depend on your loyalty to my daughter . ’
49 Similar impressions seem to arise from sentences such as I may leave tomorrow and I can finish it next week .
50 See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ?
51 In our various parties , organizations and institutions therefore we urgently need to recognize that most of our programmes , not least the programmes of our conferences and synods if I may leave you together in sin brothers and sisters
52 I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care .
53 Shakespeare must have thought them common enough : in As You Like It a frustrated Rosalind says , ‘ I prithee , take thy cork out of thy mouth that I may drink thy tidings . ’
54 It is your husband-to-be who declares ( or will declare , and of course I may misquote ) that poets are mirrors of the tremendous shadows which futurity casts upon the present , and the unacknowledged legislators of the world .
55 I may tell lies all my life if it 's expedient but I must know them for what they are and I must never tell them to myself .
56 Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket .
57 For what 's is worth , as a motorist , I may tell you I 'm thirty years standing , and I explained to the people when I phoned your office up , I 've had thirty years standing as a driver , I check my oil , I check my water , I lost no compression , no water .
58 Erm but er unless I I may repeat one or two of the things I 'd have said on the phone I 'm bound to do that , er the three things that are gon na be decided here today really is you if you and I erm you 've got inside information of course , er if you and I agree that er is the is the platform for you to earn some good money .
59 I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship .
60 I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ?
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