Example sentences of "and i may " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I may dine at journey 's end |
| 2 | A Celtic pantheon of gods whirled about my head , and I may have got them a bit mixed up here . |
| 3 | And I may not need your services now , so you could be on a train back to Frankfurt tomorrow . ’ |
| 4 | If I notice the banker fidget and look at his watch , I may well conjecture that the game is about to be brought to an end , and I may therefore feel tempted to defect . |
| 5 | He and I may be strange companions in the same lobby but I am certain he has put his finger on an error which condemns many modern Church leaders to disappear down a theological black hole . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , thank you , miss , we 're stopping at the Royal , and I may say it seems fairly comfortable . |
| 7 | And I may say that , if it were , my longing ( or desire ) would be affected considerably . |
| 8 | Not that I had any wish to be presented — I mean there is all this protocol and etiquette to be observed and I may have blundered . |
| 9 | And I may not suit your parents . ’ |
| 10 | A little too sweet , and I may have overdone the spice . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyroad , Bob 'll already have set off and I may meet him up on t'tops . ’ |
| 12 | Patting the chair beside him , he told Daisy , ‘ If Perdita gets the scholarship , Sukey and I may well be going out to New Zealand at the same time to buy some ponies , so we can keep an eye on her . ’ |
| 13 | Therefore my skills have not been utilized to the full and I may have fallen behind my UK counterparts . |
| 14 | ‘ That may be pure coincidence , of course , and I may be a sceptic . ’ |
| 15 | Sub-text : ‘ I have to convey my message , which is more important than yours ( and I may not be listening to you ) . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We 're here , and I may as well see him . |
| 17 | If our needs conflict I am certainly ready to explore our differences and I may be prepared to compromise . |
| 18 | Steve and I may see each other six times a week if we 're racing . |
| 19 | he gave me such a kind , and I may say , fatherly look ( Thursday , 28 June 1838 ) |
| 20 | And what do you say , do you say , ‘ I do n't agree with what that man says , it 's a bad book , I do n't like it or I wo n't read it ’ , or do you say , ‘ it 's probably useful for me to try to make the imaginative judgment to see things the way he sees them , to see the way the world looks like from his point of view , and I may reject that , but at least one ought to have some tolerance and some understanding ’ , and it seems that that 's where the study of literature meets life . |
| 21 | I shall not be with you much longer and I may well not see Italy again . ’ |
| 22 | I intend to travel extensively during the summer and I may not have the pleasure of meeting you . |
| 23 | I 'm going out and I may be some time … |
| 24 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
| 25 | My sister and I may share the same birthday , but we do n't share the same man , though if we did it would be none of your business . ’ |
| 26 | I 've got the finance I need and I may have found premises . ’ |
| 27 | It was , in truth , the finest holiday I 've ever spent on a building-site and I may never look a sardine in the gill again . |
| 28 | Raymond is n't fond of Jewish cooking and I may have lost the knack . |
| 29 | ‘ In only the broadest and I may say sloppiest usage of the term would this obsessive little undeadnik be counted as a dybbuk . |
| 30 | ‘ You may offer , sir , and I may refuse . |