Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it lukks as if I ll have tae mind wan thing when Ah meet your incomer pals , Isabel . |
| 2 | If you had a down day the other one would say well okay I let's go let's go and |
| 3 | I may rely on the arbitrator . |
| 4 | ‘ No , no , ’ said Dinah hastily , ‘ I am sure that I may rely upon your word . |
| 5 | ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely |
| 6 | I SAID to the man who stood at the gate of the year , ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ’ . |
| 7 | I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today . |
| 8 | I will start by saying that any conclusions that I may offer , are exploratory . |
| 9 | In fact you said er again if if I may offer you one of your quotes erm , If you have back benchers who wo n't support you , that limits governments abilities to take decisions . |
| 10 | This will give me better control over any fish I may hook , for they will no doubt try to charge into the lilies on either side of the swim . |
| 11 | Any scandal I may commit in my period out of my home would seriously affect my younger brothers and sisters . |
| 12 | In order to be as free as possible , that my will have the greatest possible range consistent with the similar will of others , it is necessary that there be a way in which I may commit myself … . |
| 13 | If I use the expression ‘ I have toothache ’ I may think of it as ‘ being used naturally ’ or otherwise , but it would be wrong to say that I had a reason for thinking either . |
| 14 | In choices of means , I may pay severely for failing to recognize the equality of personal as of spatial and temporal viewpoints , if for example I lose awareness of the fact that a competitor 's need and determination is as great as mine ; but in choosing between our ends , nothing compels me to feel the pull of his inclination equally with mine , other than a recognition that it is illogical to shut my eyes in one case to what I am forced to acknowledge in the other . |
| 15 | I may long for her . |
| 16 | I have always been desirous of devoting what little capability and energy I may possess to the country which I love most dearly . ’ |
| 17 | I accept that whatever good looks I may possess are artful , concocted at large by paint and persona . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | " I may do , when I return from town . |
| 20 | ‘ I may do . |
| 21 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
| 22 | ‘ We live in a monarchy , and if I may speak personally , I hope and believe we always will . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ And your father — if I may speak of him too — was a man all of us admired … ’ |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 28 | Erm , I think I 'll leave it at that for this moment in time and er if I may speak at at the end . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Tell me that , so I may hope still to find , one day , a man of pure heart . |