Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may is well place before the dog over there the message of God as before those hungry millions who have no lustre in their eyes and whose only God is their bread . ’ |
| 2 | Er the point I would like to make if I may is with er regard to the question of a a positive statement er that car dependency should be reduced and er more emphasis given to the availability and use of bus transport erm as well as t er rail transport . |
| 3 | Can I say first of all that er I support the general approach which has been adopted by Yorkshire County Council and the the other local authorities in the Greater York area , on the way in which they 've formulated their proposals for the York greenbelt after a fairly long erm and exhausting process , the question to which I want to address my comments first of all is whether the new settlement is an appropriate and justified planning response , and what I would like to do if I may is look at some of the reasons that have been raised erm in objection to the new settlement as a strategy , erm these issues have been raised by Hambledon District , York City Council , the C P R E , Montague Evans , in their written submissions to the examination of the . |
| 4 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 5 | I may be a little late so do n't wait supper for me . |
| 6 | ‘ I may be against this on principle but I do n't see why I should n't be able to make a little bit of capital , ’ he added . |
| 7 | Feel I may be witnessing end of Christian and dawn of Lucindian era . |
| 8 | Now sir , he had continued acidly , gripping Mark by the ear , ‘ tell me , if I may be so bold as to ask , precisely what I have been talking about . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I may be leaving the show . ’ |
| 10 | if I strike a child in a manner likely to cause harm it is right that if the child dies I may be charged with manslaughter . |
| 11 | There 's a — well , if I may be pompous , a sort of biochemical relationship between the two . ’ |
| 12 | There is still too much explaining to do , no matter how cold and weary I may be feeling . |
| 13 | Secretly , I write to an organisation for anorexics , asking ‘ Do you think I may be anorexic ? |
| 14 | The Arts : I may be odd but I 'm well informed |
| 15 | BY the time you read this , I may be on my knees , along with millions of other Christian people , at the Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday . |
| 16 | Then again , I may be struck by lightning before I reach the church . |
| 17 | Here I am sitting on my little iron cot and feeling very lost without you , seasoned trooper though I may be . |
| 18 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |
| 19 | It may help me more indirectly by alerting me to the fact that I may be wrong , and forcing me to reason again to double check my conclusion . |
| 20 | At other times I may be delighted to see them , for if the writing is not going well the writer welcomes any excuse to lay down his pen or turn away from the typewriter . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , ’ he said disarmingly , ‘ I may be the devil , but I do n't drink and I 've been married to the same woman for 40 years , so I ca n't be that bad . ’ |
| 22 | Of course I may be prejudiced — he called me Old Faithful . ’ |
| 23 | Start dinner without me — I may be a while . ’ |
| 24 | Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally it is possible that I may be mistaken . |
| 25 | I wonder if you can tell me what breeds run on the moor so I may be able to work out her breeding . |
| 26 | ‘ I may be in tears , ’ said Henry , ‘ I may just … you know … blub ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If I fly up high I may be able to see just where they are . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , that I may be privileged to tread upon flagstones that worshippers have trod for centuries is a joy . |
| 29 | That I may be able to go down into the Saxon crypt of a cathedral , a tiny , exquisitely rude little chapel , where a thousand years ago my forefathers knelt in prayer , is a draught of pure oxygen . |
| 30 | In this I may be vulnerable , for I was on the lookout for miracles and it was while watching Nancy , listening to her and eventually breaking my own icy shield and talking to her , that I came close to seeing what I was looking for . |