Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 2 | I may be a little late so do n't wait supper for me . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Feel I may be witnessing end of Christian and dawn of Lucindian era . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I may be leaving the show . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There 's a — well , if I may be pompous , a sort of biochemical relationship between the two . ’ |
| 9 | There is still too much explaining to do , no matter how cold and weary I may be feeling . |
| 10 | Secretly , I write to an organisation for anorexics , asking ‘ Do you think I may be anorexic ? |
| 11 | The Arts : I may be odd but I 'm well informed |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Then again , I may be struck by lightning before I reach the church . |
| 14 | Here I am sitting on my little iron cot and feeling very lost without you , seasoned trooper though I may be . |
| 15 | I may be only a lassie but I can assure you I 'm quite capable . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Of course I may be prejudiced — he called me Old Faithful . ’ |
| 20 | Start dinner without me — I may be a while . ’ |
| 21 | Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally it is possible that I may be mistaken . |
| 22 | I wonder if you can tell me what breeds run on the moor so I may be able to work out her breeding . |
| 23 | ‘ I may be in tears , ’ said Henry , ‘ I may just … you know … blub ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If I fly up high I may be able to see just where they are . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , that I may be privileged to tread upon flagstones that worshippers have trod for centuries is a joy . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Epictetus said , ‘ This is what I wish to be engaged in when death finds me , so that I may be able to say to God , ‘ Have I in any respect transgressed Thy commands ? |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Let he who is without sin cast the first stone , I may be hearing you say . |