Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I may even get a job . ’
2 ‘ If I build up my business the way I hope I can , I may well need a partner .
3 Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this
4 Madam Chairman if I may just make a comment of concern that information was not , on this point was not forthcoming to the county councillors of that area perhaps to make er give them an opportunity to make comment prior to you so you could make this delegated action .
5 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 .
6 Declaring that he wishes to offer to the public ‘ the very Journal which Dr Johnson read ’ , he says he will not ‘ expand the text in any considerable degree , though I may occasionally supply a word to complete the sense as I fill up the blanks of abbreviation in the writing ’ .
7 When Jeeves is played out , someone should really have a look at the Mr Mulliner Hollywood satires .
8 Among book ephemera I must also spare a paragraph for the modest bookmark , much neglected and too little chronicled.2 I do not , of course , refer to improvised examples such as scraps of brown paper and bacon rinds , but to the commercially produced strips of silk , paper and card , some of them elaborately lettered and decorated , deckled , frilled , tassled and ribboned .
9 I must also criticise a system that puts them in a position in which problems occur .
10 I stopped after a short while and said ‘ this is nonsense — I ca n't learn any more of this sort of thing by two o'clock — I must just do a prose right through and see how I get on ’ .
11 But first I must just have a word with you about … ’
12 I must now draw a distinction between two types of ferreting .
13 I must now mention a point which I hope will not give rise to difficulties .
14 Yeah but I should probably get a bit of today there , no problem .
15 ‘ Yes , ’ I began , ‘ I should just like a practice … ’
16 Perhaps I should just say a word about that that operation since you 've raised it , because it is one type of job that we do , that is taking part in a rather large group , in this case sponsored by the Commonwealth Secretariat at the request of the government of Uganda after the fall of erm of Amin , to assess the rehabilitation needs of the country and to suggest what policies should be priority policies for their point of view and what contribution could be made by other countries through aid and erm other ways of technical assistance and fellowships for training and so forth , to help in this rehabilitation .
17 He told me I should never use a leash .
18 ‘ Do you think I might eventually get a taste for alcohol ? ’
19 He ended by stating , ‘ I might also include a quote from Shakespeare : ‘ Fools rush in where angels fear to tread . ’
20 If I get too tired I might just have a lie down and have a little kip .
21 I think I might just get a couple of nice hankies to go with them .
22 Or , ’ she leans forward but only the beautiful hair shines , ‘ I might just buy a bomb after all — ’
23 I might even have a go at Muslim fundamentalists and have a copy of the Satanic Verses there . ’
24 Who knows I might even get a chance to try one of these days .
25 I might even get a couple of hours sleep before we reach London .
26 Hell , I might even get a lawyer .
27 I realized that I might actually have a sin .
28 ‘ Everest will always be there but I might never get a chance to play at Twickenham again ’ — WILL KEFFORD ( Harlequins and Middlesex Colts full-back ) who cancelled a trip to join his father 's Everest expedition to play in the Colts Final at Twickenham which Middlesex lost to Lancashire ( 19–15 ) .
29 And then thought : I might still have a title .
30 no , just make , I 'll just make a way through that 's all I want .
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