Example sentences of "i [modal v] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course she does n't know what my life was like for six years or so , although I may get round to telling her , in time . |
| 2 | ‘ If I climb up I may get him , ’ Penny said to herself . |
| 3 | ‘ I rather hope I may get those concerned to invite me to do you in the Authors and their Work series — though I have n't done anything about it — I might then like to quote a bit or two out of a letter ( e.g. about Ivy ) , but I devoutly hope you will be able to censor the thing for yourself ’ — for there was still hope , or I was allowed to think so . |
| 4 | I need to be able to see the path ahead in order to plan my route well in advance , or else I may get myself into an awkward position . |
| 5 | God willing , Pa says , I may get to have a double helping tomorrow . |
| 6 | I gu my guess is if I ask the audience I I may get an answer I do n't like here . |
| 7 | I may get a mention . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I want to visit my old school friend Nellie Musgrove , who lives in the Via Botteghe Oscure , ’ said Daisy firmly , ‘ so I may get Edwin to take me along there . |
| 9 | Anyway , who knows , I may get the odd half-hour just to pop down the gangway and explore those fascinating little shops down there . ’ |
| 10 | tt oh , I said to Billy I said instead of getting one of them plastic ones , I may get one of them wooden ones , just , you know sort of like dear the wooden ones |
| 11 | I may get a . |
| 12 | ‘ Forgive me , Dorothy , I must get back to my office . ’ |
| 13 | First of all , I must get to a bus stop that serves Heathrow , which means heading towards Kensington and the Bayswater Road . |
| 14 | But evidently he is n't , and I must get him back . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Darling , I must get on . |
| 16 | This can find expression in ‘ I must get him to make a will before he dies ’ — a basic desire to get things sorted out — and may extend to attempts to resolve family quarrels , an anxiety that the sun should not in this case go down fur ever on wrath . |
| 17 | Well , I must get back to work . |
| 18 | I must get out of here or I shall say other things . |
| 19 | Somehow I must get up the Library steps , for if I can get in there before they reach me , they wo n't be able to duff me in . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , ’ she replied , ‘ I must get it out of the library ! ’ |
| 21 | But Louis was on deck and Gomez shrugged his apologies : ‘ I must get the trucks loaded . |
| 22 | I must get straight back to the hotel ’ |
| 23 | A moment of panic welled up in her as she cried to herself , I must get away . |
| 24 | I must get away or I 'll be trapped here for life . |
| 25 | I thought , I must get as much walking practice as possible between now and tomorrow night . |
| 26 | I 'll work — I 'll do anything — only I must get away from here . |
| 27 | ‘ I must get back the sack . ’ |
| 28 | And then , sticking a wet finger in the air , ‘ I must get downwind . ’ |
| 29 | Do not say ‘ Oh I must get around to phoning Fred or Millie ’ and just keep putting it off . |
| 30 | ‘ Forgive me , I must get back to the hospital , ’ he said . |