Example sentences of "i may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand if I am in a drama experience my own actions and things about me may trap me into believing I am in an actual event . |
| 2 | Making love to me may help you to forget for a while , but it wo n't change the feelings you obviously still have for her , whether you care to admit it or not . ’ |
| 3 | This does n't mean that the others had no ‘ powers ’ , that they seemed to do little for me may have been my own lack of receptivity . |
| 4 | My main concern , however , on this throbbing morn , is to reassure any of my admirers whose opinion of me may have been diminished by David and Ted 's startling revelations concerning the use to which I have been known to put my sinuses . |
| 5 | I am prepared to accept that anyone who knows me may dislike me , but when someone who can not dislike me because they do n't know me , attacks me , I collapse inside , I lose eloquence , I get frightened , sometimes I cry . |
| 6 | Phil is an ardent Stoke City supporter and season ticket holder and colleagues joked me may need to ‘ get away from it all ’ as he is still trying to shrug off his team 's F.A . |
| 7 | I may rely on the arbitrator . |
| 8 | ‘ No , no , ’ said Dinah hastily , ‘ I am sure that I may rely upon your word . |
| 9 | ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today . |
| 12 | I will start by saying that any conclusions that I may offer , are exploratory . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Any scandal I may commit in my period out of my home would seriously affect my younger brothers and sisters . |
| 16 | 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 … . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I may long for her . |
| 20 | I have always been desirous of devoting what little capability and energy I may possess to the country which I love most dearly . ’ |
| 21 | I accept that whatever good looks I may possess are artful , concocted at large by paint and persona . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | " I may do , when I return from town . |
| 24 | ‘ I may do . |
| 25 | Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that . |
| 26 | ‘ We live in a monarchy , and if I may speak personally , I hope and believe we always will . |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ And your father — if I may speak of him too — was a man all of us admired … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |