Example sentences of "[vb mod] i [vb infin] [pron] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I refer him to the reports on economic purchasing issued in December 1992 and February this year by my counterpart in Great Britain , Professor Littlechild , for an indication of the complexities involved in this type of exercise ? |
| 2 | And for the benefit of those readers who are persuaded by his arguments ( and those who are not , too ) , may I refer you to a letter from Simon Kyte appealing for financial and professional help for the Humanitarian Appeal for Victims of the Yugoslav Civil War . |
| 3 | ‘ May I refer you to an unimpeachable authority : Mr John Camden Hotten , author of a biography of Dickens , and also , he paused impressively , a life of Thackeray , refers to it in 1870 as Bleak House . |
| 4 | Tomorrow morning may I invite you to a complimentary breakfast of tinned yam , tinned pineapple , tinned paw-paw , Belgian coffee , German rolls , Swiss sugar and English butter processed and packed in Kenya ? |
| 5 | Is removal straight forward , or should I leave it to the professionals ? |
| 6 | Why should I put myself to a lot of trouble and difficulty when — perhaps — you could just give the terrorists what they ask and save all the bother ? ’ |
| 7 | To report on my own experience , I have found a surprising number of English people outside the academic world who have lived with the Sonnets , have taken them into their own experience , can quote with ease ‘ To me , fair friend , you never can be old ’ , or ‘ Shall I compare thee to a summer 's day ? ’ , or ‘ When , in disgrace with Fortune and men 's eyes ’ , or ‘ Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediment ’ . |
| 8 | Have you finished with that , shall I give it to the birds ? |
| 9 | Shall I give it to the birds ? |
| 10 | Shall I take you to the nurse ? ’ he asks me . |
| 11 | Can I press you to a candied starfish ? ’ |
| 12 | Right , can I take you to the recommendation on page six . |
| 13 | Right , can I take you to the recommendation on page nine that the programme be circulated to all members of the committee . |
| 14 | Can I take you to the recommendation on page five of the report then . |
| 15 | Right , can I take you to the amended recommendation on page forty nine . |