Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pron] [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I urge my right hon. Friend to keep as tight as humanly possible control on public expenditure so as to meet the objective of a balanced budget as soon as possible ? |
| 2 | May I urge your readers to obtain and sign the petition launched by the Maastricht Referendum Campaign ( MARC ) with all-party support . |
| 3 | Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman : May I inform my right Hon. Friend that I lunch in the cafeteria every day ? |
| 4 | May I welcome his decision to hold a public inquiry about these proposals and urge him to ensure that the inquiry is held in such a way , in such a place and at such a time that the concerns of many thousands of people about the proposals can be fully communicated ? |
| 5 | Er , first of all may I give my sincere and abject apology for not being here to chair the Garrick 's A G M , this is due to a longstanding appointment made before I realized that the first Thursday in December is traditionally the day for the A G M. |
| 6 | May I present my newly appointed assistant , Doctor Masters ? |
| 7 | Sir , may I present my wife , Topaz ? " |
| 8 | She said hastily , ‘ Miss Abbott , may I present my nephew George Langley . |
| 9 | ‘ Caroline Bishop , may I present my grandmother , la Principessa Anna Sabatini ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Brother , may I cover his face ? ’ |
| 11 | May I substantiate my hon. Friend 's point ? |
| 12 | May I assure my right hon. Friend that , in my judgment , it is both correct and entirely characteristic that he should offer his resignation ? |
| 13 | May I start my chocolate ? |
| 14 | ‘ May I do your room , miss ? ’ she asked . |
| 15 | May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ? |
| 16 | May I draw my hon. Friend 's attention to the Government 's response to the Select Committee report ? |
| 17 | May I draw his attention to comments in the recent issue of ’ Community Care ’ by the hon. Member for Birmingham , Perry Barr ( Mr. Rooker ) The hon. Member for Perry Barr is not an apologist for the Government , but he said that the Labour party was committed to a mixed economy . |
| 18 | Moving on to the subject of domestic competition , may I draw your attention to a missing tournament . |
| 19 | Q May I draw your attention to a couple of pieces of equipment ? |
| 20 | ‘ May I draw your attention to a somewhat crucial oversight on your part ? ’ |
| 21 | May I draw your attention , however , to work No. 5 , which is about ’ a railway commencing in the London borough of Islington by a junction with the Great Northern Railway at a point immediately below the southern portal of the western bore of Copenhagen tunnel ’ ? |
| 22 | As for my right hon. Friend 's personal position , may I express my admiration for the frank and manly way in which he has offered his resignation ? |
| 23 | May I express my satisfaction that the Prime Minister does not now take the reluctant attitude towards the establishment of a rouble stabilisation fund that he did in July and August last year when I put that proposal to him ? |
| 24 | MAY I express my thanks and those of the Willington Labour Party to the voters of Willington , Oakenshaw and Page Bank for their support on Thursday , February 20 in the Willington East by-election . |
| 25 | ‘ May I express our deep sympathy , ma'am , ’ Bragg said . |
| 26 | On behalf of the members of the Punch and Judy Fellowship and , indeed , Mr Punch himself , may I express our sincere condolences . |
| 27 | May I express our disappointment at the last minute postponement of the carefully planned visit of Anne-Marie de Jonghe to Wales . |
| 28 | Sir , — May I offer my sincere thanks to the many voters who so successfully supported the candidacy of Gerald Malone in Alton , Holybourne , Chawton and Beech . |
| 29 | May I finish my sentence ? |
| 30 | May I finish my argument ? |