Example sentences of "may [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , nothing may me to buy it now unless it 's recycled . |
| 2 | ‘ And may I ask if she will be so delighted to see me because I happen to be a male member of the human race … ? ’ |
| 3 | May I see the room now ? ’ |
| 4 | May I suggest that Alan Titchmarsh does one or all of the following in order to fill his pool in summer ( And anyway … |
| 5 | ‘ May I sit down ? ’ |
| 6 | May I ask of any of your readers have any of these cutters they do not need and would wish to sell them ? |
| 7 | May I , through the medium of Letters page , reply firstly to Jack Hill ( WW/April 91/p.352 ) . |
| 8 | May I ask a question of the majority of manufacturers of wood boring bits ? |
| 9 | Before we leave this topic , may I repeat the caution with regard to grain direction . |
| 10 | May I also pass on my thanks to your master for providing such a great venue for my business lunches . |
| 11 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
| 12 | MAY I correct a mistake in Ossia Trilling 's Obituary of Mark Dignam ( 5 October ) ? writes Margaret Wolfit . |
| 13 | And yes , you 've guessed it — a few weeks later what should I discover among my mail but a letter : ‘ Dear Mr Ken Ward , where may I purchase an emergency … |
| 14 | Meanwhile , may I enquire how the commission would go about its task ? |
| 15 | ‘ May I ask just one question ? ’ says management . |
| 16 | ‘ Mother , may I slug the umpire , may I slug him right away ’ was a parody of crowd behaviour at baseball games published by the Washington Critic in 1886 . |
| 17 | ‘ Mother , may I slug the umpire , may I slug him right away ’ was a parody of crowd behaviour at baseball games published by the Washington Critic in 1886 . |
| 18 | ‘ Waiter , may I have some bread , please ? |
| 19 | ‘ May I get you a drink , Miss Fanshawe ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ May I be among the first to offer my congratulations ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ May I tempt you ? ’ |
| 22 | May I draw attention to our recently established London branch , which meets regularly to discuss current issues and share ideas and experiences . |
| 23 | May I submit that the Aussie cricketers of this year had it and our lot did n't . |
| 24 | Rather than reinventing the ‘ virtual classroom ’ , may I suggest the staff at Teesside Poly could have contacted CECOMM and availed themselves of our tutor-moderated training programme , and in the process saved themselves considerable time and angst . |
| 25 | Most kids have a pretty long list : ‘ Please may I have a Barbie doll with her van and a oops a daisy doll hands down games bensing babys teddy bears leggo my dolley suprise hungry hippoes . ’ |
| 26 | At times she is whimsical as on a visit by Princess Margaret to Jamaica in 1955 : ‘ May I go on record once and for all — I hate to bend the knee , except to God , and even then not too often . ’ |
| 27 | At the end of July , with Responsions successfully behind him as well as a happy celebratory birthday outing for Helen spent with Harry and Janet , Edward was still as hesitant as in his early letters to Hooton : ‘ May I bring a paper in manuscript and talk it over with you ? |
| 28 | Please may I have compassionate leave , sir ? ’ |
| 29 | Too too shaming … can we stop shouting like this and may I come across to your flat and say I 'm sorry in person ? |
| 30 | ‘ Then may I have an undertaking that if I can manage to put on a show , a stupendous show — I promise you it will be — may I then retire from the post ? |