Example sentences of "[modal v] i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I pass on to him some of the comments made to me by people I know in Belfast ? |
| 2 | May I walk along with you ? ’ asked Mrs Dare , and fell into step beside her . |
| 3 | May I walk along with you ? ’ |
| 4 | May I walk along with you ? |
| 5 | You , you were n't auto sort of automatically allowed out till ten you had to go to the office and say , please may I stay out till ten . |
| 6 | Please may I get down from the table ? |
| 7 | Please may I get down from the table ? |
| 8 | Please may I get down from the table ? |
| 9 | But may I point out to you , Dr. Briant , that I for one — and I think it likely that the audience feels much as I do — find the material you are giving us in so admirably concise and ordered a manner is not as intelligible as it might be , since we are ordinary simple souls ? |
| 10 | May I point out to my right hon. Friend that the Royal Air Force is the only one of the three western air forces with significant operational experience since world war two — the other two are the Israeli and the United States air forces — not to have combat-ready reserve squadrons ? |
| 11 | May I come in for a moment ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why should I settle down with him out of all the fellows I 've been out with ? |
| 13 | Should I too give Jacob my maidservant , Zilpah , or should I give in to Rachel ? |
| 14 | How long should I hold on to records ? |
| 15 | She could n't help feeling guilty as she said smoothly , ‘ Why should I go off with one of them when I have you ? |
| 16 | I could make smaller movies , but after running in the Olympics why should I go back to High School ? |
| 17 | Should I go out on my own and start a business , or would the insecurity be unbearable ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why should I go out on a day like this ? ’ she asked . |
| 19 | Should I rave on at him for being a litter lout ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why should I stand up to you ? |
| 21 | Should I stay out of the sun ? |
| 22 | So if I do n't know that you will co-operate with me , why should I lose out by voluntarily cutting down on my consumption ? |
| 23 | Should I fill up with petrol just in case ? |
| 24 | I 'll admit it was a weak-sister thing to say , but why should I stick up for Russell ? |
| 25 | Could I move on from that Sir Frederick just to ask you whilst you 're on the phone your views on er the story in the Daily Mail today . |
| 26 | ‘ Could I go back to Harwich ? ’ |
| 27 | Could I go back to something the lady here |
| 28 | Could I go back to three environmental group , please David , er I 've had er quite good news , Ford have agreed to er three diesel cars in their fleet for us to try . |
| 29 | Erm , could I go back to what Mr was saying , of course the main thing is , really that er , the difference in this budget and previous ones is that we are not paying projection costs million . |
| 30 | How could I live up to them when I got home ? |