Example sentences of "[pers pn] may [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I may come back Mr Chairman an and er express a view on behalf of Darcy . |
| 2 | My Lord , I think the case is being made if I may say so sir , to give the jury the impression that the police just document . |
| 3 | But I think it 's a little bit rich if I may say so Joe to blame the women for this because the parliamentary Labour party did vote for this new rule and the fact that a number of women very able women put themselves forward , I do n't think it 's right to say it is the women 's fault . |
| 4 | I it does n't speak very highly if I may say so Group Captain , for R A F discipline if what you 're telling me and telling the committee that you think that pilots should be using this facility , would be using this facility when they 're ordered not to . |
| 5 | ‘ You may wonder why Queen Margaret does not return . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ As you may remember when Peter Lipscomb spoke to you last year , we have embarked on a £53 million investment programme . |
| 7 | You may recall out phone conversation some time ago about Age Concern Lancashire . |
| 8 | In this chapter , I shall attempt to separate the parts that make up the whole , then to explore some of the ways in which we may bring about harmony to mind-body-spirit . |
| 9 | Using the above information for Commercial Union we may calculate both betas and covariances from first principles . |
| 10 | We look to price theory to elucidate the nature of the mutual influence exercised by decisions so that we may understand how changes in these decisions , or in the data which underlie them , systematically set in motion further alterations elsewhere in the market . |
| 11 | We may seek out partners incapable of loving us in the way we need so as to experience again the brief hope that this time it will be all right or as Lisa Minelli sang in the film Cabaret , ‘ This time I 'll be lucky ’ , before the pain sweeps in again to overwhelm us . |
| 12 | In the same way , ‘ of course we may pick up business if , say , the existing solicitor on one side or the other has no M&A expertise , and that will be a bonus . |
| 13 | They may give out scents of citrus , mint , pine or rose , and most make wonderful patio plants . |
| 14 | They may pick up ideas almost at random from skimming journals , ideas that may spark new trains of thought or fruitful new cross-connections . |
| 15 | Candidates must demonstrate their ability to use , at an employable level , the skills of audio transcription in a practical office situation : they may use either typewriter or word processing equipment . |
| 16 | Candidates must demonstrate their ability to use , at an employable level , the skills of audio transcription in a practical office situation : they may use either typewriter or word processing equipment . |
| 17 | Show them how to be concise when they may have only minutes or even seconds to put over their viewpoint . |
| 18 | It may explain why scores of hon. Members are trying to get into the Chamber . |
| 19 | It may throw up pieces of plasterwork , shellwork and panelling , fragments of windows and evidence of colour schemes . |
| 20 | It may breed well north of the Arctic Circle . |
| 21 | And the West peal comes appeal and the West 's heard becomes a heard and the one sort of difference that 's still there and it may take quite while to go is that the East Mainland when they 're saying a sentence they tend to go up at the end of the sentence the voice rises . |
| 22 | If a small child is asked to group a set of objects he may gather together items according to their colour ( for example , all brown objects ) or according to their normal use ( for example , all cutlery ) . |
| 23 | When the systems manger is stressed by complaints about the slowing access times on the system he may send out warning messages and then complete a tape dump of all documents last accessed before a certain date . |
| 24 | Eckstein says he may ring up Levi 's executives and tell them into which bodily part they can stick their proposal . |