Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , no , ’ said Dinah hastily , ‘ I am sure that I may rely upon your word . |
| 2 | Any scandal I may commit in my period out of my home would seriously affect my younger brothers and sisters . |
| 3 | Pray tell me , Joan Halidon , that I may depend on your loyalty to my daughter . ’ |
| 4 | I may hunt with my lords Fitzwilliam and Forester and Hawke , but here in the East Riding they still have standards to maintain . ’ |
| 5 | I may go to my son 's room and say to him : ‘ Since today is a special day you may play in my study while I work there . ’ |
| 6 | If I may return to my earlier metaphor — you will excuse my putting it so coarsely — they are like a man who will , at the slightest provocation , tear off his suit and his shirt and run about screaming . |
| 7 | Anyway , if I may return to our Treasurer 's anguished tale , matters became ever worse . |
| 8 | ‘ I have nearly come to the end of what I have to say but there is one final complication if I may impose on your patience a little longer . |
| 9 | WILLIAMS : I hope I may trust to your discretion not to let Mr. Belville know from whom you had the information . |
| 10 | Thus , I may consent to my daughter 's marriage , to be governed by the decisions of the majority , or to my friend 's handling my financial affairs . |
| 11 | For that , ’ said the Robemaker , viciously , ‘ I am sworn to inflict every curse and every torment I may summon on his House . |
| 12 | Remember your moral crime : that you have now lied twice about why I had written to you in the first place ( Letters report , 5 December ) , and you have lied on purpose and you have done so with manifest contempt and disregard for any say or rights that I may have against your sick sense of ‘ editorship ’ . |
| 13 | As a confirmed anti-wilkoite I may agree with his sentiments on lack of flair , but that s not really the point is it ? |
| 14 | I may put on my notes that this this guy may not have the background but there is something else I 've seen or we 've heard on the phone |
| 15 | I think I ought to check on my motor-bike patrol . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Gilleis , one more thing I must lift from my heart before this hour breaks over me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And now , if you 'll excuse me , I must go to my mistress . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I must go to my chamber . ’ |
| 19 | I must go with my people . |
| 20 | ‘ Tonight I must go with my friend . |
| 21 | After a moment or two he lifted his head and , his face impassive , said , ‘ I must leave for my business appointment in ten minutes or so . |
| 22 | I must speak to our Pastor about this . |
| 23 | ‘ I must speak to your father . |
| 24 | ‘ I must start on my plan again . |
| 25 | In the first three months , three thousand miles , that does n't tend to happen in fairness erm and something like that would come up erm within that time scale , so , yes , I mean they have the right to go back to the dealer and I must admit in my overall view of the motor trade these days they do they are trying harder and harder to look after their customers because obviously they 're in business like everybody else , they know that their policy holders are covered by the Sale of Goods Act merchantable quality , erm and so they realize that if these things happen then they will endeavour to put the situation right . |
| 26 | I must draw to your attention that during a recent survey it was noted that you did not appear to be complying fully with the statutory requirements in that you did not show legibly the price of some goods displayed for sale , namely at your premises . |
| 27 | Yes , this time he did hear , ‘ Hurry down , Zacchaeus , because I must stay in your house today ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I must pay for my coffee . |
| 29 | Now I must return to my work and leave you to your wanderings . ’ |
| 30 | Now I must return to my people , for their molecular codes are suffering indigital chancre , and only I can save them . |