Example sentences of "i may so [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It really should not strike you as odd that I have been enquiring into your affairs — if I may so phrase it .
2 My dear friend — if I may so describe him — the previous Foreign Secretary , who resigned from the right hon. Lady 's Government over Europe , was equally thrilled , although he did not express himself — he never does — in quite such colourful language .
3 Dear Bill ( if I may so call you )
4 For another thing , the region is one of the edge of things if I may so put it and that 's why I 'm down here I mean as , as I know when we 're up there we 're at the centre of things , but lots of people do n't
5 But there it is , and outside and foreign firms will put money in , especially if subsidized by temporary government measures , for as you know , public investment in private industry is judged to be ideologically correct , while public investment for public and community concerns is judged ideologically to be harmful , but the firms are interested in making money out of the region if I may so put it , not in sustaining world promotion and healthy living in the region .
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