Example sentences of "i [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were quite right to come and what you 've told me may be important . |
| 2 | The fact that students ask a question about something fairly commonplace and then it happens to me must be pure co-incidence . |
| 3 | Just seems that it , it to me must be wrong , that it did n't identify them because a particular picture anyway , the reason why I find difficulty in making |
| 4 | He and I may be strange companions in the same lobby but I am certain he has put his finger on an error which condemns many modern Church leaders to disappear down a theological black hole . |
| 5 | He may condescend perhaps to think I may be good enough for his harlot and these things do n't disgrace men that ruin poor women as the world goes . |
| 6 | ‘ My dear girl , I may be moronic as far as modern music is concerned , but I have attended classical concerts in my time . |
| 7 | I may be unkind , but I 'm not unfeeling . |
| 8 | I may be guilty of exceeding the speed limit . |
| 9 | In this I may be vulnerable , for I was on the lookout for miracles and it was while watching Nancy , listening to her and eventually breaking my own icy shield and talking to her , that I came close to seeing what I was looking for . |
| 10 | It is the Norah Batty syndrome , if I may be sexist , where far from losing a million people off the register as happened during the last census because of the poll tax , in the next census men will be sent to the shed at the bottom of the garden to keep out of the way . |
| 11 | At Church Bridge people were paddling in the still pools beside the running water and throwing sticks out into the mainstream which reluctant dogs stared at and barked as though to say , " I may be daft but I 'm not daft enough to go splashing through that lot . " |
| 12 | In goal was Paul ‘ the cat ’ Simmons , at the back was Jim ‘ nothing will get past me ’ Farmery , Phil ‘ I will run forever ’ Shaw , and up front was Paul ‘ I may be small but I 'm good ’ Beck , Darren ‘ flog it ’ Clegg , Tony ‘ the tiger ’ Register and Paul ‘ let me shoot ’ Hudson , not forgetting the manager , ‘ the singing service technician himself ’ Ken Nightingale and all singing , all dancing rocketeers , Josie and Eileen . |
| 13 | ‘ They may be big , ’ said Grimma , ‘ and I may be small . |
| 14 | Go and get your plate in here now — I may be blunt , but I 'm not a complete bastard ! ’ |
| 15 | The Arts : I may be odd but I 'm well informed |
| 16 | I turned and gave him a wave , ‘ Do n't wait up for me , I may be late . ’ |
| 17 | He could n't find Wes in his room so to his mother said bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him , tell Wesley I need him tell Wesley I may be late , I 've something to do that can not wait . |
| 18 | He could n't find Wes in his room so to his mother said bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him , tell Wesley I need him tell Wesley I may be late , I 've something to do that can not wait . |
| 19 | ‘ Apart from anything else , I may be useful in practical ways . |
| 20 | " You are not French , madame , so perhaps I may be honest , yes ? " |
| 21 | At other times I may be delighted to see them , for if the writing is not going well the writer welcomes any excuse to lay down his pen or turn away from the typewriter . |
| 22 | If I may be predictable for a moment , I should like to welcome the benefit increases . |
| 23 | The person who has just sent me into an inner panic of humiliated pride , anger and singeing hurt may have less responsibility in the matter than I may be inclined to attribute to them . |
| 24 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 25 | Secretly , I write to an organisation for anorexics , asking ‘ Do you think I may be anorexic ? |
| 26 | But I considered myself to be unattractive , and in becoming so thin as to render myself totally undesirable sexually , I was saying , ‘ I may be unattractive , but this is because I choose to be this way . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Faith , I begin to see how I may be serviceable to your lady . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , that I may be privileged to tread upon flagstones that worshippers have trod for centuries is a joy . |
| 29 | ‘ I may be civilised and adult ; you I have strong doubts about , ’ Vitor responded curtly , and , taking a white handkerchief from his pocket , he wiped a sheen of perspiration from his brow . |
| 30 | I 'm not quite sure the Labour Party 's picked that out and I may be unfair to them in s it 's not enough if you only see a regional policy d just development and economic led . |