Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are bound to miss Gary Lineker but successors like me must score a few and establish reputations of their own . ’ |
| 2 | Er , the the the er er the fax in the first instance has been sent by a back bench member of this house who is not a minister , but I may tell the honourable gentleman that I get all sorts of things from mail shots inviting me to all er manner of functions , all of which find their way into the waste paper basket . |
| 3 | It is only that I feel I may make a new friend and be rewarded with company . |
| 4 | While all this talk of constitutional change is in the air — Kinnock proposes to abolish the House of Lords and dismember the United Kingdom , as well as to forbid the whole country from hunting — I wonder if I may make a proposal . |
| 5 | ‘ If I may make a suggestion , ’ Horowitz , also standing , addressed Evans . |
| 6 | As the start of the season is very close I wonder if I may make a few points for other readers to think about ? |
| 7 | I may make a mess of this but that does n't mean I 'm stupid . |
| 8 | As you will know I may make a reference under this section when I desire the opinion of the Court , not on the whole case but on a point arising on it . |
| 9 | If I may make a return by listening to your troubles , I am very willing to do so . ’ |
| 10 | When visiting a foreign country , for example , I may feel that I have reason to obey its laws on the ground that if I do not I may bring the reputation of my university into disrepute . |
| 11 | Finally , without taking my eyes off the flowers , I may move the vase closer , or walk around the table and look at the flowers from different angles . |
| 12 | I do hope I may remain a member ? |
| 13 | A bias , if I may coin a phrase , against the obvious . |
| 14 | I I 'm grateful Mr Deputy Speaker and I I will certainly er stay in order but the British electorate coming up to June the ninth and the European er elections will not know even if we pass these particular proposals tonight er in which constituencies they will be voting and if I may give an illustration as the honourable member for Truro did er er as far as his European constituency is concerned er the European constituency of Derbyshire Ashfield will d be divided into three different directions as the result of this particular order in council if we pass it tonight . |
| 15 | I may expect no mass media to crusade , no millions of strangers to become suddenly familiar with my name and anxious for my cause . |
| 16 | How often have those lines been my prayer : ‘ Teach me to live that I may dread The grave as little as my bed . |
| 17 | If I may remind the right hon. Gentleman , I did not invent that figure . |
| 18 | If I may remind the house of the background to this . |
| 19 | That I may soar the sky , |
| 20 | Do you say , madam , that I may rent the room ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Actually , ’ Morton said hesitantly , ‘ if I may borrow a phrase from some distinguished bon viveur whose name I have forgotten , nowadays I like my fruit a little green . ’ |
| 22 | I am very sure that you will agree with me , if I may borrow a phrase from Joyce , that we all hope that it 's not at all unlikely that George Craig will come again to preach . |
| 23 | That much is made clear by Shakespeare , early on in the sequence , as if to forestall suspicion or criticism , in Sonnet 20 , which his protagonist addresses to the deuteragonist ( if I may borrow the terminology of the historians of drama to stress the fictive , dramatic status of the personae in these poems ) : That is as clear a statement of the non-sexual relationship between the two personae as could be wished for , and a wittier one than most . |
| 24 | Well , I may send a telegram if I can work a few days off at Athens . |
| 25 | But I may monitor the progress of this team called the ‘ Cheats ’ along with our other entries . |
| 26 | I may spot the unnatural symmetry which a real stick would not have . |
| 27 | If I may anticipate a point which , I know from experience , the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) may in due course seek to make , those increases mean that , when looked at alongside the extra help that we have made available in the past four years through income-related benefits for the less well-off families with children , which will amount to some £600 million next year , total expenditure on help to families next year will be higher than if we had simply increased child benefit each year since 1987-88 . |
| 28 | ‘ I may inspect the accommodation ? ’ |
| 29 | I may inform the right hon. and learned Gentleman that a single man on average earnings in 1978-79 was paying 42 per cent . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps I may discuss a closely allied problem under Amendment No. 299 , to which a number of Hon. |