Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shakespeare must have thought them common enough : in As You Like It a frustrated Rosalind says , ‘ I prithee , take thy cork out of thy mouth that I may drink thy tidings . ’ |
| 2 | I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 3 | But then I may fuse my gun … |
| 4 | ‘ Are you afraid I may burn my fingers ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I may change my mind . ’ |
| 6 | More literally translated that verse runs like this : ‘ I may cover his face with the present that goes before my face ; and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will lift up my face . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I wonder if I may draw your attention to the fact that the bed linen for the upper floor will need to be ready by the day after tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | Bartram had insisted that this differed from the candleberry , Myrica cerifera , while Miller had found other authors ranging it with the Liquidambar , ‘ so I shall be much obliged to you , if you can send me a perfect specimen , that I may determine its proper genus . ’ |
| 9 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 10 | that I may fear your name . |
| 11 | ‘ I hope I may trust your honour even that far ! ’ she shouted after him . |
| 12 | ‘ I may spend my days in a welter of silks and satins , but I 'm not an entire moron , you know . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps I may assist my hon. Friend . |
| 14 | Abraham makes his request : ‘ Give me land enough among you so that I may bury my dead properly . ’ |
| 15 | Treshnish ignored Lachlan , bowed to Eachuinn Odhar with respect and asked , ‘ Duart , will you tell me now where I may find my daughter , who handfasted with Lachlan Cattanach a year ago ? |
| 16 | I may now have an inkling of what has happened to me over the last few years ; I may have lined up a few suspects , even tentatively put my finger on ‘ who done it ’ ; I may have my own private detectives working alongside the regular police , and we may have made an arrest or two , but the file has not been closed . |
| 17 | I may have my faults , but ungratefulness is not one of them . |
| 18 | The reason I 'm say ask people to erm give me some idea of where they feel , I may have my own ideas , where they feel , depends on the information I impart on people . |
| 19 | And soon , when I 'm old enough — he has said that I may have his camera , and take pictures for myself . |
| 20 | ‘ Do you know , I 'm coming to the conclusion that the time is fast approaching when I may accept his proposal ? |
| 21 | ‘ I may revise my previous aversion to redheads ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If I may use your telephone , then I 'll ring my surgery and get someone to bring the vaccination cards in right now . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I ought to slap your face , ’ she grated . |
| 24 | ‘ Does this mean when I go upstairs to bed , I ought to reset my watch when I come down in the morning because it 's got out of step with the clocks downstairs ? ’ |
| 25 | It broke my heart to leave , but my daughter said I ought to take my chance . |
| 26 | Oh really I ought to take my little boy for a walk |
| 27 | I vowed to have no more to do with her but thought I ought to return her shoes and her key , so I snatched Frankie 's comic and tried to persuade him to come with me . |
| 28 | ‘ Why does everybody tell me I ought to watch my drinking when they 're all so busy watching it for me ? |
| 29 | ‘ I ought to call your bluff , ’ she muttered . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you think I ought to tell her husband ? ’ |