Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [vb infin] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But then I may fuse my gun … |
| 3 | ‘ Are you afraid I may burn my fingers ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I may change my mind . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I may spend my days in a welter of silks and satins , but I 'm not an entire moron , you know . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps I may assist my hon. Friend . |
| 7 | Abraham makes his request : ‘ Give me land enough among you so that I may bury my dead properly . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I may have my faults , but ungratefulness is not one of them . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I may revise my previous aversion to redheads ! ’ |
| 13 | Giles is a longstanding me I must finish my speech |
| 14 | I must wash my hair . |
| 15 | I do very much appreciate this invitation although , for another year I 'm afraid , I must tender my apologies . |
| 16 | I must tell my right hon. and hon. Friends that we have an ally . |
| 17 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 18 | I must redouble my efforts . |
| 19 | That being so , I must watch my step and keep my ears pinned back . |
| 20 | Perhaps we will refer later to the blatant dishonesty — I am sorry , I must watch my language ; let us say something bordering on the dishonest — of the suggestion that we can have a banding system which avoids for ever the problem of revaluation . |
| 21 | I must hold my hand up and say that their goal was down to me . |
| 22 | I became very conscious that I must cover my chest . |
| 23 | Which is why I must cover my traces , I thought , then go up and check the state of the relics . |
| 24 | He also said that I would have to become dedicated , my lifestyle would have to change and , most importantly , that I must set my sights high . |
| 25 | These commitments were constantly distracting him from what he called " my real , philosophical task , to which , if necessary , I must sacrifice my career " . |
| 26 | I am , but in doing that I must retain my own effort , my own irony . |
| 27 | I must express my disgust at the Cats Protection League Darlington blacklisting Coundon . |
| 28 | Excuse me , I must lift my cane and give my chaplain a good thwack across the knuckles . |
| 29 | This suggests , I think , that I must refine my earlier criterion in the following way : it is wrong for a person to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of another 's desire , and only allowable for them to be treated , with their consent , as a means to the satisfaction of another 's needs , if no other means for their satisfaction can be made available . |
| 30 | I must collect my gear and check out of the hotel … |