Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact you said er again if if I may offer you one of your quotes erm , If you have back benchers who wo n't support you , that limits governments abilities to take decisions . |
| 2 | In our various parties , organizations and institutions therefore we urgently need to recognize that most of our programmes , not least the programmes of our conferences and synods if I may leave you together in sin brothers and sisters |
| 3 | For what 's is worth , as a motorist , I may tell you I 'm thirty years standing , and I explained to the people when I phoned your office up , I 've had thirty years standing as a driver , I check my oil , I check my water , I lost no compression , no water . |
| 4 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
| 5 | Just as he did earlier in the chapter , he warns Moses and Aaron to ‘ Get away from the midst of this congregation , that I may consume them in a moment . ’ |
| 6 | Well whatever it , I would like to do after this , my discussion with them on Thursday I may bring it down I do n't know what way , what they 're going to throw in cos I wo n't be |
| 7 | When she touches me , I shall be hers for all time , and when she touches me , I shall be so hungry for her , that I may hurt her . |
| 8 | But I did n't mean it then , and who knows , I may mean it now . |
| 9 | Who knows , one day I may marry her . |
| 10 | ‘ I would have had no objection to telling them the position , in all honesty we could have done that and I may give them advance warning next year . ’ |
| 11 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 12 | The thing is , Bob , if I may give you some advice based on long and hard experience , not to start off by renting somewhere , if you can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 13 | if I may give you a word of advice , you may think it 's rude , but when Mr is asking questions try not to turn down towards him , if you try and face across the jury , that 's what carries the voice if you 're looking at them , if you turn to your left , a bit of your head goes down a bit , it 's only natural , you 're not as used to courts as Mr is , er , he , he , your , it , your voice smothers , it 's not a question of shouting it 's just looking in the right direction , yes Mr go on |
| 14 | Yes , in Vienna , a lady , I will not say her name but assure you that any conversation I had with poor little Mrs Crump was most decidedly not on this subject and not about this lady — she has clearly clutched at a reference and taken it for a confidence — in Vienna , this lady of , I may admit it , royal connection , formed an attachment for me which was not reciprocated but proved most difficult to disengage . |
| 15 | Give me the Lady Fand , that I may bear her to a fitting place . ’ |
| 16 | If I sit here alone I may reach it yet . " |
| 17 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps I may remind you , Karl , ’ said Busacher waspishly , ‘ that the choice of this revival was yours . |
| 19 | I shall not be gratified for a benefit , although I may return it in the hope of future benefits ; similarly I shall not avenge injuries except as a deterrent to future injuries . |
| 20 | If I may refer you back to your note of our meeting on 18 January you recommended a more hardline wording for 15.1 and 15.2 on the main course , which ( given the less-direct competitive nature of the components ) we were willing to go more gently with on the video and Activity Book . |
| 21 | the authority if I may refer you to it is the recent report of the British er Columbia Supreme Court erm courtesy of professional negligence er in the updating section it 's a a . |
| 22 | ‘ Anyroad , Bob 'll already have set off and I may meet him up on t'tops . ’ |
| 23 | I may want me to go and do it now ? |
| 24 | ‘ This is the most honourable place I may lay her , ’ Ilbrec said , low . |
| 25 | Now , please have Red Sixteen sent for , so that I may inform him of my decision . ’ |
| 26 | Then perhaps I may believe I am not dreaming ! ’ |
| 27 | I may believe it is possible that the dead Giselle really did communicate with Alberic , but that in fact she did not . |
| 28 | ‘ If I climb up I may get him , ’ Penny said to herself . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ I have never seen Downey 's picture but I would think I may know him . |
| 30 | After we 've discussed the appointments , I may need you to do a — few letters . ’ |