Example sentences of "perhaps i [modal v] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I shall ask the farm workers ' union . |
| 2 | I 'd like the words when they 're crytalised … since thefirst thing my daughter ( now 19months ) learned to do was the arm movements to ‘ ooh aah Cantona ’ , I suppose I should teach her something new … perhaps I 'll modify the last phrase though ; - ) |
| 3 | Perhaps I 'll do the minutes of the meeting , like at the bank . |
| 4 | Perhaps I 'll play The Honey Smugglers ' ‘ Listen ’ just one more time , then snooze off counting the many great records that indie music has thrust our way in the past . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps I 'll try the total honesty line . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps I 'll let the ending come as a surprise . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps I ought to ask the er ask the provost . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps I ought to wear the wretched thing after all , just to give a talking-point . |
| 9 | If I had the opportunity , which I have not had , to go round the rest of Scotland , perhaps I would form the same view of the rest . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you , but perhaps I might cleanse the journey 's dust first ? ’ suggested Theda . |
| 11 | Perhaps I may support the request of the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps I should re-phrase the question . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps I should leave the last word to my son . |
| 14 | Perhaps I should ask the question of the hon. Member for Hendon , South ( Mr. Marshall ) instead of my own . |
| 15 | My hon. Friend has raised an interesting thought ; perhaps I should ask the Department to look into it . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps I should sell the place and be done with it , ’ he said with an abruptness that showed he 'd been considering the idea for some time . |
| 17 | Or perhaps I could summon the musicians . |
| 18 | Erm , er I 'll I 'll close it at two , but perhaps I could ask the the applicants erm , I mean I appreciate that obviously erm it er it economy in in in obviously in what you 're doing , but I think it it it would be fairly obviously to , I mean it 's been stated that that that that residents nearby would prefer either two bungalows or a house and a bungalow , and I think er that certainly erm new developments adjacent to where you are proposing these are in fact all bungalows , er with the exception of the mill , which of course has been there a long time , er all those on that side of the road , both those two built and those two proposed are a bungalow or a semi bungalow , er and so erm you can see that obviously it is that the height of these buildings , it is erm causing the offence , largely , erm I I think , I mean obviously you will want to main you know , optimize your er development , but whether er a scheme with two bungalows that they would n't be four bedroomed bungalows , because there would n't be room for two of the four two four bedroomed bungalows , erm |
| 19 | ‘ Or perhaps I could get the Avery prize . ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps I could tempt the Minister to upstage his boss today and tell us exactly what the Secretary of State for the Environment has in mind . |
| 21 | Perhaps I could use the toilet before we go ? ’ |
| 22 | Oh I 'm sorry my Lord perhaps I could read the passage out and then er I can hand it up to your Lordship but it after setting out the dictor from Mr Justice in the Midland Bank . |
| 23 | We agree to help and perhaps I can combine the two visits . |
| 24 | I know that I shall make only a small start before Christmas , so perhaps I can take the opportunity afforded by this Newsletter to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a good New Year . |
| 25 | Perhaps I can help the hon. Gentleman . |
| 26 | One of things that we 'll never be though is , I think perhaps I can use the , I do n't want to use the word cheap because that 's not right , but we 'll never be less expensive than the others will we ? |
| 27 | Erm perhaps I can turn the the question on its head and and I think the way the County Council 's looked at it , what would be the implications of not providing for the needs of North Yorkshire , and that 's I think the approach that we have taken in the first instance , is to try and determine what the needs of North Yorkshire are and to borrow a phrase from Professor Lock , in strategic terms to look at er try to achieve full employment in North Yorkshire . |
| 28 | But before they do , perhaps I can say the most important thing , which is that the charges that we 're introducing are going to be underpinned with what we call a waiver scheme . |
| 29 | I have one other , can I reserve one matter to the end of the meeting because I wish to make a proposal which er would be erm I think ought to be taken erm in closed session because of the nature and confidentiality of the business and personal interests , so perhaps I can propose the closure of the meeting to the press and public at the end of the meeting and defer the final item an item relating to this matter at that time . |
| 30 | The confident cricketers are the ones who set themselves targets of achievement , which range from Sir Richard Hadlee 's carefully calculated and perfectly achieved ‘ double ’ season in 1984 , to my hope that perhaps I will perform the somewhat lesser treble of at least one run , one wicket and one catch for the village this year . |