Example sentences of "[modal v] i " in BNC.
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1 | And , nothing may me to buy it now unless it 's recycled . |
2 | If I have a choice between working for a nice man who let's me get on with my work in my own way and as far as possible on my own initiative and a difficult woman , then I 'm not going to hesitate , am I ? ’ |
3 | Says Dawn , of Blundellsands : ‘ I love my dad because when my mum goes out he let's me put mousse on his hair and rollers . |
4 | Says Dawn , of Blundellsands : ‘ I love my dad because when my mum goes out he let's me put mousse on his hair and rollers . |
5 | And then and then like you know and then she went off in a mood cos I cos I go to let's me sit opposite you like hinting like oh I do n't want to sit there . |
6 | ‘ And may I ask if she will be so delighted to see me because I happen to be a male member of the human race … ? ’ |
7 | May I see the room now ? ’ |
8 | May I suggest that Alan Titchmarsh does one or all of the following in order to fill his pool in summer ( And anyway … |
9 | ‘ May I sit down ? ’ |
10 | May I ask of any of your readers have any of these cutters they do not need and would wish to sell them ? |
11 | May I , through the medium of Letters page , reply firstly to Jack Hill ( WW/April 91/p.352 ) . |
12 | May I ask a question of the majority of manufacturers of wood boring bits ? |
13 | Before we leave this topic , may I repeat the caution with regard to grain direction . |
14 | May I also pass on my thanks to your master for providing such a great venue for my business lunches . |
15 | As a personal contribution to the stability of British industry ( who on earth invented that one ? ) may I pass on a few nuggets of advice : |
16 | MAY I correct a mistake in Ossia Trilling 's Obituary of Mark Dignam ( 5 October ) ? writes Margaret Wolfit . |
17 | And yes , you 've guessed it — a few weeks later what should I discover among my mail but a letter : ‘ Dear Mr Ken Ward , where may I purchase an emergency … |
18 | Meanwhile , may I enquire how the commission would go about its task ? |
19 | ‘ May I ask just one question ? ’ says management . |
20 | ‘ Mother , may I slug the umpire , may I slug him right away ’ was a parody of crowd behaviour at baseball games published by the Washington Critic in 1886 . |
21 | ‘ Mother , may I slug the umpire , may I slug him right away ’ was a parody of crowd behaviour at baseball games published by the Washington Critic in 1886 . |
22 | ‘ Waiter , may I have some bread , please ? |
23 | ‘ May I get you a drink , Miss Fanshawe ? ’ |
24 | ‘ May I be among the first to offer my congratulations ? ’ |
25 | ‘ May I tempt you ? ’ |
26 | May I draw attention to our recently established London branch , which meets regularly to discuss current issues and share ideas and experiences . |
27 | May I submit that the Aussie cricketers of this year had it and our lot did n't . |
28 | Rather than reinventing the ‘ virtual classroom ’ , may I suggest the staff at Teesside Poly could have contacted CECOMM and availed themselves of our tutor-moderated training programme , and in the process saved themselves considerable time and angst . |
29 | Most kids have a pretty long list : ‘ Please may I have a Barbie doll with her van and a oops a daisy doll hands down games bensing babys teddy bears leggo my dolley suprise hungry hippoes . ’ |
30 | At times she is whimsical as on a visit by Princess Margaret to Jamaica in 1955 : ‘ May I go on record once and for all — I hate to bend the knee , except to God , and even then not too often . ’ |