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 . ’
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