Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back and forth Fru Møller passed from the Hall to the kitchen , replenishing the bread-baskets , the toast-racks , the milk jugs and cream pots , enquiring , ‘ Fräulein Baum , may I offer you a soft-boiled egg ? ’ |
| 2 | May I offer you a warming glass ? ’ |
| 3 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on his courageous stand against the 11 who opposed him , but may I ask him a simple question ? |
| 4 | As this will be the last magazine until late August , may I wish you a restful summer . |
| 5 | Stop , do please inform me when you have been privatized and my , may I wish you a smooth change over . |
| 6 | Why should you give me the five thousand when you know the guy yourself ? |
| 7 | Chris may you pass me the Hula Hoops ? |
| 8 | Could I give you a better pledge ? ’ |
| 9 | Could I ask you a personal question , if it 's not too rude — what do you think about when you 're lying in the bath ? |
| 10 | And er , could you tell me a little bit about your family ? |
| 11 | Now er Now could you tell me a little bit about your school life ? |
| 12 | Er could you tell me a little bit about the schools you went to ? |
| 13 | Could you tell me a little bit about when you first moved to Harlow , because it interests me very much the fact , I did n't , I was n't aware that you lived in a , house that was |
| 14 | Could you tell me a little bit about that ? |
| 15 | erm Could you tell me a little bit about that ? |
| 16 | Please could you tell me the best form of algae to keep in a fish-only aquarium ? |
| 17 | Now could you tell us a little bit about your brothers and sisters ? |
| 18 | Could you give me a few examples ? |
| 19 | Could you give me a brief resume of the work involved . |
| 20 | ‘ Could you give me a half a day 's holiday tomorrow , Joe ? |
| 21 | Please could you give her the enclosed PC from me when you visit her ? |
| 22 | look at this , please could you send me the following disc the Amiga five hundred , number , any num he writes number every time , one , two , three , four , five |
| 23 | ‘ Frank , could you do me a big favour and see if you can find who this guy Azul is ? ’ |
| 24 | Could you do us a real favour ? |
| 25 | Chris could you pass me the Hula Hoops ? |
| 26 | No way could she tell him the real reason . |
| 27 | Could she survive it a second time ? |
| 28 | Could he give them a few facts about himself for the company 's press release ? |
| 29 | Could he give her the best of food or pay for a doctor if she fell sick or buy her fine clothes or anythin' she fancies ? |
| 30 | Could he drop me a few grams on credit ? |