Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [vb infin] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 May I present a few eye-openers for those who have accused Pakistan bowlers of doctoring the ball ?
2 " May I walk a little way with you ? "
3 May I steal a few minutes of your time on this unique occasion and go back to November 22 , 1944 when nine Mosquitos from our Squadron were briefed to mark the U-Boat pens at Trondheim for 171 Lancasters .
4 But should we assume the same training is required by the lion 's share of our undergraduates who are not destined for academic careers ?
5 Could I have a few minutes alone with my client , please ? ’
6 Could you spare a few hours a month to be a secretary or chairman of a group , a Panda keeper , or trading officer ?
7 Could you wait a few weeks until I 'm sure ? ’
8 Could we get the same result by using our formula for the vector potential ( eqn(3.17) ) ?
9 If the actor were full , really full , of feeling , how could he play the same part twice running with the same spirit and success ?
10 Would you say the same thing ?
11 Shall we walk a little way ? ’
12 Is it that would they make the same kind of comment to one of their male students , like ‘ that 's a nice jumper you 've got on ’ , something like that ?
13 If others came along and interviewed the same people on the same topics , would they get the same responses ?
14 Reliability is much to , much more to do with replicability , it 's , it 's another if another researcher went in and did it the same way , would they get the same results ?
15 Can I use Carbonflo in this engine and would it have the same benefits such as lower fuel consumption ?
16 I wonder if you grind it up and smoke it in a pipe with tobacco , would it have the same effect ?
17 But would it provide the same control over the politicians ' fiscal integrity ?
18 Will they go the same way as the list of accommodation ?
19 Can I make the same point as well please ?
20 Just then they heard a heavy footstep outside , and a voice called , ‘ Neighbours , can I bring a few lambs in there ? ’
21 Can I have a little time to think it over ? ’
22 ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? ,
23 Can I find the same chord in more than one place on the fingerboard ?
24 Can you share the same confines , for long periods of time , and where does your tolerance level lie ?
25 Can you say the same thing , Adam ? ’
26 Can we do the same thing for the magnetic quantities ?
27 So this evening , as we come to the end of one year and prepare for the next , can we spend a few minutes doing a spiritual work-out and look at the consequences of what John wrote about the uniqueness of Jesus .
28 On the other hand if we demand the right of cohabitees to an income regardless of their man 's resources ( i.e. abolition of the cohabitation rule ) , how can we deny the same right to wives ?
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