Example sentences of "[modal v] [pers pn] [vb infin] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the presence of the Patronage Secretary and the Leader of the House , may I suggest to the Secretary of State that his personal position , because of the very sensitive job that he does in Government , should be cleared up before this day is finished ? |
| 2 | As the Minister who represents the area containing Wandsworth prison , may I suggest to the Minister that if the exchanges of the past few minutes were conveyed to BBC television 's ’ Yes Minister ’ they might indeed help to revive the Government 's fortunes ? |
| 3 | May I suggest to the CPL Darlington contact Alex and Fred Winwood who run the Eldon Hope Animal Sanctuary . |
| 4 | May I return to the point made by the hon. and learned Member about the views of certain members of my party . |
| 5 | Please may I go to the toilet ? |
| 6 | Please may I go to the toilet ? |
| 7 | Caller : May I speak to the manager ? |
| 8 | May I speak to the Commander , please ? ’ |
| 9 | May I draw to the attention of the Secretary of State the case of a Wakefield man who was refused expensive injections for infertility by a fund-holding GP and told to apply for that treatment to a non fund-holding practice in Wakefield ? |
| 10 | ‘ May I talk to the eyewitness ? ’ |
| 11 | May I revert to the question of my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire , South-West ( Sir A. Grant ) ? |
| 12 | May I respond to the article ‘ Battling to Save Event ’ ( Echo Sport February 19 ) . |
| 13 | Having seen the devastation in that beautiful valley that has resulted from the conflict , and having seen the impact of terrorism , which I deplore both there and here , may I say to the Secretary of State that while , of course , the matter must first be decided between India and Pakistan , no settlement can be acceptable that is not acceptable to the people of Kashmir , both Muslim and Hindu ? |
| 14 | May I come to the aid of your correspondents who have been so severely maligned for daring to question the divine right of the English to claim the whole of these islands as their own ? |
| 15 | ‘ Hmmm , ’ I muse aloud , ‘ should I go to the lecture on Binding Spells and How to Break Them , or try the Apparition Graphics Workshop in Hall Number One ? ’ |
| 16 | Should I go to the hospital and … ? |
| 17 | There is , perhaps , especially strong confirmation that the verb and adjective properties are immediately bound together in the fact that there is no coherent way to question either the adjective or the verb alone while leaving the other in place ; we can not , for example , have : ( 24 ) what should I do to the string longer ? ( 25 ) how did his sister set the owl ? |
| 18 | Should we complain to the Advertising Standards Authority ? |
| 19 | So why should we pander to the media and the right-wingers of the Party ? |
| 20 | Should we retire to the pagoda while you dress ? ’ |
| 21 | How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live ! |
| 22 | Why should we come to the Chamber to be bored rigid when we could be bored rigid in the comparative comfort of our own offices ? |
| 23 | To understand what it is to trump and to revoke should we attend to the use laid down in the rules of the game for trump cards , or should we attend to the characteristic feelings of trumping and revoking ? |
| 24 | If you ask such a child " How should we respond to the aliens ' request for help ? " s/he 's not likely to respond very articulately . |
| 25 | Should he go to the police ? |
| 26 | POLICEMAN : And why should he go to the police ? |
| 27 | ‘ Given that an angry parent might just conceivably break Gray 's neck for , as you put it , touching up his youngster , why should he go to the trouble of severing the head , and then putting it in the Cathedral font ? |
| 28 | The 28-year-old Gittens would not be available for the Rumbelows League Cup semi-final against Manchester United should he agree to the move . |
| 29 | Might I go to the toilet mam |
| 30 | and I says , Good afternoon could I speak to the person that does advertising etcetera , and I get through to that particular person , and I said , How would you like to save money by us printing all your portfolios free of charge high quality er portfolios it would n't cost you a penny . |