Example sentences of "[modal v] i [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 return to the point made by the hon. and learned Member about the views of certain members of my party . |
| 4 | Please may I go to the toilet ? |
| 5 | Please may I go to the toilet ? |
| 6 | Caller : May I speak to the manager ? |
| 7 | May I speak to the Commander , please ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | When I am a man may I walk up the street in my nothings ? and then all the other people shout Certainly not . |
| 10 | ‘ May I talk to the eyewitness ? ’ |
| 11 | May I check with the Minister his actual words , which I have in front of me ? |
| 12 | Before I do that , may I deal with the intervention of the Hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) , who said that there was a difference between asset stripping and freeing capital for use in a company ? |
| 13 | May I ask for a seconder for that motion . |
| 14 | May I join in the Secretary of State 's praise for the emergency services , which acted magnificently , and also in his best wishes to those who were injured ? |
| 15 | May I join in the admiration and respect which all concerned , including J. 's mother , have expressed for what the foster parents have done for J. |
| 16 | May I revert to the question of my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire , South-West ( Sir A. Grant ) ? |
| 17 | May I respond to the article ‘ Battling to Save Event ’ ( Echo Sport February 19 ) . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | In a spirit of Christmas unity , may I agree with the shadow Secretary of State for Social Security , the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) ? |
| 20 | May I plead with the Commissioner to reply to letters ? |
| 21 | ‘ May I phone for a taxi to the hotel ? |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 24 | Should I go to the hospital and … ? |
| 25 | Should I go on a diet ? |
| 26 | WHY SHOULD I INVEST IN A PEP NOW ? |
| 27 | What should I do with the multifasciatus — should I obtain a second female , or swap the existing female with another one ? |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | Yeah but sh he should I mean on the road , you should be able to just write in and say , I want this to happen . |
| 30 | Should I stay with a cheat ? |