Example sentences of "please [vb mod] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You , you were n't auto sort of automatically allowed out till ten you had to go to the office and say , please may I stay out till ten . |
| 2 | Matilda said , ‘ Please may I talk to you for a moment ? ’ |
| 3 | She looked at him wistfully , then asked , ‘ Please may I travel with you ? ’ |
| 4 | Please may I go ? |
| 5 | ‘ Dear Aunt Emily , please may I go ? |
| 6 | Please may I go to Audrey Wise . |
| 7 | Please may I go to the toilet ? |
| 8 | Please may I go to the toilet ? |
| 9 | Please may I borrow a rubber sir . |
| 10 | Please may I take ? |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Please may I have compassionate leave , sir ? ’ |
| 13 | Please may I have 20 lashes ? |
| 14 | Please may I have my glass of whiskey . |
| 15 | well please may I have some milk please |
| 16 | You just say please may I have my Argos card . |
| 17 | Please may I have |
| 18 | Please may I have some tea ? |
| 19 | If you said please may I have the marmalade it might arrive . |
| 20 | say please may I have the marmalade . |
| 21 | Excuse me mum , please may I have some more ? |
| 22 | Please may I ask you sir to limit yourself to your question . |
| 23 | Please may I get down from the table ? |
| 24 | Please may I get down from the table ? |
| 25 | Please may I get down from the table ? |
| 26 | Please may I get down ? |
| 27 | Apparently they have had people calling in saying , ‘ please could I speak to Sue ’ , and that could be anybody , and then the switchboard has to go through the rigmarole of saying , ‘ what 's it all about , do you know where the person works , can you give me a bit more information ’ , and it takes up a lot more of their time , so please , if you 're leaving a message for somebody to call you back , leave your full name and your extension number . |
| 28 | Please could I ask you to find a few minutes to write to the Secretary of State for Wales , Welsh Office , Cathays Park , Cardiff CF1 3NQ , urging him to persuade his cabinet colleagues of the importance of finding time for an Environment Bill which includes these measures . |
| 29 | Please could I ask you to adopt full press credentials as special correspondent for ‘ Rural Wales / Cymru Wledig ’ during the Earth Summit ? |
| 30 | Please could I ask for a moment 's silence and look to the north er we wil where we will have a dedication fly past by A-Tens of the Eighty-First Tactical Fighter Wing . |