Example sentences of "i [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ May I stay here for a pot of tea ? ’ |
| 2 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why should I go out on a day like this ? ’ she asked . |
| 4 | Can I pick up on a point that you 've just made Mr Sedgewick and also points made by those on your right about exceptions and presumptions . |
| 5 | Can I come up for a moment ? ’ |
| 6 | May I come in for a moment ? |
| 7 | Bill , could I come back to a quotation by another former Tory Prime Minister in the nineteen sixties , erm they were ragging old Douglas Hume unmercifully , the Labour Party did , when he was made Prime Minister , and , you know , erm all 's fair in politics , and Harold Wilson , I think , made the comment that the democracy of this country had ground to a halt with the appointment of the fourteenth earl , and Douglas Hume , in his sort of very self-deprecating way and his very modest way , says ‘ well , you know , I suppose if one were to ask , he 's probably the fourteenth Mr Wilson ’ . |
| 8 | " May I sit here for a while and keep you company ? " asked the fox . |