Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may rely on the arbitrator . |
| 2 | I have always been desirous of devoting what little capability and energy I may possess to the country which I love most dearly . ’ |
| 3 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 4 | ‘ If I may speak in a spirit of complaint , David , I might point out that it 's easy for you to talk and even easier to talk tough . |
| 5 | The back row played well and so did the front three , so any optimism I may feel about the future is well grounded . |
| 6 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 7 | I may train as a nurse . ’ |
| 8 | My Lords , if I may revert to the proposition that a person can not consent to the theft of property from himself , it is absurd to suppose that a company consents to the theft of its own property , merely because the thief is for most purposes of the company its directing mind . |
| 9 | I may look into the cost , work involved and practicalities of doing it mainly electronically as well as whether it is worth starting it at this stage of the season . |
| 10 | ‘ I may look like a cabman , ’ he countered , ‘ but I 'm a charm in a salon . ’ |
| 11 | I may look like a child , but Luke — Luke changed all that . |
| 12 | The anthem : ‘ Blessed by Thou , Lord God of Israel ’ was sung by Thomas Street Church choir and the sermon was preached by Mr Guard who chose as his text the fourth verse of the twenty-seventh Psalm : ‘ One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after , that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life , to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in His temple . ’ |
| 13 | If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon . |
| 14 | I may object on a point of fact ( ‘ There are no gibbons there now ’ ) or by appealing to some other end or principle ( ‘ You ought not to put that problem off any longer ’ ) . |
| 15 | As usual , I felt that , on taking leave , I ought to proceed in a direction opposite to that which he was taking , because there was a mystery as to where Eliot lived , and I did not want to appear inquisitive . |
| 16 | My Lords , having drafted this speech , I then had the pleasure and advantage of reading in draft the speech to be delivered by my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , and concluded that I ought to refer to the company fraud cases which were canvassed before your Lordships , lest it be thought that the Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 statement of principle is inconsistent with a proper approach to such cases . |
| 17 | He went on : ‘ I feel that , as a minister of a parish having no other resident gentleman , I ought to act as a guardian of my own poor ; and if 00 should neglect any opportunity , which the Lord may place within my reach … |
| 18 | I ought to go to the party . |
| 19 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 20 | I ought to knock on the door of this hospital and say , Let me in . |
| 21 | " Dr. Lorrimer — he 's the Principal Scientific Officer in charge of the Biology Department — says that I ought to work for an A-level subject and try for a job as an Assistant Scientific Officer . |
| 22 | I must apologise for the delay in responding . |
| 23 | First , I must apologise to the House for not being present in the Chamber for some of the earlier speeches . |
| 24 | He was operated on and survived — just , and in passing I must comment on the dedication and skill of the Indian surgeon and Sri Lankan woman anaesthetist who performed the operation . |
| 25 | I must comment on the Perspective Sensual secrets of chocolate ( Chem . |
| 26 | ‘ I am a man , and a man of passions ; I must go to a woman , otherwise I shall freeze or turn to stone … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I must go to the loo , ’ said Jay . |
| 28 | ‘ I must go to the right here . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , and I must go to the garage . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Then my bridegroom and I must go to the forest to become really and truly wed ? |