Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Erm and I think I may do one in the middle of there and then leave that s like that .
2 I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ?
3 Just as he did earlier in the chapter , he warns Moses and Aaron to ‘ Get away from the midst of this congregation , that I may consume them in a moment . ’
4 Give me the Lady Fand , that I may bear her to a fitting place . ’
5 I shall not be gratified for a benefit , although I may return it in the hope of future benefits ; similarly I shall not avenge injuries except as a deterrent to future injuries .
6 I need to be able to see the path ahead in order to plan my route well in advance , or else I may get myself into an awkward position .
7 If I may ask you about the window ?
8 I may see you on the same plane . ’
9 I may see you in the shop one of these days . ’
10 If we can not guess Jacob 's motives , the storyteller makes them plain : ‘ I may appease him with the present that goes before me , and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will accept me . ’
11 She says I have just bought this pram from a jumble sale and I am thinking I may use it as a flower pot and maybe make some model babies out of flowers .
12 If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda .
13 Indeed some of us think we now know what bankers in the republic felt like , if you stand up to make a speech the matter has moved on before you sit down again but I must tell you of the next major problem .
14 I must tell you about the pet shop . ’
15 Before we start our session , I must tell you about an excellent course I attended recently .
16 Now , I must welcome him at the door .
17 When I hear the attacks on that modest , even cautious , and certainly prudent programme , I must compare it with the gross waste of public money in which the Government have indulged .
18 ‘ I regret I must leave you at the door , Lady Isabel .
19 I must leave you for a while .
20 We had no sooner got out of the supermarket 's doors than the wee imp said he was tired and I must carry him to the car .
21 I must prepare you for a surprise that will not , I hope , upset you too much .
22 I must content myself with the last verse of a hymn in honour of St Bartholomew :
23 But … if they 're family heirlooms then however much I want them , I must return them to the family where they belong , ’ she said dazedly .
24 He said , ‘ I must return it to the half-mortals , for only they in all the worlds can keep it safe now . ’ ’
25 That being so , ‘ I must immerse myself in the atmosphere of my homeland . ’
26 I think , therefore , that I must ask you for a ruling .
27 ‘ Silver , ’ he said , ‘ you 're a scoundrel and a murderer , but I 'm told that I must save you from the law . ’
28 But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action .
29 Before I do so I must say something about the way in which the U K economy has developed since the latter half of the nineteenth century .
30 This is not a book about theoretical astronomy , but I must say something about the way in which a star radiates , because it is very much part of the overall story .
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