Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] my [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | ‘ Does this mean when I go upstairs to bed , I ought to reset my watch when I come down in the morning because it 's got out of step with the clocks downstairs ? ’ |
| 2 | I may modify my behaviour to conform to the expectations of the group , and I will do so in a much shorter time than I would in a one-to-one relationship . |
| 3 | This may explain my confusion on reading a newspaper advertisement touting a book on baseball by Roger Angell . |
| 4 | ‘ It may damage my buses and I would have no alternative but to withdraw the service . ’ |
| 5 | Ought to know my bark 's worse than my bite . ’ |
| 6 | Alternatively , you may be able to put a short note in the next ‘ Contact ’ for which you may include my address , if required . |
| 7 | Already the world may know my story . |
| 8 | " You do n't know me , " he 'd bellow , " but you may know my brother . " |
| 9 | All this ‘ I must consult my brother ’ was nonsense . |
| 10 | He swooped about , holding an imaginary partner , and John said to Anne , ‘ You must think my family are cracked . ’ |
| 11 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 12 | I do n't think , for instance , that I should want my death assumed and my property disposed of too soon , so we wo n't go into that part of the affair just now , if you do n't mind . |
| 13 | When the man came from I would n't know , but I just felt as a op coopted parish councillor that I should make my voice heard on behalf of all the people that complain to me . |
| 14 | Perhaps I should explain my situation … |
| 15 | I should explain my interest . |
| 16 | ‘ Before I go , ’ said Lord Henry , ‘ you must answer my question , Basil . |
| 17 | ‘ You must answer my question first , ’ he said , his eyes on hers . |
| 18 | I must want my head tested sorting mail all day when I could be picking up wads of it on the lorries . ’ |
| 19 | I became very conscious that I must cover my chest . |
| 20 | Which is why I must cover my traces , I thought , then go up and check the state of the relics . |
| 21 | ‘ You must pardon my intemperance . |
| 22 | You must remain my Chancellor . ’ |
| 23 | BELVILLE : I had thought you should have sat at table with me , but when I find you can not forget your original but must prefer my menials to me , you shall wait on me while I sup . |
| 24 | I knelt and prayed , not only for guidance and inspiration in the carving , but that a new era of peace and honesty should invade my life whilst I worked … ’ |
| 25 | However , under the Standing Orders I must make my announcement now . |
| 26 | ‘ Wait but a few moments here for me , ’ she said more gently , ‘ for I must make my farewell to the Lady Percy , who has been more than kind to me . ’ |
| 27 | Her faults are my faults : her virtues I must make my virtues . |
| 28 | ‘ Not eating Becky 's food I can understand , Goldie , but really — I should think my kitchen at least is kosher enough for you ! ’ |
| 29 | I must explain my ruse for prising so much stuff — good stuff — out of the islanders . ’ |
| 30 | I must expose my id |