Example sentences of "[adv] [modal v] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day in May I remember , the sun shone , the wind dropped and larks flew straight up from the fields , singing with astonishment when they felt the warmth in the air . |
| 2 | ‘ And long may I remain so . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So may I tell Mum ? ’ |
| 4 | She does n't like talking about dying or anything like that , so may I talk to you ? ’ |
| 5 | So may I ask you , Leslie , yourself blessed with endless charisma and , may I say , sex appeal , where am I going wrong on the terraces ? |
| 6 | So may I call upon Chris , the Honorary Treasurer to move the adoption of the accounts . |
| 7 | So may I enter a plea for simplicity , homeliness and humour , in the teaching of chemistry ? |
| 8 | You said you would like to come , so may I pick you up about eleven o'clock ? ’ |
| 9 | This means that not only must I refrain from doing a person bodily harm , but I must also refrain from bearing him any ill-will which might cause him mental suffering . |
| 10 | So should I wait |
| 11 | So should I put together a truncated anthology and add not an extra word ? |
| 12 | They 're over the river by this time , and so should I have been if you had not come so prompt to your hour . |
| 13 | erm , first twelve weeks pregnant so should I mark at the bottom when she types . |
| 14 | So should I say none of those |
| 15 | How long should I hold on to records ? |
| 16 | Q How long should I keep Sainsbury 's Vintage Champagne ? |
| 17 | ‘ How long must I wait , ’ he said suddenly , ‘ till you tell me why we are here together ? ’ |
| 18 | So could I presume to make just two or three points about the current ills of the NHS ? |
| 19 | So could I buy them ? |
| 20 | In fact we 've had an underwhelming response , I think at this present minute , and so could I put out the er , request again to members er , to consider coming to this seminar . |
| 21 | So could I have that ? |
| 22 | I WANT A NUT CASE- I am fed up with Janes so could I have some Claires and Sarahs please . |
| 23 | So could I have that ? |
| 24 | And I 'm sure I would n't get as good a rewards out of that personally and satisfaction as I perhaps would I do n't know . |
| 25 | Not only would I lose a valued client but her collection might come on to the market , her reasons for selling would become known , Durances all over the world would become suspect and lose their value and dealers would suffer . |
| 26 | Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right . |
| 27 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 28 | ‘ So would I tell you if I 'd made it up ? ’ he said . |
| 29 | Well I have to say that as a result of last night 's session I have a much healthier view of Hydro Electric and I do so would I have got that from the programme ? |
| 30 | So would I have to work longer then ? |