Example sentences of "[adv] may i [verb] " 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 | Finally may I say that I hope that ( most days ) you enjoy reading this book as much as I ( most days ) enjoyed writing it . |
| 10 | Finally may I thank all those who supported the event which saw five main line steam locomotives operating over a preserved main line and hope that they found their visit enjoyable . |
| 11 | ‘ All that I have done today has gone amiss ’ , he says ( II , 17 ) ; ‘ Since we passed through the Argonath my choices have gone amiss ’ ( II , 28 ) ; ‘ And now may I make a right choice , and change the evil fate of this unhappy day ! ’ |
| 12 | And now may I go to comfort the living ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Now may I use your Astropath without further ado ? ’ |
| 14 | Now may I say one or two words about our various several of our bilateral programmes and er perhaps I will start with er saying a word or two about what the O D A is doing in Eastern Europe . |
| 15 | Er , now may I ask Mr Graham to second that motion , please . |
| 16 | ‘ Now may I drive you back to the pub ? ’ he said casually , as they emerged into the open air , and found the studious young man of the kiosk waiting to see his last customers out , one finger still keeping his place in a book . |
| 17 | You , you were n't auto sort of automatically allowed out till ten you had to go to the office and say , please may I stay out till ten . |
| 18 | Matilda said , ‘ Please may I talk to you for a moment ? ’ |
| 19 | She looked at him wistfully , then asked , ‘ Please may I travel with you ? ’ |
| 20 | Please may I go ? |
| 21 | ‘ Dear Aunt Emily , please may I go ? |
| 22 | Please may I go to Audrey Wise . |
| 23 | Please may I go to the toilet ? |
| 24 | Please may I go to the toilet ? |
| 25 | Please may I borrow a rubber sir . |
| 26 | Please may I take ? |
| 27 | Most kids have a pretty long list : ‘ Please may I have a Barbie doll with her van and a oops a daisy doll hands down games bensing babys teddy bears leggo my dolley suprise hungry hippoes . ’ |
| 28 | Please may I have compassionate leave , sir ? ’ |
| 29 | Please may I have 20 lashes ? |
| 30 | Please may I have my glass of whiskey . |