Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) . |
| 2 | I may rely on the arbitrator . |
| 3 | Pray tell me , Joan Halidon , that I may depend on your loyalty to my daughter . ’ |
| 4 | Indeed , if I may build on what they have said and sum up my position on the future of the European Community , it is this : in the new Europe that has emerged from the ashes of the second world war and now from the grim shadows of the cold war , new possibilities for peace and prosperity across Europe exist which have probably never before been seen on that continent . |
| 5 | ‘ I have nearly come to the end of what I have to say but there is one final complication if I may impose on your patience a little longer . |
| 6 | For that , ’ said the Robemaker , viciously , ‘ I am sworn to inflict every curse and every torment I may summon on his House . |
| 7 | Er , I must apologise again for what , er the way I addressed you , but of course with all these women equality er , movements going on , I never know whether its Mr , Mrs , or Ms. Erm , now I may call on Doctor Manchago to second the motion , please . |
| 8 | Er Our local reporter Caroline er will be contacting me with regard to any suggestions I may have on the editorial side . |
| 9 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 10 | I may put on my notes that this this guy may not have the background but there is something else I 've seen or we 've heard on the phone |
| 11 | 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' ? ’ |
| 12 | I ought to knock on the door of this hospital and say , Let me in . |
| 13 | I think I ought to check on my motor-bike patrol . ’ |
| 14 | Diana said I looked ill , and needed a holiday at the seaside , but St John thought I ought to concentrate on more serious work , and gave me even more Hindustani exercises to do . |
| 15 | I must finish on the tenth |
| 16 | I must comment on the Perspective Sensual secrets of chocolate ( Chem . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Sir , I must comment on the letters from Julian Clayton and Eileen Smith ( The Bookseller , ) 15th January . |
| 19 | HAVING watched Carrick Rangers through the years from as far back as the B Division days I feel I must comment on the pathetic lack of support given to the manager by the board . |
| 20 | So many girls at school say , ‘ Bloody hell , I must go on a diet ’ , but mostly they 're not serious about it . |
| 21 | To do this , I must rely on the truth of a number of facts about the world , and about the optical properties of my eyes . |
| 22 | I am a biologist not a chemist , and I must rely on chemists to get their sums right . |
| 23 | Yes , I 've got yeah I know they did , but I think after a while they stopped doing that I think the latest ones you 'll find do n't , do n't do that , they gave , you know , after a while they gave that up , but I , I must check on that , I must check on . |
| 24 | I must build on it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I must start on my plan again . |
| 26 | I must admit on every form I 've put the two and I thought afterward I 'd better |
| 27 | Yes , he 's always jumping on me to tell me to do more for local radio and get South East Arts and South East Arts clients more regularly in contact with local radio , and I must admit on the latter case I do think that many of our clients do spend a great deal of time and erm want to be active with local radio . |
| 28 | But I mean I must admit on the side of some men , it 's not actually an individual thing that I totally blame it on , although men , you know , have their responsibilities . |
| 29 | After a troubled night I went to Government House next morning and said to HE that I was convinced that this would be a disastrous step and that if it was decided to take it I must resign on the spot and announce in public my reasons for doing so . |
| 30 | When he hung up , Nadirpur said : ‘ I think I must call on the offices of Spidex myself . |