Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Excuse me let's eat tonight mind .
2 Others among them may form consistently unfortunate or unhappy heterosexual relationships without realising the true reason for their failures in this area ; for these , realisation of their homosexual needs and urges could be a step towards release from a heterosexual bondage .
3 I have passed it round the various organisations within the parish and some of them may reply directly to your office .
4 Although most of these techniques are expensive and difficult to use , it is possible that at least some of them may become more easily available ; they can be very useful both for discovering in detail how English speakers produce their speech sounds , and for demonstrating to learners of English their pronunciation errors in a way that helps them to correct them .
5 We 're looking for the funny , the beautiful , the weird and the wonderful , family pictures and holiday snaps , but each of them must have that little extra something … .
6 If they are not athletically fit they may not be able to hunt for a while and this could be critical , as most of them must kill regularly to survive .
7 of them should go straight on to the beat .
8 ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely
9 I SAID to the man who stood at the gate of the year , ‘ Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown ’ .
10 In choices of means , I may pay severely for failing to recognize the equality of personal as of spatial and temporal viewpoints , if for example I lose awareness of the fact that a competitor 's need and determination is as great as mine ; but in choosing between our ends , nothing compels me to feel the pull of his inclination equally with mine , other than a recognition that it is illogical to shut my eyes in one case to what I am forced to acknowledge in the other .
11 ‘ We live in a monarchy , and if I may speak personally , I hope and believe we always will .
12 Tell me that , so I may hope still to find , one day , a man of pure heart .
13 Similar impressions seem to arise from sentences such as I may leave tomorrow and I can finish it next week .
14 But if I may make so bold — will you be careful of my master ?
15 " Well , " she said , looking at them in turn again , lifting her face to gaze directly at Graham , " if I may make so bold , chaps , how about a drink ?
16 When I started refereeing in the 1960s the props ' attitude was : ‘ I may go backwards in a scrummage , but I will never go down ’ .
17 ‘ You mean I may go soon ? ’
18 I may go even further than the Long Drive , he 'd said .
19 I may go there .
20 I may give away everything I have , and even give up my body to be burned — but if I have no love this does me no good .
21 I may eat too much , I know I drink too much , but I pursue justice and do the best I can . ’
22 Pray God that I may live yet awhile for your sakes , and you shall enter into great honour , and they shall kiss your hands .
23 Is there no gentleman or lady of virtue in this neighbourhood to whom I may fly only till I can find a way to get to my poor father and mother ?
24 I may work backwards from there . ’
25 If I may come tomorrow ? ’
26 ‘ If I may come straight to the point , sir .
27 Perhaps I may turn briefly to the higher rates , which may be in the minds of some , and ask whether it would be possible to picket Park lane , to ask those attending this evening 's £500 per head dinner whether they are paying more tax this year at the lower rate , or whether they paid more tax in 1979 at Labour 's higher rates ?
28 Remarks made by the Senior Management Team about the value of these ‘ minutes ’ in the absence of their own , points to the possibility that I may have slightly biased the proceedings by asserting my interpretation of events .
29 I may have already sent this , but if not .
30 In my blunderings around Enniskillen , I may have inadvertently done some harm , as foreigners do in Communist lands by innocently befriending natives who are then shadowed by the secret police and later imprisoned or shot .
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