Example sentences of "[vb mod] [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have just uttered the words ‘ May I be struck by lightning this minute ’ . |
| 2 | There was also wistfulness about Paros and whether I found it more beautiful , which I said I did n't — may I be forgiven . |
| 3 | I know the spells laid on you at your birth , for I heard her sing them — and I smiled , may I be forgiven , for I thought then I 'd have the strength to break them ! |
| 4 | I can not , therefore , detach myself from the wickedest soul nor may I be denied identity with the most virtuous . ’ |
| 5 | REGARDING Mr E.W. Swanton 's interesting piece on A.E.J. Collins ( Watching Brief , April issue ) may I be permitted to put the question of declarations into perspective . |
| 6 | Sir , — At the risk of prolonging correspondence , may I be permitted to join the debate started by my old friend Stella Fearnley ( see ACCOUNTANCY , August , p 66 ) and continued in the September issue ( p 6 ) by Richard Harwood ? |
| 7 | May I be permitted … ? ’ |
| 8 | May I be introduced to the others ? ’ |
| 9 | " May I be allowed to give my opinion ? " she asked . |
| 10 | May I be allowed to stress that in overall terms the quality of the lifts and the level of service is exceptional . |
| 11 | LADY DAVERS : Must I be made a witness to your follies , by heavens ? |
| 12 | Why should I be debarred from a career in an area that interests me just because you 're a Grand Prix driver ? ’ |
| 13 | Why should I be cut off like this ? |
| 14 | Why , then , should I be moved by cold or a stomach cramp ? |
| 15 | ‘ Why should I be penalised for helping someone in trouble ? |
| 16 | Should I be flattered ? ’ |
| 17 | such informational helps the likes of Sainsbury , Tesco and Procter & Gamble to answer questions such as ‘ Should I be represented in that local market , given its size and quality ? ’ , |
| 18 | ‘ Why should I be punished for what Jason Prior 's tried to do to me — ? ’ |
| 19 | He foresaw ‘ the many hardships , miseries and wants that my poor family was like to meet with … should I be taken from them , especially my poor blind child … . |
| 20 | Lose my stuff one day , myself the next — should I be allowed out on my own ? ’ |
| 21 | Why should I be allowed to give him dietary advice and not be able to advise a young person not to engage in indiscriminate sexual activity ? ’ |
| 22 | If I meet my young son from school , laughing with his friends and waving to me and the dog , who wags its tail and barks in return , should I be supposed not to know what I am talking about if I pronounce them both to be conscious ? |
| 23 | The musical instruments symbolize an underlying harmony behind nature 's powers , to which the successful alchemist must himself be attuned . |
| 24 | They have a thirst for obedience , and will submit to whoever appoints himself leader , although the leader must himself be held in fascination ‘ by a strong faith ( in an idea ) in order to awaken the group 's faith ’ . |
| 25 | Indeed , that ‘ as if ’ model is an important part of the act of communication and must itself be treated as an object of study . |
| 26 | We suppose that the corporation must itself be treated as a moral agent , and then we proceed by applying facsimiles of our principles about individual fault and responsibility to it . |
| 27 | This hypothesis is a consequence of his search for the inherent necessities of human thought , following his dictum that " a theory , the ultimate in understanding , must satisfy the following formal conditions : it must confront the facts from the position of an antagonist , of course , but it must itself be based not on fact but on some absolute and inevitable exigency " ( 1984 : 23 ) . |
| 28 | In a boiler , for example , scale on the heating surfaces must itself be heated before the water . |
| 29 | However , should you be called upon to speak at a grand , formal wedding you may feel that a more erudite speech is required . |
| 30 | Should you be tempted by Lot 160 : ‘ Titanic , a brass lettered railway-style nameplate — £300/350 ’ , then you can put it on your mantelpiece , not the bank vault . |