Example sentences of "[vb mod] i [vb infin] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I urge my right hon. Friend to keep as tight as humanly possible control on public expenditure so as to meet the objective of a balanced budget as soon as possible ? |
| 2 | Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman : May I inform my right Hon. Friend that I lunch in the cafeteria every day ? |
| 3 | Er , first of all may I give my sincere and abject apology for not being here to chair the Garrick 's A G M , this is due to a longstanding appointment made before I realized that the first Thursday in December is traditionally the day for the A G M. |
| 4 | May I present my newly appointed assistant , Doctor Masters ? |
| 5 | Sir , may I present my wife , Topaz ? " |
| 6 | She said hastily , ‘ Miss Abbott , may I present my nephew George Langley . |
| 7 | ‘ Caroline Bishop , may I present my grandmother , la Principessa Anna Sabatini ? ’ |
| 8 | May I substantiate my hon. Friend 's point ? |
| 9 | May I assure my right hon. Friend that , in my judgment , it is both correct and entirely characteristic that he should offer his resignation ? |
| 10 | May I start my chocolate ? |
| 11 | May I draw my right hon. Friend 's attention to the delegation that I led to the Lord Chancellor to consider the problem of bail bandits and light sentencing by Crown courts , and to the concern in my constituency that the Hampshire police authority is short changing the Isle of Wight in terms of the number of constables on the beat ? |
| 12 | May I draw my hon. Friend 's attention to the Government 's response to the Select Committee report ? |
| 13 | As for my right hon. Friend 's personal position , may I express my admiration for the frank and manly way in which he has offered his resignation ? |
| 14 | May I express my satisfaction that the Prime Minister does not now take the reluctant attitude towards the establishment of a rouble stabilisation fund that he did in July and August last year when I put that proposal to him ? |
| 15 | MAY I express my thanks and those of the Willington Labour Party to the voters of Willington , Oakenshaw and Page Bank for their support on Thursday , February 20 in the Willington East by-election . |
| 16 | Sir , — May I offer my sincere thanks to the many voters who so successfully supported the candidacy of Gerald Malone in Alton , Holybourne , Chawton and Beech . |
| 17 | May I finish my sentence ? |
| 18 | May I finish my argument ? |
| 19 | May I press my hon. Friend a little further on the question of the special car tax , given the Government 's excellent record in getting rid of idiosyncratic taxes , of which this is one ? |
| 20 | May I press my hon. Friend on this matter ? |
| 21 | ‘ May I consult my sticks about this matter for you ? ’ |
| 22 | To our prizewinners may I extend my particular congratulations . |
| 23 | May I extend my heartiest congratulations to Dexter Tiranti , Lesley and Peter Adamson , Troth Wells and the whole NI team on reaching the 200th issue . |
| 24 | May I associate my right hon. and hon. Friends with the tribute paid by the Prime Minister to Her Majesty the Queen , and may I join in the other congratulations already expressed ? |
| 25 | May I remind my right hon. Friend of today 's unemployment figures for Wales , where both the actual and the seasonally adjusted rates have fallen ? |
| 26 | As this is the first Prime Minister 's Question Time since the Commonwealth conference , may I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his constructive and positive approach to the issues ? |
| 27 | May I congratulate my hon. Friend the Minister on securing a 40 per cent . |
| 28 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on that record ? |
| 29 | If to tax and to please , no more than to love and be wise , is not given to man , may I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment on seeking to do the impossible . |
| 30 | May I congratulate my right hon. Friend particularly on the formation of a second Territorial Army Air Corps squadron ? |