Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Scotland I may find some answers . |
| 32 | I may have other problems one of these days , but overweight is never again going to be one of them ’ … |
| 33 | I may have the gift of inspired preaching ; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets ; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains — but if I have no love , I am nothing . |
| 34 | Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family . |
| 35 | I may have more luck . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ Well , thank you , Mr Glynn , that 's all for the moment but I may have more questions for you later . ’ |
| 37 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |
| 38 | In summary : ‘ We 'll discuss work problems and possible remedies , both of which you suggest ; I may have some thoughts on these too . ’ |
| 39 | But having read them , it is first of all possible that I may have some queries on them . |
| 40 | The hon. Gentleman and I may have some disagreements , but I have respect for his command of basic arithmetic . |
| 41 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 42 | ‘ I may have another drink , I may not , ’ Newman replied , looking at Corduroy Jacket . |
| 43 | ‘ Thee I invoke , oh our Emperor , ’ he prayed , the formula glowing neon in his mind 's eye , ‘ that thou wilt infuse these cards this hour ; that thereby I may obtain true insight of things hidden , to thy glory and to the salvation of humanity — ’ |
| 44 | The Government have cut unemployment benefit 11 times since 1979 , making a cumulative ’ saving ’ — if I may use that word — at the expense of the unemployed , of £5 billion to £6 billion over the past decade . |
| 45 | In other words , these things I 've been talking about , map , if I may use that concept again from mathematics , they map to earlier feelings . |
| 46 | Is my hon. Friend — if I may use that term — sure that a solution put forward in this House would be accepted in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic ? |
| 47 | This is only a reflection of larger areas of the church above , that 's if I may use that phrase , which is happening . |
| 48 | The confusion yields when we realize that we have to do with a limited area , however large , and that the ‘ unionists ’ , if I may use this term , made the mistake of extrapolating the ambiguity and interchangeability within this limited area to the whole scope of Mozart 's staccato notation . |
| 49 | ‘ In only the broadest and I may say sloppiest usage of the term would this obsessive little undeadnik be counted as a dybbuk . |
| 50 | He is if I may take this question of the appointment of the independent members , he has certainly separated himself directly from their appointment by having this regional instrument . |
| 51 | Before the hon. Gentleman moves on from his point about the proposal to locate the health common services authority in the old BBC offices at Gabalfa , perhaps I may take some credit for that not having come to pass . |
| 52 | There are also occasions when someone may create such disturbance and disruption at home or in a public place that others are seriously overburdened by the symptoms and admission is necessary . |
| 53 | Someone should test this possibility — perhaps by seeing whether LTP can still be induced in animals which have led their lives in a genuinely wild and unrestricted environment — before too much more theory-making is built around it . |
| 54 | ‘ I must finish this letter . |
| 55 | I must finish this letter , she thought . |
| 56 | And before I go on I must set one thing straight . |
| 57 | I congratulate Yarrow on its good fortune in securing a contract for three ships at once , but I must express some dismay on behalf of Vosper Thornycroft , Southampton , which has built many naval ships in the past . |
| 58 | I must express some surprise that such a notion should have prevailed . |
| 59 | If you find my door closed to you , it 's because I must travel this dark , dangerous road alone . |
| 60 | I must do that bit and that before that . |