Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] [verb] and [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 May I go and check on it , General ?
2 Daniel said , ‘ May I go and see your church ? ’
3 When she did n't answer , only continued to stare at him helplessly , he continued hopefully , ‘ If I promise to remain mouse-like , may I stay and watch ? ’
4 Must I go and work in that shop ?
5 I du n no whether , should I go and see him or hand it in or what ?
6 Should I stop and check it out ? ’
7 ‘ Why should I marry and become the slave of a man earning four pounds a week ? ’ she asked .
8 Not much help to you , I know , but why should I fib and say I walked in ?
9 Q : When must you repent and believe , children ?
10 Should she try and get him back again or buy a newspaper first and try to find out what in the world he had been talking about ?
11 " Should we go and see if there 's any more room for dancing ?
12 right , okay , when should we try and go for that maybe at the end of April beginning of May ?
13 As they have sown , so must they reap and reap , even when the poppy flowers of passion have withered in their hands , and their harvest is but bitter tares , garnered in satiety .
14 Should he go and check ?
15 ‘ Well , I 've been thinking , why should he ring and ring like that and not come round ?
16 Could I go and get the clothes we left behind ? ’ she suggested .
17 asleep now but erm could I go and get it ?
18 And colleagues , could I start and remind delegates that if there are seconders or additional speakers on this side , if they would use this rostrum to my right , if they would use this rostrum .
19 How could I come and fetch you away with my belongings under my arm ?
20 And could I come and 'ave it with you at the table ? ’
21 Do n't all shout at once but just could somebody go and do it right okay .
22 What could you smell and taste during the fight ?
23 Could you go and ask her how many bags she 's got ?
24 Could you go and get the porridge please .
25 Anybody in Tadcaster who knows where Karen Smith lives and this is not my idea but it 's a goody could you ring and tell us what she 's got hanging out on the washing line at the moment .
26 You should have said so and so could you come and do so and so love , my daughter 's now do Christmas for me
27 Andrew could you come and hold this door ?
28 Could you come and help me ? ’
29 Could you come and help me get it out ? ’
30 Could you come and see to the arrangements ?
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