Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand if I am in a drama experience my own actions and things about me may trap me into believing I am in an actual event . |
| 2 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 3 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
| 4 | Just as he did earlier in the chapter , he warns Moses and Aaron to ‘ Get away from the midst of this congregation , that I may consume them in a moment . ’ |
| 5 | Give me the Lady Fand , that I may bear her to a fitting place . ’ |
| 6 | I shall not be gratified for a benefit , although I may return it in the hope of future benefits ; similarly I shall not avenge injuries except as a deterrent to future injuries . |
| 7 | the authority if I may refer you to it is the recent report of the British er Columbia Supreme Court erm courtesy of professional negligence er in the updating section it 's a a . |
| 8 | Now , please have Red Sixteen sent for , so that I may inform him of my decision . ’ |
| 9 | If I may ask you about the window ? |
| 10 | I may see you on the same plane . ’ |
| 11 | I may see you in the shop one of these days . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I may call you by your pen name , yes ? ’ he added . |
| 13 | For this alone , I may find it in my heart to forgive her . |
| 14 | If we can not guess Jacob 's motives , the storyteller makes them plain : ‘ I may appease him with the present that goes before me , and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will accept me . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I will buy it , so that I may have you to myself . ’ |
| 16 | I may unnerve you by saying that many of us err in this . |
| 17 | ROS : A compulsion towards philosophical introspection is his chief characteristic , if I may put it like that . |
| 18 | I may use them on Mrs occasionally . |
| 19 | She says I have just bought this pram from a jumble sale and I am thinking I may use it as a flower pot and maybe make some model babies out of flowers . |
| 20 | If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda . |
| 21 | But one day I may take you at your word , ’ she said darkly . |
| 22 | Planck is reported to have counselled the young Einstein in 1913 : ‘ As an older friend I must advise you against it ( the pursuit of the general theory of relativity ) , for in the first place you will not succeed ; and even if you do succeed no one will believe you . ’ |
| 23 | I must tell you of my latest accessory , an electronic wool winder . |
| 24 | But I must tell you of God 's plan for the people . |
| 25 | Indeed some of us think we now know what bankers in the republic felt like , if you stand up to make a speech the matter has moved on before you sit down again but I must tell you of the next major problem . |
| 26 | Before we start our session , I must tell you about an excellent course I attended recently . |
| 27 | ‘ I must tell you about our guardian angel . |
| 28 | I have something to tell you — I must tell you about my past life ! ’ |
| 29 | I must tell you about Hess . |
| 30 | I must tell you about the pet shop . ’ |