Example sentences of "i [verb] you may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean you may want to er for example , you know in some ways some of the responses may fit in quite nicely as a point on a scale or something like that , you may have some , you know , be able to in fact I advise you to come up with a fair number of quantitative type questions |
| 2 | Yeah mhm yeah I mean you may want to select some stuff that 's y'know that represents different kinds of things because as I remember our conversations earlier , you were interested in er y'know sort of ideological soundness , political correctness and y'know were some things funny but sort of off-colour for other reasons erm er I 'm paraphrasing it badly but er y'know I think that th s so you might want to get some stuff that 's sort of ideologically sound and humorous and er some stuff that 's a bit off-colour and humorous and some stuff that 's erm sort of I do n't know some stuff that 's main stream but has got a lot of y'know if you look at something like say The Two Ronnies or something , there 's a lot of there 's a lot of racism and sexism in there but it 's because it 's sort of main stream because it 's family viewing and stuff like that people tend not to think of it as problematic . |
| 3 | I mean you may find it 's not very easy to cut it down further until |
| 4 | I mean you may need to recall that capital later . |
| 5 | I mean you may have to support them through a sort of bad patch , but the idea is to erm get them so that they can look after themselves , you know . |
| 6 | Thank you chair , erm , in likelihood that I , I mean you may wish to these separately as well but I 'll group wish to see , is to , a is to approve an extension of the maximum aggregate by five per cent , b officers continue to monitor expenditure reporting to group leaders monthly and c officers and group leaders look into the allowance scheme to see if any suitable alterations need to be made . |
| 7 | But I fear you may live to regret it , Creggan . ’ |
| 8 | Though I trust you may have something slightly better than a stall , ’ suggested the gentleman wryly . |
| 9 | I hope you may have found him for them . ’ |
| 10 | If you go into that weekly han , that session hand-up booklet , that one yes , if you just hold it up Alistair , so everybody can see it , I know you may have put it away sorry , I think it 's good practice is n't it ? |
| 11 | ‘ I believe you may have been under the influence . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ My goodness , Eccles , ’ said Derek , flattening his hair , ‘ I believe you may have hit the nail right on the knuckle . |
| 13 | From what you said , I did n't think that you were very settled , so I am sending you this note via Mum — I suppose you may go home to see the new baby , anyway ? |
| 14 | I somehow do n't think they will take major amounts of money at those very restrictive odds , though I suppose you may get a couple of punters putting down a few quid each way : - ) . |
| 15 | I suppose you may say : ‘ Why should I be more green ’ ? and what I say to that is : ‘ I do n't know what the reason is for you but I do know that for me it 's about showing compassion for the planet we live on and trying to hand on as much beauty and good-will as we possibly can to future generations ; while improving our own quality of life . |
| 16 | ‘ When I tell you why I have asked you to come here , I think you may feel your journey has not been in vain , ’ he said , and his shoulders heaved , rising and falling with silent mirth . |
| 17 | You see I think if I I 'm trying to en envisage it , if you are erm you , you live in an area and er there have been some er outbreaks of violence of , you know , a nasty nature , some people have been killed , there 's been sort of erm disruption and er and so on , I do n't know how you 'd feel , I think you may feel erm a bit concerned about this , you 'd see things breaking down and you would n't see quite where it 's going to , to lead . |
| 18 | For example , the Chairman of the Board of Guardians for St Giles in East London considered that widows must be held in part responsible for their own condition : ‘ After the lapse of a certain number of years , when a widow has had the opportunity of showing providence on her own account , I think you may separate her from her late husband , but not immediately after his death ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ said Owen , ‘ I think you may find that in future that party is not quite as strong as it has been . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I think you may find that some of your less youthful associates have difficulty with the stairs , ’ he says . |
| 21 | I think you may find that there 'll be a different decision made . |
| 22 | When Rachel did n't immediately reply Nina peered over her glasses at Greg and said , ‘ I think you may find Rachel is the one person who may disagree with you . ’ |
| 23 | When I faltered as the realization hit me that it was n't Mum who 'd neglected me , but I who 'd neglected Mum , Pyke said gently , ‘ I think you may like to be in my next production . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I think you may have gone too far this time Mr B. ’ Sue N'Grabbit , lawyer , slapped a copy of the daily paper onto Bolt Head 's vast desktop . |
| 25 | ‘ I think you may have to believe it . ’ |
| 26 | As I think you may have a particular interest in this subject , I thought you would like to see the paper . |
| 27 | ‘ I think you may have made a mistake . |
| 28 | I think you may have a fundamental flaw in your thought processes . |
| 29 | I think you may have met the medical student last spring ? |
| 30 | ‘ I think you may have to wait until you come to visit Donna . |