Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I wonder if I may offer some thoughts on this theme as I reflect on the situation facing Catholic Christians in our Church today . |
2 | Someday I may meet another mammoth . |
3 | Please can you tell me where I may purchase some dog 's tooth violets . |
4 | If he stims me much more , I know that I may seek such stimming again , however unwillingly . |
5 | Steve and I may see each other six times a week if we 're racing . |
6 | I may gain more acceptance . |
7 | In Scotland I may find some answers . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | I may have more luck . ’ |
10 | ‘ Well , thank you , Mr Glynn , that 's all for the moment but I may have more questions for you later . ’ |
11 | 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 . |
12 | In summary : ‘ We 'll discuss work problems and possible remedies , both of which you suggest ; I may have some thoughts on these too . ’ |
13 | But having read them , it is first of all possible that I may have some queries on them . |
14 | The hon. Gentleman and I may have some disagreements , but I have respect for his command of basic arithmetic . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ I may have another drink , I may not , ’ Newman replied , looking at Corduroy Jacket . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 ? |
20 | This is only a reflection of larger areas of the church above , that 's if I may use that phrase , which is happening . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | Do you think I ought to put that teddy in his cot ? |
25 | Just as there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This is a pleasant experience ’ to saying ‘ This is a good thing ’ , so there is a substantial move from saying ‘ This act will produce the best consequences ’ to saying ‘ I ought to do this act ’ . |
26 | ‘ I ought to do some work , ’ said Joe , who felt events were causing him to fall behind with his current commission . |
27 | I suppose I ought to organise some curtains , but I never shut them so it 's hardly a priority . |
28 | I ought to start this note with a health warning — it contains some mathematics ; not a lot , but some . |
29 | ‘ I ought to get some sleep , ’ he said , but the coke had taken hold , it was lifting him , and he had such a good seat at the circus , he did n't really want to leave . |
30 | I ought to get some vegetables today I suppose . |