Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I may visit Liddy at her sister 's later .
2 ‘ If you do n't make more effort to be civil , I may regret fishing you from the sea on your arrival .
3 Certes , Sir , it behoves you to do this , because it is for God 's service , and because I may pardon Rodrigo with a good will .
4 I may wish destruction on the King 's enemies — ’ his voice was still clipped ‘ — but that does n't blind me to their good qualities . ’
5 I shall answer it as best I can , although I am afraid that I may burden Opposition Members with an answer that they have heard before .
6 Erm , I may have budget files , actual files , forecast files .
7 He graced his office with dignity and performed his duties with such excellence that I know I may have difficulty in walking in his footsteps .
8 I may have minority tastes , but I came here to find out what the right hon. and learned Gentleman would say about the autumn statement .
9 I , I grant you I mean , it 's my judgement as to how critical that meeting is , and I may lose business that way .
10 Mr Chamberlain 's services to the State are infinitely greater than any I have been able to render , but we are both men who are giving all we can give to the service of the State ; we are both men who are , or try to be , actuated by principle in our conduct ; we are men who , I think , have exactly the same views on the political problems of the day ; we are men who I believe — certainly on my side-have esteem and perhaps I may say affection for each other ; but the result of this dynamic force is that we stand here today , he prepared to go into the wilderness if he should be compelled to forsake the Prime Minister , and I prepared to go into the wilderness if I should be compelled to stay with him .
11 " I have wondered if I ought to leave Mummy .
12 The craziness of the theatre business was apparent from day one and about three weeks into my ten week contract , I thought I ought to give Peace Corps another try .
13 ‘ He 's the local judge , and I ought to report Pew 's death to him or Squire Trelawney .
14 I happened to look in on the Private Office before going home in order to see whether there was anything I ought to take account of .
15 She liked to plan everything — meals , shopping expeditions — in painstaking detail ; she was — again like Sophie — an extremely efficient housekeeper , always turning mattresses and telling me I ought to starch table napkins and put fresh flowers in the hall every day .
16 I suppose I ought to think quarter to six
17 I ought to have courage .
18 I must 've misheard .
19 I must tell Ma about the spider , she 'd like that . ’
20 I must 'ave bin sittin' there fer over an hour an' then this geezer comes out an' beckons me in 'is office .
21 And , Hal , from Chester I must go north to the march as fast as I may , for Walton sends me word there are new raids threatening , and it 's his belief and mine there are French knights serving there with Douglas . ’
22 Is it to the Holy Spirit , then , that I must assign Buddhism 's denial of the possibility of forgiveness , or communism 's cavalier attitude to truth and human life , or the self-satisfied man-centredness of much contemporary humanism ?
23 ‘ there are moments when I feel I 'm on the frontier of something and I must twist language in some way to pass the frontier ’ ( Brooke-Rose 1990e:31 )
24 I must leave Ralarth . ’
25 At the beginning of your memoir is a quotation from a letter by John Adams to his wife : ‘ I must study politics and war , that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy .
26 Hon. Members have already discussed the Bill briefly , but I must mention clause 1(2) ( a ) again .
27 I must pour wine also for Elijah . ’
28 ‘ And if I live in a factory town , I must speak factory language when I want it .
29 I must tape number ten no it takes an hour and a half on tape number ten .
30 No , no I ca n't I just ca n't eat so I 'm not forcing myself to eat , what I 'm trying to do is only to eat the right things and I must start vitamin supplements I think I 've got the age when I probably need that , I mean , this cold is a warning to me that my immune system is not as strong as it ought to be , I should n't have had another cold so soon after getting rid of one !
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