Example sentences of "[pers pn] may be [conj] they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ghosts they may be but they bring back memories of broken hearts , foul deeds , sinister minds , and souls stained with the blackness of hell . |
| 2 | Bleeders , buggers and sods they may be before they arrive but , once they 're there , it 's her lap that they always land on . |
| 3 | That is , the results shown in Fig. 5.7 may occur because rats generalize readily between stimuli that have had the same consequence in prior training ; but equally it may be that they generalize less readily between stimuli that have had differing consequences ; or both processes may be operating . |
| 4 | It may be that they left the gate open when they went , and Joe just trotted out . ’ |
| 5 | Lukoff and Whiteman ( 1960 ) found that blind pupils make blind friends when they have the opportunity to do so , and it may be that they need as they grow up to have some shared experience with children and young people who face similar challenges . |
| 6 | It may be that they have developed new sensitivities to foods , or that they are becoming chemical-sensitive . |
| 7 | It may be that they have been healed ; it may be that they have known the manifest presence of God as the church has drawn near to him in worship . |
| 8 | It may be that they have been healed ; it may be that they have known the manifest presence of God as the church has drawn near to him in worship . |
| 9 | It may be that they have been without God and alone and lost in the world and that through the preaching of the word they have become Christians . |
| 10 | It may be that they have just had their operation or they are just about to have it . ’ |
| 11 | It may be that they have found a way to train humans . |
| 12 | When archaic figures of this type first became known they were called ‘ Apollo ’ , and it may be that they have an early association with his worship , but certainly not all can represent him and the non-committal ‘ kouros ’ is preferable . |
| 13 | It may be that they have feelings stronger than law-abiding persons , which is why they have committed crimes . |
| 14 | It may be that they have discussed the matter with other witnesses , or even the opposition , and reconsidered their evidence . |
| 15 | But I 'll I 'll have to find out from them , it may be that they do n't want me to send anybody else to it because I made the initial contact with them . |
| 16 | Well it may be that they do n't know how to , or that they set out such patterns of relating together that they have n't got the means of coping with it . |
| 17 | They may need to reorganize because of demography — that 's the number of pupils that are in a particular area , where you 've got too many schools , or it may be that they want to change the type of offer , such as some of us want to do in the City of Oxford . |
| 18 | It may be because they thought he has access to money or stores it there but that information is wrong . |