Example sentences of "[pers pn] may not [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may not wear a mob cap , but I rake our coal-fired Rayburn daily and ‘ clouds of ash ’ is an understatement of the result . |
| 2 | I may not have a lot to give but what I 've got I 'll give to you |
| 3 | ‘ If I may not die a king I shall die like a gentleman ’ , he reflected . |
| 4 | You may not register a mark for services , such as consultancies , banking , engine tuning or education . |
| 5 | Walking out on your partner may not be the answer to midlife change and you may not want a divorce , but you are likely to find that you need to update your relationship if the marriage is to be sound and mutually satisfying for another twenty or thirty years . |
| 6 | No you may not draw a picture . |
| 7 | If you act quickly you may not need a specialist product . |
| 8 | You 're going to hear a lot more about her — and you may not like a lot of what you hear . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , what constitutes reasonable time is n't clearly defined under British law , and if a court thinks you 've taken too long to register your complaint , you may not have a case . |
| 10 | Of course , you may not have a choice about where you live , particularly if you are a student in halls of residence , or a disabled person with special requirements . |
| 11 | Right yeah erm so that can be , that can be a bit awkward but still some of the older stuff can give you a bit of a grounding in , in , in , in , in , in what it 's about if you can find anything relevant and sometimes you 've just got to sort of wander round the library and pick things up off the shelves like at random and see , see if you can find something in the index or find something in the contents pages that sort of vaguely coincides with what the you know what 's been talked about in the class that week erm sometimes if you keep looking you might actually be dead lucky and find one of the recommended books has actually come back in erm you may find that you 've got to be a bit flexible about that because , you know , if a topic 's dealt with in November you may not get a chance to see the book until you know kind of , I do n't know , February or something , you know I mean so it , it sometimes does mean you 've got to do the reading like a bit displaced from the from the classes |
| 12 | You may not get a standing ovation , but applause you do n't need . |
| 13 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 14 | She may not say a word but — it 's another base to be touched . ’ |
| 15 | In such circumstances we may not describe a band as being due to a single local mode , and the empirical methods we have used so far break down . |
| 16 | Many in the Labour movement were prepared to admit that without a strong combination forcing the National Government out of office " we may not get a chance for a very long time of putting into effect our ultimate aims " . |
| 17 | As I said we may not have a set up but if we have n't we 'll set one now . |
| 18 | Likewise , we may not wish a budget-holder to take risks with taxpayer 's money and to ensure equity the official may need to follow formal rules rather than respond flexibly to each new case . |
| 19 | Members can present petitions at the close of business of the House each day , but in future should we disregard them because people have merely put their signatures to something which , according to the Minister , they may not give a damn about ? |
| 20 | Individuals may not have access to private transport to substitute for inadequate public provision ; they may not be able to obtain a lift when necessary and they may not possess a telephone or the resources to obtain a car or phone . |
| 21 | ‘ But when they meet me , they may not see a kind creature who has helped them . |
| 22 | A Mob of Netters may have a Boss armed with a club , they may not have a Boss armed with a net . |
| 23 | They may not have a reason to prefer one way of going about things to another , but the fact that they chose to do it in a particular way gives them a reason to prefer that way from now on . |
| 24 | However they may not need a bus much longer . |
| 25 | Speak to a Kenyan distance runner in the high hills of the Rift Valley , a Bulgarian hurdler , a Soviet pole vaulter or even a Chinese high jumper and though they may not understand a word of what you are saying , when you utter the words ‘ Andy Norman ’ lights will shine in eyes and heads will nod in recognition and they will search , sometimes desperately , for an interpreter . |
| 26 | Thing was we had an awful lot of complaints last July , so it may not show an increase overall . |
| 27 | It could also be questioned whether a system of specialised representatives is desirable in that it may not produce a group of people willing to take an overall view of the question . |
| 28 | That it may not have a name . |
| 29 | But if he decides to go the Hollywood route , he may not have a choice . |
| 30 | But he may not have a home to go back to . |