Example sentences of "we may [verb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be with them in peace so that we may remain with our family and children in peace . |
| 2 | If we women catch sight of them , we may discover to our alarm that , given suitably tempting circumstances , we would be quite capable of scheming by unscrupulous means to take another woman 's husband , or to gain power in a business situation . |
| 3 | Where we may boast of our striving for perfection , Jesus had only humility . |
| 4 | It is considerably harder to characterise the form of exchange at a local level , although we may hypothesise about its nature on the basis of the organisation viewed through alternative forms of evidence . |
| 5 | Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . |
| 6 | Benjamin , we may say to his credit , seems to have taken to Curry Rivel like a fish to water , and would stay there until the day he died . |
| 7 | Given the constraints placed upon officials by formal rules and regulations we may wonder to what extent there is the opportunity for officials to express personal qualities . |
| 8 | We are readily persuaded to postpone any criticisms we may have of his mode of telling the story , and the next two lines make it clear that the tale is only there to bring out a moral . |
| 9 | To gain that knowledge means we must not be afraid of what we may uncover within our nature in this process of self-analysis . |