Example sentences of "he may [adv] [vb infin] [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | He kept in check the political and economic expectations of his people , but in so doing he may well have placed a burden on his young and untried successor , the fourteen-year-old Makhostive , his son by Ntombi Latfwala , who was queen regent of Swaziland from 1983 until the prince was crowned in April 1986 . |
2 | Nonetheless , he may well have had a guilty conscience : he certainly tried to use his influence to poison Mozart 's career , out of sheer jealousy at the younger man 's superior talents ; but he does not seem to have been directly involved in his death . |
3 | He may even need to use a blanket over his legs when he is sitting in his chair . |
4 | come and sit down and get to business , now he may not , he may still want to have a chat about the weather or whatever you know so again be aware that to cut too soon to business |
5 | Latics ' cash-strapped manager Joe Royle admitted he may still try to arrange a loan deal for the Anfield veteran , but it seems any transfer fee is beyond the range of the Lancashire club 's purse . |
6 | He may never have envisioned a situation in which it would be possible to specify in some detail the characteristics of the phylogenetic id , the evolutionary starting-point from which the modern id-ego organization began . |