Example sentences of "[pron] may [verb] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4 to 5 is relatively easy and if someone starts off at 5 they do n't need any persuading at all ( attempts to persuade them may irritate them so much that they start to move to the left ! ) . |
| 2 | Just as he did earlier in the chapter , he warns Moses and Aaron to ‘ Get away from the midst of this congregation , that I may consume them in a moment . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I would have had no objection to telling them the position , in all honesty we could have done that and I may give them advance warning next year . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't ring your family with the sole intention of provoking another of your temper tantrums , however entertaining I may find them . |
| 5 | so I may touch them |
| 6 | I may lose them and that would be terrible ! |
| 7 | I may use them on Mrs occasionally . |
| 8 | If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda . |
| 9 | ‘ But my feelings are different , if I may state them . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) A general immunity , possessed by all persons and bodies , from being compelled on pain of punishment to answer questions the answers to which may incriminate them . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) A general immunity , possessed by all persons and bodies , from being compelled on pain of punishment to answer questions the answers to which may incriminate them . |
| 12 | But antiracist activities encapsulate one final problem which may outlive them . |
| 13 | Elderly parents may begin to feel tense and unsure of their previous social skills and ability to sustain long conversations with visitors , or may tire very quickly , which may lead them to start placing obstacles of one kind and another to people coming to the house at all . |
| 14 | They may have changing patterns of substance use and an unstructured lifestyle which may lead them to want services intermittently . |
| 15 | ( In fact , if one reads her work carefully , one notices that she never speaks of God , but rather of people 's concept of God , which may lead them on in their striving for justice . ) |
| 16 | And the ‘ people professions ’ ( such as management , social work and teaching ) also seem to have a somewhat ambiguous status in the academic culture , which may lead them sometimes to de-emphasize the human aspects of their work , and emphasize the theoretical , procedural or institutional . |
| 17 | Since that was so counterbalanced by conditions , which may lead them into disputes and difficulties , they would be better acting upon their current lease . |
| 18 | To the men and women who wait in its shadow with the ground rumbling under them and the volcanic ash hiding the sun , it is a terrifying reality which may drive them to the most desperate expedients . |
| 19 | A subfamily of the Ophiacanthidae with small imbricating transparent scales or skin covering the disk , the scales often armed with spinelets or granules which may obscure them ; the disk sack-like , sometimes indented interradially ; the radial shields not integrated with the disk but over laid by the scales or skin covering the disk with only their distal ends evident ; the jaws as broad as long ; one to several apical papillae flanked by three to many oral papillae each side ; tentacle pores not conspicuously large usually armed with at least one tentacle scale ; arm spines vary in length but dorsal ones usually longer than one arm segment , sometimes forming a fan on proximal arm segments . |
| 20 | But in a way that puts cash into companies which may allow them to increase their dividends . ’ |
| 21 | We have seen that theories in the social sciences often appear to have irreducible value-components which may render them fundamentally incompatible with one another . |
| 22 | These will probably be things that they would have kept as a matter of course in their store cupboard in earlier days , but have gradually dropped off their shopping list as they grew older and only had themselves to cook for ; so there is no question of giving them new ideas — only trying to revive old ones , which may tempt them to prepare more varied and nourishing meals to achieve a balanced diet . |
| 23 | The Secretary of State at the head of its sponsoring Department of State must lay its annual report and accounts before Parliament which may debate them and which may , if it thinks fit , call the Chairman and others before a select committee , examine them and report on their performance . |
| 24 | These children would be put into orphanages or into care and have a greater possibility of leading an unhappy childhood which may afflict them with mental disorders . |
| 25 | Police were also examining video tapes which may help them find those responsible . |
| 26 | Since electrically charged objects attract or repel one another ( unlike charges attract , like charges repel ) , there are forces of attraction and repulsion between atoms , which may cause them to combine in specific ways to form chemical compounds . |
| 27 | This approach takes into consideration the person 's past history and current circumstances which may cause them to be especially susceptible to respond adversely to particular types of event . |
| 28 | Drug makers are by far the largest beneficiaries , which may save them $2 billion a year . |
| 29 | According to Millward ; " There is a severe risk to marine organisms and ultimately humans who may eat them . " |
| 30 | Sports heroes and pop stars provide images for teenagers , who may imitate them and style themselves upon them . |