Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] may [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Frank , kindly remove your hand or I may remove it myself . |
| 2 | As soon as you can see that the embryo is unharmed , do n't touch it ( keep it virgin clean or you may infect it ) , but hold it by the handle and ease the shield shape into the T-shaped cut . |
| 3 | Now you may know all about personal allowances or you may think you know all about personal allowances and I thought like that . |
| 4 | Always be honest about your intentions or you may regret it later . |
| 5 | You 've got to make them feel that you 're not expecting too much of them , or you may make them freeze . |
| 6 | Some nurseries will supply rugosa rootstocks for those amateurs who want to try their hand , or you may raise them yourself by cuttings as described above . |
| 7 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 8 | The doctor is often the gate to all the other members of the health care team , although he or she may involve them only when problems have arisen . |
| 9 | When you visit your doctor , he or she may give you an prescription . |
| 10 | It may not be necessary to back up your words with actions — he or she may leave you alone after that . |
| 11 | Imparting some factual information but more commonly referring the sufferer to resources from which he or she may find it for himself or herself . |
| 12 | We may not obtain it , or we may obtain it and find it renders us unhappy ; we must still believe in it . |
| 13 | Or we may say we do not want treatment which ‘ just keeps us alive without any hope of a cure ’ . |
| 14 | Parents may hold their babies close and convey love for and admiration of their bodies , or they may hold them away and register distaste , even disgust , for some of their bodily functions . |
| 15 | They might say you gave a good performance , or they may say you gave a bad one , but they rarely go into the realms of personal abuse . |
| 16 | Children who behave well at school but badly at home may be responding to family tensions , or they may find it easier to accept discipline in the more formal atmosphere of a school . |
| 17 | The family may encourage independence , or they may stifle it ; the individual may rise to the challenge , but may equally be overcome with bitterness and despair . |
| 18 | But other couples will either find a way through and re-negotiate their relationship to allow for the different people that they 've now become , or they may shelve them because they get caught up in the , the very busyness of life , what we call the , the productivity phase , which is the third phase , where couples are maybe having children , building up a family , building up careers ; they 're involved in that sort of activity . |
| 19 | It may predispose the interviewer to accept you if nothing untoward is revealed at the interview , or it may prevent you from ever reaching that stage . |
| 20 | If proceedings are commenced by the wrong originating process , eg by summons rather than by originating application , such a breach of the rules is not necessarily fatal — thecourt may set the proceedings aside or it may allow them to be amended and give such directions as it thinks fit ( Ord 37 , r 5 ) . |
| 21 | Senator Ricardo may enact such a bill so as to increase his chance of re-election , or he may oppose it because he favours public spending on ideological grounds . |
| 22 | ‘ Anyroad , Bob 'll already have set off and I may meet him up on t'tops . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , thank you , miss , we 're stopping at the Royal , and I may say it seems fairly comfortable . |
| 25 | I hope it will become unrolled and someone may see it . |
| 26 | There are several good catalogues which you can obtain and which may supply you with new ideas ( see book list , page 136 ) . |
| 27 | Meat should not be eaten more than once a day ; and fish is increasingly thought of as healthier — oily fish is useful in the prevention of heart disease and arthritis — and you may feel it is worth substituting fish for meat as a main meal twice a week . |
| 28 | Erm , two er three points would I like , erm , picking up a couple of comments earlier , and coming back to a , I think if we use a cricketing analogy , a long hop I 'd like to bowl at you Chair , and you may hit it in Mr Wincup 's direction . |
| 29 | Some supermarkets sell them and you may find them in food halls . |
| 30 | exactly what I 's expect and you may find they actually sort of are on a down-slope still . |