Example sentences of "you may [adv] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | By the nature of your job , you may reasonably be expected to be aware of the standards that are required . |
2 | Once you have started the course , you may well be given specific routines to accomplish with your pet between these lessons . |
3 | You may well be asked to sing something unaccompanied , or do a short improvisation and you may well be asked to perform one of the speeches in a different way . |
4 | You may well be asked to sing something unaccompanied , or do a short improvisation and you may well be asked to perform one of the speeches in a different way . |
5 | You may well be asked by the conference director , Norman T. Shepherd to submit a synopsis . |
6 | This may seem rather excessive just for giving one speech , but if this is your first and you speak well , you may well be asked to give speeches later at other weddings and functions . |
7 | You may well be asked for your advice . |
8 | If you 've worked your way conscientiously through all the preceding chapters , sorted out the roof over your head , sussed out the teaching staff , discovered your way round the library and begun to develop good study habits , you may well be forgiven for thinking you wo n't find much time or space or energy left for anything like sex or love . |
9 | The family , meanwhile can be kept amused with the miniature railway , mini-farm and various family events , and if you meet at the coffee shop at the end of the day , you may even be treated to a little live music . |
10 | You may even be asked your shoe size , which is thought to give an indication of the size of your pelvis . |
11 | You may also be tempted by the Atari 1024STE Family Curriculum II Pack that costs £299.95 and comes with three educational programmes , a paint programme , a word processor and two games . |
12 | You may also be asked to design packaging . |
13 | And you may also be held up on the A three six one at Wardington where there are some temporary traffic lights , that 's just north of Banbury . |
14 | You may also be told that there is an alternative route via Dakar , some 500 kilometres away , which may give you a connecting flight to Praia , the capital on Santiago Island — provided , of course , that the plane turns up . |
15 | You may also be shown how to guide his arm movements , if he has made a good enough recovery to practise these correctly . |
16 | I hope that you may now be encouraged to experiment with weaving , and it may help you to use up those oddments of hand knitting yarn which you do n't have time to knit . |
17 | If someone else was paying rates on your behalf then you may still be counted as a ratepayer so check with your council if you are unsure whether you qualify . |
18 | Marriage breakdowns — if your partner has been paying the rent and leaves you , you may still be protected from eviction ; a solicitor will help . |
19 | Even if you are coping well enough overall , you may sometimes be provoked into anger against the patient , either because of his behaviour , or because of your mutual frustration at the situation his illness has created . |