Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll do in that case is hold this press release because you may want to change it again a little bit . |
| 2 | However , it follows on very naturally from the issues raised in chapter 3 , and some may want to read it directly after that . |
| 3 | This implies that people who can not remember things may not have lost the information — but may need to access it differently . |
| 4 | It is to be suspected that , together with its extensions , it constitutes the nuclear complex of every neurosis , and we may expect to find it actively at work in other regions of mental life . |
| 5 | One day I may attempt to buy it back from him . |
| 6 | If the template veers off target , you may attempt to bring it back towards the original target . |
| 7 | In fact , he liked standing , especially when telephoning , which , as he disliked that form of communication , may have rendered it less irksome . |
| 8 | You may have to lose it altogether . |
| 9 | I may have sent it quicker over the goal line with this touch , but I think it would have reached it in any case . ’ |
| 10 | But my instructions for the lads have always been that if you go to a job for a lady particularly and then a man comes along and starts to get stroppy , you 'll have to explain to the lady you may have to leave it temporarily and go back . |
| 11 | If no-one saw the caravan being towed along any of the main roads in the area , then Allen believes the gang may have stored it somewhere in the vicinity . |
| 12 | Boccaccio 's Decameron and a thousand porno movies may have said it before , but director Fernando Trueba has made an enjoyable comedy full of sunlight and incident out of wry eroticism and some excellent acting . |
| 13 | Interviewed last year , Gagosian responded to the accusation that he had made transparencies of paintings reproduced in art magazines and offered them for sale as ‘ a scurrilous charge ’ — but he went on to admit ‘ Well , I may have done it once . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He may have done it before , and said nothing to me because he knew I would n't approve . |
| 15 | He thinks he was ‘ making it up ’ , but ‘ may have heard it long ago ’ . |
| 16 | It conditioned my hair really well but I think I may have used it too often because my hair became a little TOO soft to style after a while ! ’ |
| 17 | We may have to cut it off , in which case , what about this — drapes across as you had them ! |
| 18 | If you go into that weekly han , that session hand-up booklet , that one yes , if you just hold it up Alistair , so everybody can see it , I know you may have put it away sorry , I think it 's good practice is n't it ? |
| 19 | As far as I remember he nodded in his own particularly grave yet twinkling way and that was that , I may have mentioned it again , in which case he said very little more than , ‘ We 've already discussed it . ’ |
| 20 | At that stage the divisional officer may have taken it away from the domestic scene , and er put it through to Glasgow if it was the , if the employer was a member of the employers ' association , he would then take it to local conference . |
| 21 | He told TV 's Panorama : ‘ They may try to nail it on to the perch again but nobody will believe it 's still alive . ’ |
| 22 | There is little , if any , risk of injury with a device of this type , although you will need to check that the stitching and design are suitably sturdy , as the dog may try to wrestle it off . |
| 23 | However , while a narrow range of assets may maximise yield it also increases the exposure to risk . |
| 24 | Though I may fail to carry it out to the full in this life , my faith in it shall abide . ’ |
| 25 | The shape of a sand pit is usually decided by the space and materials available , but if planning a new one , here are some ideas that may help to make it even more exciting . |