Example sentences of "may [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welfare rights services , for example could be defined in a variety of ways which may not make them readily understandable . |
| 2 | It may not make them popular , but it will usually make them right . |
| 3 | It may not make you very popular with the queue behind you in the post office , but if it helps you that does not matter . |
| 4 | In places like Fort William where the rainfall is so high , or on high exposed ground , some vegetables may not make it . |
| 5 | I have suggested that it can be shown to be fair or just to do so ; but this may not make it right if some other principle of greater weight is involved . |
| 6 | Dad 's oldest friend — he may not make it . ’ |
| 7 | All your suggestions may not make it into our pages , but they find a place in our hearts … |
| 8 | Some hard-pressed commuters may not make it to the end of the line . ) |
| 9 | Conversely , the firm may use a non-conventional channel like mail order which requires minimal investment in salespeople , although the physical characteristics of the product may not make it suitable for mail order . |
| 10 | But then he may not invest it , he may just consume . |
| 11 | Also , there is the situation where a wife may not feel she can really give her husband a present because the funds she would be spending would actually be his . |
| 12 | You may not feel it in the shop , or on our first few runs . |
| 13 | You may not feel it at the moment because I 've blocked your mind from the pain . |
| 14 | ‘ You never know , it may not bother her after all this time . |
| 15 | That may not bother him because it was in Christchurch that he had his Ireland tour brought to a premature end last year by a punch from Canterbury 's Andy Earl which broke his jaw . |
| 16 | But as Zelda West Meads explains , it may not bother you . |
| 17 | ‘ You may not want them to begin with , but you should n't fix it , do n't say ‘ I 'll never want children ’ , and do n't put him in that position either . |
| 18 | I do n't know how that all worked with work , because erm , they may not want me too . |
| 19 | Furthermore , the above is transcribed into fine-class phonemes and , as we saw in the previous section , we can not expect the front end to be so accurate , and indeed we may not want it to try . |
| 20 | We may not want it but the government is going to demand it and we as custodians of the services on the part of the people of Cambridge , are going to have to do as sensibly and sensitively as possible . |
| 21 | She may not want you . |
| 22 | She may not want you Rocket . |
| 23 | In any event , knowledge within the firm of the identity of the intermediary 's client may not identify him if the salesman or perhaps the dealer concerned did not know either that the intermediary was acting as intermediary or the identity of the client ; this is a Chinese wall-type question . |
| 24 | Their respective economic stopping points may not leave them exactly equally matched . |
| 25 | At £26 or so a square yard , Cottage Collection may not leave you with a lot to spend on lavish celebrations . |
| 26 | AT £26 OR SO A SQUARE YARD , COTTAGE COLLECTION MAY NOT LEAVE YOU WITH A LOT TO SPEND ON LAVISH CELEBRATIONS . |
| 27 | While this may not mean they are preventable , there is at least the possibility of fortifying the individual against their effects . |
| 28 | Numerous people arrested after the army assault on Tiananmen Square are known to be still imprisoned , even though Beijing may not classify them either as students or political prisoners . |
| 29 | Second , there is a different sense in which private individuals may not want to conserve soil or have a small family other than the most obvious that it may not benefit them . |
| 30 | While they may not realise it , owners can be held liable if their dog attacks someone , or causes an accident or damage , and this policy covers them up to £1 million . |