Example sentences of "[pron] may [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may even get a job . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I build up my business the way I hope I can , I may well need a partner . |
| 3 | Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this |
| 4 | Madam Chairman if I may just make a comment of concern that information was not , on this point was not forthcoming to the county councillors of that area perhaps to make er give them an opportunity to make comment prior to you so you could make this delegated action . |
| 5 | It was , in truth , the finest holiday I 've ever spent on a building-site and I may never look a sardine in the gill again . |
| 6 | Declaring that he wishes to offer to the public ‘ the very Journal which Dr Johnson read ’ , he says he will not ‘ expand the text in any considerable degree , though I may occasionally supply a word to complete the sense as I fill up the blanks of abbreviation in the writing ’ . |
| 7 | It concerns some issue which may ultimately imply a choice of what to do about it . |
| 8 | How can the essence of higher education lie in those elements of the student 's course which may well form a minority of his or her studies ? |
| 9 | However , we do want to get rid of they ( otherwise the house soon gets full of unsold turnery ! ) , so we price them by our own standards — which may well include a look at what the competition is charging and the ‘ finger in the wind ’ which Hugh decries . |
| 10 | Yet the warrant will be granted for two months — which may well include a period of time running after the demonstration in question has taken place . |
| 11 | The writer 's intention to amuse , or the reader 's amusement , are not easy issues to deal with in any summary way , but various forms of surprise and shock which may well cause a laugh or a smile will emerge as essential in distinguishing the fabliau . |
| 12 | The distinction is quite important , for there are certain truly ‘ vaginal ’ infections in which the actual surface of the vagina is involved in the infective process and there are infections of the cervix and uterus which may also cause a discharge that appears ‘ vaginal ’ but is , in fact , cervical or uterine in origin . |
| 13 | Yet , a number of democratic constitutions today contain more than a mere organisation chart of functions and powers ; they contain Bills of Rights , which may also include a charter of social and economic rights , something characteristic of constitutions of the twentieth century , although generally honoured more in the breach than in the observance . |
| 14 | The hippocampus receives a large cholinergic innervation which may also play a role because LTP can be enhanced by the cholinesterase inhibitor physostigmine but is reduced by the anticholinergic agent scopolamine . |
| 15 | This can result in them being sued for libel ; in Britain it can also result in the people concerned complaining to the Press Council , which may publicly admonish a paper for bad reporting . |
| 16 | All major inquiries are now initiated by ministers who prefer to rely on royal commissions or departmental committees , which may sometimes contain a couple of MPs . |
| 17 | However , Mr Lamont , who may also make a cut in betting duty , is set to sanction the VAT registration of owners , enabling the recovery of VAT incurred on buying horses and on training fees . |
| 18 | delivery of care by multidisciplinary teams mean that the health-care professionals who may otherwise give a variety of types of health care to a client organise themselves into , and work as , a co-ordinated team . |
| 19 | However , there will be some circumstances where representations may have to made on behalf of individuals who enjoy income other than that arising from the Church , and who may therefore have a tax liability or indeed who may have tax repayment due to them . |
| 20 | The same applies to more distant relatives who may sometimes share a household . |
| 21 | The idea challenges scientists and non-scientists alike , including people who may never write a computer program in their lives , to come to terms with computers and understand what they are about |
| 22 | There are a lot of good people who may never enter a place of worship . |
| 23 | Okay just before we go first we get a copy of er exam papers , this is from G you may already have a copy oh blast |
| 24 | You may yet find a way of getting them both . |
| 25 | You may however see a chest drain on a general surgical ward . |
| 26 | You may ‘ see ’ the music in shapes and colours or you may simply experience a feeling of peace or deep emotion . |
| 27 | Then you may well find a lot any extra memory . |
| 28 | You may well have a computer at home or have used one somewhere else . |
| 29 | Er if you were a fairly decent criminal though you , you may well have a look through the windows to see if you can see any detectors on the wall , just to confirm it , because by now you 'd be thinking that a lot of these are dummies . |
| 30 | You may well have a copy of a video of a typical school day that you use at induction meetings . |