Example sentences of "they may [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Occasional reports suggest that a single ailing individual can precipitate a mass stranding : whales are often reluctant to leave their comrades particularly if the sick animal is the leader of the group , and they may strand themselves rather than depart .
2 If they are arthritic , their sight is poor , or they are subject to dizzy spells they may trip over the flex .
3 They may co-habit in the landscape but their ecological niches make very different physical demands and their shapes have evolved accordingly : they are the barn owl , the herring gull and the mallard duck .
4 They , they may sort of be very submissive , B types , and therefore they can be stressed in a different way .
5 Now in , in the early stages you certainly want to encourage as many people from this base to join , when the development , the movement gathers pace it 's possible to say right we possibly w there 's some , sort of the wealthy peasants we do n't really want , they 're the ones who prospered under the old scheme of things , they were the ones who had some power and influence and er by even drawing them into the association there is a danger that they may sort of assume the lead or take an active role which would be detrimental , which would negate the movement and try and make it er less revolutionary and more lawful , they would go back to sort of reform of the old system rather than the overthrowal
6 They may stage something to coincide with the trial of last October 's terrorists .
7 A mother otter will bring a half-dead fish and give it to her young to play with in a pool so that they may practice the dives and swoops that are needed to be a successful underwater hunter .
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