Example sentences of "may [verb] [pron] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , you may want someone to be able to see base figures and a final result , but not the devious manipulations you have performed on the route twixt the two . |
| 2 | People may pay you to be humane |
| 3 | Though this notion of what I shall be calling ‘ discursive metaphor ’ may seem itself to be metaphoric , it is , as we shall see , a justified extension of the standard definition , as it accounts for the distinct use of figurality in Brooke-Rose 's fiction . |
| 4 | Many things may cause you to be joyful . |
| 5 | Any of the following signs or symptoms may cause you to be suspicious : water retention asthma abdominal bloating migraine headache abdominal wind insomnia abdominal pain anxiety or irritability diarrhoea constipation eczema puffy eyelids rhinitis ( sneezing or a runny nose ) swollen fingers or ankles |