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Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	In times of crisis and extreme demand it is easy to overlook the willing horses some of whom may not know their own limitations .
2	Adoption should not be underestimated as a potential problem , and Howe ( 1990 ) estimated that there are approximately 600,000 relinquishing mothers in the UK — many of whom may not have come to terms with their loss .
3	The routines suggested are guidelines : some of them may not apply to you in your current work .
4	It is possible for an aircraft to have several different modes of spinning , and all of them may not have been discovered during the testing .
5	Forty eight and and presumably many of the people who are perhaps seventy drawing pensions , they may not have even paid in thirty years themselves , I mean they may be many of them may not have been around for that period of time .
6	One or both of them may not wish to cope with parenting a second time round , having not long been released from the exhaustion and limitations of childcare on their own account .
7	In particular we discuss two aspects of the interpretation of definite pronouns , which we call role mapping and name mapping , and suggest that either one of them may not occur in the interpretation of any particular sentence .
8	What pleases me may not please you , and my recommendation may disappoint you — and then what would you think ?
9	Material sent to them should not exceed 100 words .
10	This feature occurs because rational expectations generally implies restrictions on the coefficients of the model , and if the restrictions are valid then imposing them should not worsen the model 's explanatory power .
11	There was a long silence before Ipuky continued , ‘ What is said about me should not concern you .
12	Mr , I I I have many matter to consider in my report , so I let's not widen it even further into this rather wider philosophical matter .
13	Well , this er hundred women are divided , but the majority , sixty two say no I may not smoke .
14	I may not answer and if I am doing your mouth I shall tell you so . ’
15	I may not sympathize with the bombing .
16	Well , I 'll have a go but I may not eat all this but if it was smaller it 's really tasty as well .
17	I may not succeed , but I must try . "
18	It depends on circumstances which I may not enumerate
19	I may not possess any status or receive a substantial monthly pay cheque , but to have my trade grow entirely through my own efforts is one heck of a kick .
20	I may not sleep .
21	If I am a chemist already , wanting an overview of another subject , I may not want to read three introductory chapters .
22	I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time .
23	I may not suffer much from amour propre , but I 'm fucked if I 'm prepared to run the risk of running into people from my past life while clad as a bellhop .
24	I may not wear a mob cap , but I rake our coal-fired Rayburn daily and ‘ clouds of ash ’ is an understatement of the result .
25	‘ I accept your favour , my lady , although I may not wear it on my sleeve as a true knight should .
26	‘ Mr Stevens , I may not have been a housekeeper for long , but I would say that in the time I have been , my abilities have attracted some very generous remarks . ’
27	Although I may not have got near to the ‘ God ’ of that particular place , those hundreds of hours spent in chapel were not wasted .
28	Another Nottingham volunteer , Sue , said , ‘ I may not have lost a lot in pounds but it 's great to know I can lose inches from parts I did n't think I could ever reduce . ’
29	You see , I would be teased a lot at school because I may not have been as quick as the others , but Bernard never joined in .
30	‘ I may not have been the tallest , nor the most athletic — Mick Doyle reckoned I only ever jumped from my shoulders up — but what I did have was the most effective arse in world rugby ’ .