Example sentences of "[pron] may [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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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 Well , this er hundred women are divided , but the majority , sixty two say no I may not smoke .
10 I may not answer and if I am doing your mouth I shall tell you so . ’
11 I may not sympathize with the bombing .
12 Well , I 'll have a go but I may not eat all this but if it was smaller it 's really tasty as well .
13 I may not succeed , but I must try . "
14 It depends on circumstances which I may not enumerate
15 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 .
16 I may not sleep .
17 If I am a chemist already , wanting an overview of another subject , I may not want to read three introductory chapters .
18 I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 ‘ I accept your favour , my lady , although I may not wear it on my sleeve as a true knight should .
22 ‘ 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 . ’
23 Although I may not have got near to the ‘ God ’ of that particular place , those hundreds of hours spent in chapel were not wasted .
24 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 . ’
25 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 .
26 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 ’ .
27 I may not have seen the race , but I 've had enough people describe both the race and Jackie 's driving to know what a result it was .
28 On her other flank , would the USSR ever say of China what Germany once said of Russia : today I can afford to go to war , tomorrow I may not have that luxury ?
29 I may not have liked some of the things I saw and heard , but remember I was present from choice .
30 I may not have understood everything I heard at the time , but later it all slotted into place .
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