Example sentences of "[pers pn] may [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The routines suggested are guidelines : some of them may not apply to you in your current work . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | What pleases me may not please you , and my recommendation may disappoint you — and then what would you think ? |
| 7 | Well , this er hundred women are divided , but the majority , sixty two say no I may not smoke . |
| 8 | I may not answer and if I am doing your mouth I shall tell you so . ’ |
| 9 | I may not sympathize with the bombing . |
| 10 | Well , I 'll have a go but I may not eat all this but if it was smaller it 's really tasty as well . |
| 11 | I may not succeed , but I must try . " |
| 12 | It depends on circumstances which I may not enumerate |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I may not sleep . |
| 15 | If I am a chemist already , wanting an overview of another subject , I may not want to read three introductory chapters . |
| 16 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I accept your favour , my lady , although I may not wear it on my sleeve as a true knight should . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | Although I may not have got near to the ‘ God ’ of that particular place , those hundreds of hours spent in chapel were not wasted . |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | I may not have liked some of the things I saw and heard , but remember I was present from choice . |
| 28 | I may not have understood everything I heard at the time , but later it all slotted into place . |
| 29 | I intend to travel extensively during the summer and I may not have the pleasure of meeting you . |
| 30 | I may have done , I may not have done . |