Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] may [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realise I am an obsessive sort of person and I realise I may never totally overcome my transsexual feelings . |
| 2 | Doctors say she may never be able to walk or talk , and there 's no cure for her blindness . |
| 3 | Friends of Cuba suggest they may just scrape through now that oil in commercial quantities has been found . |
| 4 | Yeah , but I mean if you told them which one you want they may well still be able to get it for you It is three minutes is n't it ? |
| 5 | If matters are n't resolved to their satisfaction the environmental groups warn whatever Timbmet say they may well come back . |
| 6 | if the rail fare 's gone up as I expect it may well have done . |
| 7 | So what you do is , to type check disk space slash and then it asks you wh if it comes up with a question , which I expect it may well , if you 've never done this before . |
| 8 | But as you say it may well be that erm we can look at it and say well really that factor compensates for that one , |
| 9 | So when Mr said that the firearms office majority of language , when the firearms officer said wait for the C I D and then some other policemen arrived and then you , that may well be right because from what you say it may well be that the C I D did get to the flat after the officers but before ? |
| 10 | ‘ I hope I may never make an enemy of thee ! ’ |
| 11 | It is important , however , that employees retain a sense of perspective in identifying words and conduct which may reasonably be perceived as causing harassment , alarm or distress as opposed to mere annoyance . |
| 12 | ( 5 ) While you are in receipt of Industrial Disablement Benefit you may also be entitled to : ( a ) Constant Attendance Allowance if you have been severely handicapped and are in need of constant care and attention and you are in receipt of 100 per cent Disablement Benefit Assessment ; ( b ) Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance if you qualify for both 100 per cent Disablement Benefit Assessment and Constant Attendance Allowance and your exceptionally severe condition is likely to be permanent . |
| 13 | I hope he may yet accept the general view that , on this sharp track and fast going , the obstacles should be a trifle softer and more invitingly built . |
| 14 | Yes , I mean you may well have seen on the television , some of the first film of some of the camps , that the first sort of rioting was about water . |
| 15 | As we have seen , NAB itself may well move in the latter direction , and possibly the former also . |
| 16 | You 're supposed to be an actor , but I suspect you may just be an exhibitionist . ’ |
| 17 | Also , by looking at the activities you are good at and enjoy you may well discover talents and abilities which you have not considered before as being useful in a job . |
| 18 | As well as using up adrenaline you may also need to relax muscles which have stiffened up because of tension . |
| 19 | I suspect there may well be areas in Greater York for example which are of high landscape value . |
| 20 | I suspect it may soon be superseded by a very different idea derived from evolutionary theory and the knowledge molecular biology is giving us about the genetic control of brain processes . |
| 21 | Once again , though , Trevor Proby received his marching orders and I fear we may never see him in a ‘ Stiffs ’ shirt again . |
| 22 | Not only is Hardwick House the the environment for Kenneth Graham 's imagination , Toad himself may well have been based on one of the old inhabitants . |
| 23 | The most important example of this will be Bailees for reward i.e. a Marina or Repairer storing a vessel for a fee — if the vessel is damaged whilst in their custody and control there may well be a possibility of recovering our outlay from them . |
| 24 | I expect he , you know they 're fairly busy but you know they may well |
| 25 | Where the minister and elders of a church have decided to pursue an application for demolition , remember they may only have come to this decision as a last resort , perhaps having received advice that there was no possibility of alternative use . |
| 26 | Additionally , says Millerand , elaborate Louis XIV furniture has a much narrower audience than later eighteenth-century styles , and those that like it may simply not have the space to accommodate such a very large piece of furniture . |
| 27 | Without an adequate system of cost control it may well be impossible to instil , let alone to sustain , the right attitude towards completing a project within budget by all those concerned . |
| 28 | It was to have been the IRA 's biggest gun-running plot ever , but it was foiled because of what was called ‘ Operation Leprechaun ’ , where the CIA , our MI5 and Irish Intelligence took a healthy — or unhealthy , it all depends on your point of view — interest in the activities of Noraid , an Irish-American group that specialized — for all I know it may still be specializing — in buying American arms and shipping them to the IRA in Ireland . |
| 29 | I was wondering I mean there may possibly be differences between I mean there was the format that speech generate of the H P and the format that the Sun would use . |
| 30 | She was sold in Middlesex ( Southall area ) on Wed 21st August , and I believe she may still be in the Middx , Berks or Bucks area . |