Example sentences of "[subord] you may [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Transfer the pudding to the refrigerator , where you may safely leave it for several days . |
| 2 | ‘ Things are starting to get much easier for the business person , although there 's still a big difference between setting up in Budapest , or Warsaw , or Prague , compared with somewhere in the country , where you may still have a long wait for a telephone connection . ’ |
| 3 | Although you may normally take the view that there is never a best time for spending money , retirement planning is different in that sooner or later you will need , or want , to make certain purchases — or pay off outstanding commitments , such as a mortgage . |
| 4 | ‘ Although you may never see the harvest of your care and thoughtfulness , rest assured it will go on multiplying . ’ |
| 5 | Although you may still find them on sale in the spring , they 're unlikely to be at their best by then so now is the time to buy them and get them planted before the bad frosts . |
| 6 | ‘ So you may even join his Crusade ? ’ said Primaflora , surprising him again . |
| 7 | Sometimes a more matronly dame may preside at a table whereon is a large basin of curds , jugs of cream , a number of strong dessert-plates and horn spoons , and a goodly array of oaten cakes ; so you may thus have curds and cream in the land of brown heath — and if lovely scenery lends a zest to wholesome fare , you should not fail to patronize this vendor of good things . |
| 8 | It is very difficult to do this without producing a ‘ blurred-vision ’ effect in the resist — so you may well have to scrap that attempt , recoat the board with resist and start all over again . |
| 9 | Now since you are able night and day to see flowers and a flower garden — Love every man so you may always dwell among flowers . ’ |
| 10 | But I fear you may not believe me : because you may well think that I 've made the process seem incredibly complicated . |
| 11 | So , while you may well have some trait or peculiarity about her that will give her a mark of distinction , this must be something that does not disqualify her from maximum general sympathy . |
| 12 | Well , then , let me put it this way : neither you nor I is happy ; but I may at least continue to be only moderately unhappy in reasonable comfort , while you may abruptly cease to be anything at all except on Social Security if goat 's cheese and sheep 's yoghurt hit a rough patch . |
| 13 | Attempting to stop the rotation directly may make matters worse , since you may well push the rudder stick the wrong way . |
| 14 | Should you know your cholesterol level , after you may well take your pulse or heart rate regularly when you have been out running , so why not ‘ know your cholesterol number ’ as the Americans would say ? |
| 15 | It is not a very demanding version of the chase , especially on Sundays , when you may well see rows of gunmen in position only a few easy yards from the hotel where they mean to have lunch . |
| 16 | Iron helps in the formation of red blood cells and supplies you with energy , particularly important for women during their monthly cycle when you may often lack energy and feel tired . |
| 17 | We like to think of you not as clients , but as guests , or as you may well discover even as a part of the family . |
| 18 | As you may well imagine this would mean huge heatsinks and power transformers . |
| 19 | I am not flavour of the week in some quarters as you may well imagine . |
| 20 | As you may already realise , once again the Almeida has gone in for a lot of posh posturing got up as a drama of social consciousness . |
| 21 | As you may already know — we have held some single premium bonds since 1966 , but would now like to amalgamate and increase this holding . |
| 22 | When I asked Alison what qualities you need to be a marketing controller she said , ‘ you need to be able to establish immediate empathy with the people you are talking to as you may only have a short time to get the feedback you need . |
| 23 | Remember that one of these options is to do nothing , though you may well feel that this is one of those cases where this course of action ( or in action ) would simply make matters worse . |
| 24 | In view of what I am about to relate , it would not be proper of me to identify the manoeuvre any more precisely , though you may well guess which one I am alluding to if I say that it caused something of an uproar at the time , adding significantly to the controversy the conflict as a whole was attracting . |
| 25 | Carving a wooden rocking horse is a most satisfying project , though you may well encounter frustrations on the way and times when you think it will never come right , but it will , eventually . |