Example sentences of "may [not/n't] come " in BNC.

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1 She may not come .
2 It 's Saturday night and they may not come .
3 Pollsters say they have detected signs of a swing back to the Conservatives — and that Labour support may have peaked last week — but it may not come in time to save the Tories .
4 It may not come at all if Labour wins .
5 An opportunity today which may not come again The campaign has appealed to our baser instincts , argues W. F. DEEDES , but with our democracy and economy in the balance , the choice before voters has never been starker
6 Discovering Afghanistan Festival of Afghan culture , billed as London 's first of its kind , which may or may not come as a great surprise .
7 There are two main types of reason why people may not come to the CAB : physical ones and psychological ones .
8 At the present pace of progress in Brussels , similar changes throughout the EC may not come in for a dozen years or more , and British farmers fear that they will lose business while waiting for European competitors to catch up .
9 It may not come out right .
10 People usually start to feel better about a problem when they have some explanation for it , but hang-ups relating to very early patterns of relating between mother and baby which we have been describing may not come to light within the time normally allowed for this type of treatment .
11 This may not come as a surprise to most of you , but relations between Britain — particularly England — and France are not at their best .
12 There are some aspects of our personalities which may not come over in the brief span of an interview , but which those close to us know only too well .
13 Other people 's prejudices are not difficult to discern , even though they may not come right out with it .
14 Instead , they 've spent £1million on Dion Dublin , an unproven centre forward from the Second Division who may or may not come off .
15 Success may not come swiftly but both men seem sure that it will arrive .
16 In the woman sensation is experienced through the clitoris and — although less intensely — in the first inch or so of the vagina ; there is also a ring of nerves around the mouth of the uterus which may or may not come into play .
17 The dog may not come . "
18 Moreover , the implicit criticisms may not come from sources external to the attitude-holder , but may originate from within the ideology shared by the attitude-holder .
19 Some fish are , in any case , unusually sensitive and may not come round , even after the recommended amount is used for the correct period .
20 Then : ‘ No , you dear thing , you may not come too … ’
21 They may not come from a church-going background , but with encouragement they might well respond to an invitation to be part of the Church 's music , at least occasionally .
22 In developing societies , primary education appears to be more of a social investment than individual consumption , while in affluent societies the demand for education may not come so much from the needs of the economy as from the demands of individual people .
23 Mr Rochester is always very popular with the ladies at these parties , so he may not come back for a week or so . ’
24 ‘ It may not come to that . ’
25 It may not come out as I intend .
26 That has already been increased to fou fourteen hundred er you when you 're making your recommendation may or may not come up with a recommendation for a somewhat larger settlement .
27 ‘ Your bus may not come for ages .
28 Or may not come into the equation .
29 The Oxfordshire Health Authority says the reasoning behind the warning is that many doctors ’ may not come across this very rare event in the course of their professional lifetime . ’
30 ‘ At the end of the day , if a shop , garage or hotel does not look after its customers , they might not complain , but they may not come back . ’
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