Example sentences of "you may be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Certain cities cast a bewitching spell on people — no matter how fond you may be of country life or seaside resorts , Italy 's cities are just the type to enchant .
2 You may be on the level about having done a runner , or maybe not .
3 FOR the first half of the year you should have plenty of attack , although you may be on the receiving end of a show of force .
4 I mean you may be on a diet and see a wonderful cream cake and consciously resist temptation to eat it .
5 As beautiful and as wholesome as you may be on the outside , I shall reveal you for the black-hearted trickster that you are .
6 ‘ Think of Estella , and her education , and how unhappy you may be with her .
7 You may be with us unwillingly , but you are certainly with us for the time being . ’
8 Although you may be at some bar or club with the community interest at heart , people do n't look at you like that .
9 ‘ But if they ca n't be shifted , there 'll never be room for you , no matter how much better than them you may be at the job . ’
10 You have to know where you are all the time ; this means you must know what mile number you are at , so on day 4 you may be at mile 47 .
11 You may be at home when someone calls round and leaves their children with you ; you want to do your own thing but do n't feel you can say ‘ No ’ , so you say ‘ Yes ’ .
12 For example , it is possible for doctors to monitor how well you are , so that if your health deteriorates to a point at which you may be at risk from infections like PCP ( a virulent pneumonia ) , drugs can be prescribed which prevent or significantly delay their onset .
13 ‘ But you may be at ease .
14 So , if you are not aware of your environment and purposeful in your movements you may be off balance ; this will cause many of your muscles needlessly to work harder .
15 Leave the area southbound or you may be under arrest . ’
16 But I warn you , Mr Jacobsen , you may be under the impression that you have some sort of droit de seigneur over make-up artists but , let me assure you , you 're way off the mark .
17 I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back .
18 There is no need to pay in advance for the work even if you are asked to do so ; you may be in an awkward position if the firm ceases to trade without having completed the job .
19 Mumm , Cuvee Napa , California Sparkling Wine Victoria Wine £7.99 ; Safeway £8.49 ; Tesco £8.55 WITH the first results of the Election due on Thursday night , you may be in the mood to celebrate or drown your sorrows .
20 You may be in the habit of using some visual behaviours that run the risk of giving the other person a poor impression of you .
21 However , because you may be in a situation where there is no equipment available for lifting a resident , we 've included some guidelines to protect both care assistants and residents from injury :
22 It 's when you move from that to communicating domestically that you may be in trouble . ’
23 Is Paul saying , now you are a Christian , you may be in a dead-end job , but you 'd better grin and bear it ?
24 Additionally , when you retire , you may be in a lower tax bracket .
25 There is next to no hierarchy in advertising , so you may be in charge of the account in the managing director 's eyes , but an experienced creative person wo n't consider that you are " senior " to him .
26 When the file comes to be consulted you may be in another part of the world , in hospital or long dead !
27 You may be in an institution which has video-viewing facilities in the library and a selection of English language programmes for learners to borrow .
28 If you 're on too friendly terms with him , you may be in danger of not doing your job properly as a governor , because it can be quite difficult to stand back from somebody in an objective way when you know them too well or are too closely involved with them .
29 Or you may be like those who tell me they 've used what could have been a disaster to make their lives more what they wanted them to be .
30 I want to see evidence of both of them , that is my purpose , that you may be like me .
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