Example sentences of "may [be] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that I ca n't help , but … ’ |
| 2 | One of the reasons for this preference may be that I first came to know it at Windrush . |
| 3 | All the events recorded in this book took place more than forty years ago and memories are apt to play tricks on us , so it may be that I have made a few mistakes . |
| 4 | ‘ The most obvious thing in mine may be that I like to work with numbers , but if I 've an urge to be an innovator too , I probably wo n't make a successful auditor . |
| 5 | It may be that I wo n't , but I like to keep that option . ’ |
| 6 | It may be that I find a situation hard to manage because I am apparently unable to prevent myself from reacting with paralysing anger when spoken to in this way . |
| 7 | It may be that I 'm asking too much of Bill Forsyth . |
| 8 | ‘ But they have long since vanished from Ireland , Fergus , and it may be that I will be the last Queen to have seen them and heard them . |
| 9 | ‘ It may be that I have seen this place . |
| 10 | On the other hand , if you report all to me it may be that I shall give you money . |
| 11 | I can hardly forebear , I 'm sorry for , if it 's er , a bad pun , but er , I can hardly forbear to say that it may be that I , that diocese can do with what one might describe as a dash of the Robin Hood 's , which I think Alan may er , bring to it . |
| 12 | I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case . |
| 13 | Sir Denis he may be but I fancy the measures being poured in the big rooms have been even more liberal ( small ‘ l ’ , of course ) than before . |
| 14 | ‘ It may be but I intend to eat first . |
| 15 | I admit that I prefer the longer film , but that may be because I saw it first . |
| 16 | Firstly , an emotion may be expressed involuntarily or voluntarily ; if I say something in a ‘ happy ’ way , this may be because I feel happy , or because I want to convey to you the impression that I am happy . |
| 17 | Erm i if I 'm honest I think I found Holly 's easier to understand on a first reading but that may be because I think perhaps read it . |