Example sentences of "she may " in BNC.

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1 She is looking for critical views against which to pitch her own ; it seems that she may have chosen the wrong sort of topic , since on a holiday in Italy she had been stunned by the newly renovated Michelangelo ceiling in the Sistine Chapel in Rome , and although there were plenty of books about it , many of them went into extravagant detail .
2 Then there is the tale of a lying girl , as she may be , with whom he makes love , and who alarms him with word of a threatening German — a former SS man , perhaps .
3 The Queen will certainly need a glossary , but even then she may well be uncertain as to just how much Kelman likes his unlikely lad .
4 ‘ And she may not want to talk about it .
5 She may have made a mess of her life ; she may have faced problems beyond your comprehension .
6 She may have made a mess of her life ; she may have faced problems beyond your comprehension .
7 As a woman gets older , she may notice changes in the pattern of her periods .
8 After the emergency , give your child the opportunity to talk about the incident and about any other worries he or she may have .
9 She may not come .
10 He or she may recommend chiropody , or visits from a district nurse ; or physiotherapy may be required to help regain mobility after an operation .
11 She may not have any speech , but she has no problems in making her feelings clear : she wails at the memory .
12 However , she may not cope with another supplemented runner , LINE OF THUNDER ( nap 3.10 ) .
13 Yesterday , in Tokyo , she indicated that she may be around for a little while longer than expected .
14 Doctors say she may survive : ‘ We were very surprised at the strength of her body , after all the … well you know what I mean , ’ said one .
15 After all , if this week 's polls are anything to go by , she may be joining the ranks of Britain 's retired pensioners in 1992 .
16 If your employee is not entitled to SMP , you need to complete form SMP1 and give it to her together with any maternity certificate which she may have given you .
17 After making first animal feed ( korm ) and only later cabbage soup ( shchi ) for the family , she may finally turn to the work that occupies the womenfolk from November until Lent — spinning flax from that blue-flowered , frail-leaved plant plucked by the root in handfuls in the August of 1921 .
18 He or she may even be the local greengrocer who hears a band rehearsing down the road in the village hall .
19 However , if an agent is enjoying the wine with a Bryan Adams , he or she may be drinking the vinegar with a manager 's smaller act who makes much more work than the bigger act , with absolutely no income .
20 At a certain point in a writer 's career , he or she may want to set up his or her own publishing company .
21 Also , even if a subject is never directly or completely ‘ freed ’ trom repression by its displacement , he or she may be empowered in other ways — for example , by being seen to be homophobic in a homophobic culture .
22 The support she may win in the crisis , where minor disagreements are sunk in the face of a much disliked enemy , can evaporate in everyday disputes , where the Prime Minister 's views must compete with many other acceptable views .
23 She may be listed somewhere among missing persons and no search have begun for her because the manner of her life showed that occasional apparent disappearances were not unusual .
24 She may have become an international superstar , wined and dined with kings and presidents , prima ballerinas , film idols , pop legends and sporting heroes ; she may be ferried around in motorcades and private yachts and planes ; and she may be given priceless jewels to wear .
25 She may have become an international superstar , wined and dined with kings and presidents , prima ballerinas , film idols , pop legends and sporting heroes ; she may be ferried around in motorcades and private yachts and planes ; and she may be given priceless jewels to wear .
26 She may have become an international superstar , wined and dined with kings and presidents , prima ballerinas , film idols , pop legends and sporting heroes ; she may be ferried around in motorcades and private yachts and planes ; and she may be given priceless jewels to wear .
27 She may have been just twenty years old , and secretly terrified , but she would only have one wedding in her life , and she was determined to make it her own .
28 I 'm afraid she may be having another .
29 Matron says she may give you a hand today — or , indeed , at any time when things are slack on the wards . ’
30 Working girl she may be but , having turned 40 , Sigourney Weaver ( right ) took time out for motherhood
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