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 |