Example sentences of "[pers pn] may [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The secret I find and you may over the next day or day and a half to a couple of days you may well see me just do that occasionally I 'll just throw my hands back down to me side .
2 A woman 's attitudes to the housewife role may be positive — she may feel herself to be a housewife , and agree with the idea that housewifery is an appropriate role for women , but she may at the same time dislike doing housework .
3 She may be ecstatic and radiant ; she may on the other hand feel tired and depressed .
4 And I 'd like to erm try and get you all to see what you can tell by simply observing the building , and I 'd like to concentrate if we may on the central part of the building , because there are a number of changes that have been made to that building erm which tell a story .
5 But in the process of renewing their legitimacy they may at the same time uphold general labour rights .
6 Claims may not include mesne profits as they may in the High Court , but are confined to claims for non-payment of rent .
7 Relatively inexpensive , it may on the one hand inspire confidence in the wearer and on the other act as a tactile reminder that he/she has a bad knee .
8 This is challenged by Hart who suggests that , far from simply being an example of the law enforcing a moral principle — for example the sanctity of human life — it may on the other hand ‘ perfectly well be explained as a piece of paternalism , designed to protect individuals against themselves ’ .
9 While anger may stimulate the courage to do something , it may at the same time cloud the perception of what to be courageous about .
10 We shall see that although the uncertainty principle places limitations on the accuracy of all our predictions , it may at the same time remove the fundamental unpredictability that occurs at a space-time singularity .
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