Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [prep] [pers pn] may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some aspects of it may shock you . ’ |
| 2 | JUST when you may been ready to despair , it seems that this country of ours may have found something of its heart , or perhaps its soul . |
| 3 | A DoT spokesman said : ‘ These trips of his may sound like jolly larks , but he is being very irresponsible . |
| 4 | A night in a good hotel with many nationalities around you may bring you to your senses and perhaps you will not wish to return to the Hacienda de Nieve . ’ |
| 5 | It may be noted incidentally that if in any land the poll is higher than the national average one or more patties in it may receive a correspondingly larger allotment of seats , which , since the number of constituency seats can not be changed , will entail a larger allotment of list seats . |
| 6 | There may be truth in such a suggestion ; and my own dislike of it may stem from nothing more profound than my intense dislike of the word ‘ leisure ’ , suggesting to me , as it does , the spectacle of some drone-figure sitting in a deck-chair while someone else mows the lawn , or a grim marina , packed with empty yachts . |