Example sentences of "and [pers pn] may [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman and I may have some disagreements , but I have respect for his command of basic arithmetic . |
| 2 | ‘ In only the broadest and I may say sloppiest usage of the term would this obsessive little undeadnik be counted as a dybbuk . |
| 3 | Steve and I may see each other six times a week if we 're racing . |
| 4 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
| 5 | And you may find adjustable soil and drain elbows , useful for awkward angles . |
| 6 | In a sort of meditative exercise , tune in to the idea of zodiacs , and you may find certain place names spring out as representing zodiac signs . |
| 7 | Addison Wesley our American college publisher as Michael mentioned th at the half-way stage their sales were eleven percent ahead of er , last year , and you may remember last year they had record sales and record profits and er they 're forecasting er something like fourteen percent a head by the year end in sales terms and they are expecting to maintain their their margins and last year was a very good margin indeed . |
| 8 | Say the following sentences up to time and you may have little difficulty in including the missing words shown by the dots . |
| 9 | Huy was not sure if she was lying or not , but she read his thoughts and continued , ‘ Even if I knew it I would n't give it to you — and you may have enough clout to shut me down , but even Merymose could n't reach high enough to touch him . ’ |
| 10 | Take along a prosperous adviser on all shopping sprees , demonstrate a high degree of trust and strong reliance in what they say and you may have unexpected protection should the seller go out of business and the goods fall to pieces . |
| 11 | It will probably be very untidy ( and you may need that ability to cope with unfamiliar attitudes ) but you should not be concerned at this stage with what it looks like , only what it does . |
| 12 | You had no way of knowing what it would be like and she may change one day . " |
| 13 | Now at , at the moment we have to keep fifty percent of our investments in the narrow range and we may place fifty percent in the wider range . |
| 14 | At least things are moving now on 2807 and we may have more news in the near future . |
| 15 | Our passive exterior may conceal a ferocious anger at having limited our choices , and we may direct this anger into manipulating others . |
| 16 | And we may see another reason for the ambiguity in Leonard : Ashkenazi Jews expressed themselves in Yiddish , which was not merely their language ( resting on 16th-century Middle High German and many Slavic loan-words ) but in a particular sense a reflection of their world , their universe . |
| 17 | They may be unresponsive to ministerial suggestions , and they may make this opposition very clear through the local authority associations . |
| 18 | Of course , the electorate may not be fools , and they may pass rough judgements at the polls about which party may govern " better " in the future in the light of past performance and potential promise , but there is little point in our pretending that we can " explain " voting behaviour on the basis of the electoral appeal of party programmes even though this is the way politicians and the media often tend to present the essence of electoral politics and party choice . |
| 19 | There are many risks associated with countertrade deals and they may require considerable flexibility on the part of the exporter . |
| 20 | Races insult each other , and make war , and make love , and they may mix these activities up . |
| 21 | Differential ownership of mechanical aids , and differences in the possession of amenities , may affect the way housework is done , and they may have some influence on attitudes to work tasks , but they do not appear to affect satisfaction with work . |
| 22 | The latter agents may not cause abnormalities of either carbohydrate or lipid metabolism ( Donnelly & Harrower , 1980 ; Faergeman et al , 1984 ; Rodjmark & Andersson , 1984 ) , despite several case reports ( Charles et al , 1981 ; Bhatnagar et al , 1984 ) , and they may have fewer side-effects than cardioselective β-blocking drugs . |
| 23 | For example , predators are important causes of mortality of small mammals , and they may accumulate large assemblages of small mammal remains , but their prey reflects the particular needs and hunting behaviour of the predator rather than being representative of any one habitat . |
| 24 | And they may provide financial help towards the cost of an increased mortgage resulting from a move from an area of low cost housing to one where prices are considerably higher . |
| 25 | They frequently work within structures of insecurity — their jobs are unskilled , poorly paid and often part-time ; they have few fringe benefits ; and they may work unsocial hours in poor working conditions , lacking the security of trade unions or protective legislation ( see Susan Lonsdale 's chapter in this volume ) . |
| 26 | The losses are blamed on the lack of research cash and the need to reorganise , but union leaders says the cuts are cosmetic and unnecessary and they may consider industrial action . |
| 27 | As we have seen , it is not uncommon for girls to have great difficulty telling their parents or anyone about it , and they may delay this revelation for many months or even right up to when they are going into labour . |
| 28 | They may be deprived of skills and they may receive less stimulation than , say , middle-class English children , but inside the Asian family they get plenty of security and love . |
| 29 | DEAN JONES fears his Test career may be over and he may quit Australian cricket . |
| 30 | I know that the Foreign Secretary is a literary man and he may read this speech . |