Example sentences of "you may [adv] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although you may normally take the view that there is never a best time for spending money , retirement planning is different in that sooner or later you will need , or want , to make certain purchases — or pay off outstanding commitments , such as a mortgage . |
| 2 | You may yet have the opportunity to find some incontrovertible evidence that will crack the case . ’ |
| 3 | If someone goes away on holiday , you may well give the key to a neighbour , they probably know a relative of yours or somebody like that that if anything does happen they can contact you or your relative to come down and check the house over . |
| 4 | By reinforcing your own dominance , you may well steal the thunder of the antagonists . |
| 5 | Attempting to stop the rotation directly may make matters worse , since you may well push the rudder stick the wrong way . |
| 6 | Having stated the case you may legitimately put it into its historical setting in order to show what advance it made on the previous law ; and you may also indicate the trend of development that it started . |
| 7 | You may also catch the village music festival with dancing happening on the third week of July . |
| 8 | When hearing loss is severe , the written word is your main ally , but you may also need the facility of one person who can make sure that you do not miss what is said . |
| 9 | You may also have the opportunity to attend a course . |
| 10 | As your career develops you may also have the opportunity to gain the Certificate in Supervisory Studies for Stewarding Management , and to work towards membership of Cookery and Food Associations . |
| 11 | You may also limit the duration of the Offline run if , for instance , you have only one tape drive and need to make it available for other operations . |
| 12 | You may easily gain the impression that only cynics survive and that every businessman needs a tame lawyer at his elbow when dealing with his own boss . |
| 13 | Once set up , you may not change the value given to LIFESPAN as the Storage Directory for a particular Charge Code . |
| 14 | Dr Jean Coope , in Menopause , advises : ‘ You may not think the stranger is the perfect son or daughter-in-law , but the chances are that your children know who will suit them better than you do , and the sooner you accept this fact , the happier your family will be . ’ |
| 15 | You may not think the end result worth it , but there are an awful lot of balls to be kept in the air and some fairly nasty consequences if any should accidentally hit the ground . |
| 16 | You may not dislike the person ( or alternatively , you may ) but you do n't want to see them then , at all . |
| 17 | some of you may not know the history of this decision . |
| 18 | My guess is you may not need the hour to complete the er course work but er it 's always difficult to say when you set the thing , yeah ? |
| 19 | If you are unable to recognise the various fragments that turn up on early sits , you may not consider the area to warrant further searching . |
| 20 | You may not have the support of people around you because |
| 21 | If you identify strongly with those you study you may not appreciate the extent to which you have been brain-washed . |
| 22 | Note down any other changes you may have noticed about yourself , even minor ones — you may not see the connection but they may be vital clues to the doctor . |
| 23 | You hang it in the wardrobe and although you may not find the smell unpleasant , the moth certainly will ! |
| 24 | If the baby 's fed on water or for some reason does not take food normally , you may not find the problem , but a few days after milk feed this substance will begin to rise and it can be protected so the diagnosis is made by a test , does anybody know how the Guffbry test is done ? |
| 25 | ‘ You may perhaps gain the kingdom of heaven by your prayers , ’ he told him in an unkind moment , ‘ but never the kingdom of Great Britain . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Although you may never see the harvest of your care and thoughtfulness , rest assured it will go on multiplying . ’ |
| 27 | You may now have the chance of finding a sexual experience that involves not only the taking and/or giving of pleasure but one that involves you in " sharing the experience of pleasure " in a meaningful way for both of you . |
| 28 | If you miss him you may still hit the petrol tank or the engine . ’ |
| 29 | If we go back to that first , second slide , if you 're still alive in thirty years time , you may actually want the money that you 've gifted to people ten years ago , and erm that 's the problem you 've got . |
| 30 | At other times you may knowingly take the risk . |