Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.

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1 And I think originally it may have run in the first year both at easter and at August .
2 Information which places guilt for the patient 's illness on the family might only serve to reinforce their overprotective and critical communication styles , which may have arisen in the first place for just this reason .
3 Ideally , take another flight straight away so that you can master any difficulties you may have experienced on the first flight .
4 Astronomical evidence suggests that this may have occurred in the first half of the year 5 BC .
5 I still did n't realise what the trouble might be , although I dare say the germ of cancer may have nestled for the first time in my mind .
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