Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our shop at work has sold out of the Torygraph today , so we may have to wait for the latest standings . |
| 2 | As George Male points out : ‘ It was done to foil any over-confidence we may have had for the next game , for he knew the opposition would go all out against us after our big win . |
| 3 | He describes the toy drawer exactly , from the rubber sealing rings out of old tobacco tins , kept to make catapults ( which , with the string and the electric flex , were the principal binding agents in the mass ) , to the leaking paper bag of saltpetre ( which may have accounted for the choking smell ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In a ’ bad ’ week , directly employed labour used under the terms of an incentive scheme may fail to qualify for the usual level of bonus payment . |
| 6 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |