Example sentences of "[verb] you may [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whose joy to find you may be just as feigned . |
| 2 | Perhaps the topic that worries you may be scheduled to come up in a later training session — but it happens today . |
| 3 | If you are receiving income support , family credit or housing benefit you may be able to get a grant towards the cost of insulating your house . |
| 4 | If you are receiving Income Support , Family Credit or Housing Benefit you may be able to get a grant for 90% of the cost up to a maximum of £144 . |
| 5 | ‘ Papa says you may be a murderer , ’ was her ingenuous opening gambit . |
| 6 | The Inspector concluded , ‘ The questions we have to ask , therefore , and which we hope you may be able to help us shed some light on are , one , who was motivated to kill Hereward Marr ; two , what precisely might have provoked them to do it ; three , who drove the mini into the Broad and four , where is Mrs Marr at this moment ? ’ |
| 7 | If a substantial loss has been suffered you may be able to sue the vendor , and if you lack financial resources you may qualify for legal aid . |
| 8 | Granted you may be advertising to a sector of the market which does not have a university degree or even two GCSEs , you still have to recognize that few of them are illiterate morons . |
| 9 | When the file comes to be consulted you may be in another part of the world , in hospital or long dead ! |
| 10 | Depending on your employment situation and the length of time you have had away from nursing you may be asked to provide a character or employer 's reference . |
| 11 | I fear you may be ill . |
| 12 | ‘ A most dull and unimaginative way to proceed , but I fear you may be right . |
| 13 | I mean you may be on a diet and see a wonderful cream cake and consciously resist temptation to eat it . |
| 14 | Well , I mean you may be right I ca n't be I 'm not I 'm not absolutely certain myself but er it would be nice to think that we were represented at a local authority level , yeah , by different cross-sections of our community . |
| 15 | If you have been dismissed you may be falling behind with mortgage payments , rent or other debts . |
| 16 | Once your pet has died you may be too distressed to dig the grave , as another owner testified ; ‘ It was raining hard and I could n't see through my tears , I just wanted to get her buried as quickly as possible . ’ |
| 17 | You could receive a lot of heavy bills which you had not anticipated , or you might suffer a car accident and find that the other person is not insured , or if your spouse has died you may be left with debts that you were unaware of . |
| 18 | You know if you did n't fill it in , they would act actually catch up with you at some stage and you may erm if you had exceeded the limit be erm you know you may be issued with a demand for a cheque for X for X number of pounds for overpayment of pension . |
| 19 | Once again , just to refresh your memory : If you experience any signs or symptoms that indicate you may be allergic to a food or drink , eliminate if from your diet quickly . |
| 20 | ‘ We have reason to believe you may be carrying controlled drugs about your person . ’ |
| 21 | If they do respond you may be able to see if they approach it with caution or with carelessness . |
| 22 | But there will be situations where you really feel you may be defending a lost cause , because after all things do go quite disastrously wrong . |
| 23 | Friends of the Earth relies on gifts from concerned people , and if you have taken the trouble to read this letter , I sincerely believe you may be one of those who will help . |
| 24 | If you believe you may be entitled to special relief and have not completed a form please request one as soon as possible so that your entitlement may be assessed . |
| 25 | ‘ I regret , I ca n't help you there but ’ — the Archdeacon turned to Theodora with his courteous smile — ‘ I believe you may be able to , Miss Braithwaite . ’ |
| 26 | If you have a large bill which you can not pay you may be able to go on the fuel direct scheme and deductions will be made from your benefit each week to pay for your current fuel consumption and any arrears . |
| 27 | A substantial amount of information which is necessary and which indeed was asked for by members of your I believe at a previous oral question time erm as to the number that were printed you may be shocked to know that one hundred copies were made which means that the total cost of this , I think you will agree , very worthwhile public information , was four hundred and sixty one pounds and twenty one pence . |
| 28 | Because heat rises , if your home is not properly insulated you may be paying to warm the air above it . |
| 29 | If proceedings have been issued you may be required to contribute to the Defendants ' legal costs , but this will usually be limited to the same amount that you contributed to the Legal Aid Board in respect of your own legal costs . |
| 30 | Well , Here it is , but before we start you may be surprised by the things that happened , but I promise all my tale is true . |