Example sentences of "[adj] you may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this you may form some idea of their distress , and the holy violence used in entering the strait gate . |
| 2 | And for this you may thank the current recession . |
| 3 | While you do this you may have little spare capacity for monitoring the feelings of people in the meeting and spotting members who are silently expressing messages such as dissent , apathy , boredom , anger , confusion and so on . |
| 4 | If you do need to travel in an emergency , perhaps other members of the family will be able to cover for you , or failing this you may have a friend or neighbour who will be able to take the puppy into their home until you return . |
| 5 | When you read this you may have made the inference that the turtle was knocked into the water when the beaver hit the log . |
| 6 | If it 's shorter you may need a pair of ( 22mm/¾″ BSP ) tap adaptors ; if longer , you may need to cut the pipe and then fit two new ( 22mm¾″ BSP ) tap connectors . |
| 7 | In some schools you will be asked to participate with other students in basic class work over a weekend ( as happens at the Bristol Old Vic drama school ) and in some you may find yourself being judged partly by senior students of the school who will be sitting with the faculty panel ( which is something that happens at Drama Centre ) . |
| 8 | The path is famous for its wild plants — thrift , sea campion , kidney vetch , thyme and stonecrop are some you may see . |
| 9 | ‘ Miss Compton-Burnett , I 'm afraid you may think this is an impertinent question ’ ( I held my breath ) , ‘ but were there elements of that destructive power in your own family ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm afraid you may have to wait a little longer , ’ he replied apologetically . |
| 11 | And however tasteless you may think a gift is , it does n't automatically make it useless . |
| 12 | However , if that space is very limited you may find it worthwhile only growing the plants that are not easily available from florists . |
| 13 | Mr Bruce Napier , a chartered clinical psychologist once in charge of the society 's disciplinary procedures , said : ‘ If you go to see a therapist for an hour a week to talk about your most intimate feelings , it is understandable you may develop more powerful feelings for him than you would for your bank manager or solicitor . ’ |
| 14 | If this is not possible you may have to forget the whole report unless your client will accept that you have read it , or a separate part of it , and they can not . |
| 15 | I expect Winifred Shalcross was right , however strange you may think it , when she said I was overconscientious . |
| 16 | Now do n't take that too literally , certainly in sub zero temperatures and I think the first of December and to do so would I think er have er maybe with some risk of being in 's phrase stark raving bonkers but by that you may think I mean that I think we made a fair attempt to deal with the three principle issues which have caused so much annoyance to user groups , there 's a backlog in modification orders . |
| 17 | And for that you may thank Miss Kyte . ’ |
| 18 | In either you may have worked through the supplied tutorial which introduces all the basic concepts , although they do actually introduce one or two bad habits as well ! |
| 19 | Whatever else may or may not be happening in your life , the seeds of success are being planted in 1993 and , if at no other time , between November 13-15 you may get a hint of what they are . |
| 20 | If you are ill you may want to write a letter than can be read and re-read in the future . |
| 21 | Try to keep regular hours , getting up at the same time however tired you may feel . |
| 22 | None of us likes upheavals , and if you 're elderly you may like them even less than other people . |
| 23 | And you , Rose , if you want to be useful you may keep everyone away , run any errands I may require , and take over from , or help McAllister , when I tell you to . |
| 24 | If you are confronted with an aggressively rude interviewer who makes the interview very stressful you may want to ask yourself whether you could possibly be happy working in such an atmosphere anyway . |
| 25 | If you are late you may irritate the interviewer or lose your appointment altogether . |
| 26 | So why engage a consultancy at all you may wonder ? |
| 27 | All rooms have private facilities , most have balconies , though all you may see is the wall of the house next door , and there 's a big shared fridge . |
| 28 | But with a total eclipse in your sign on the 9th you may have pressing matters to attend to . |
| 29 | Right now you may understand those you may think Oh I ca n't really get the hang of this . |
| 30 | Ultimately , there are things in your training which you will accept — and those you may reject . |