Example sentences of "[pers pn] may [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but for some reason some of them may well lie within the |
| 2 | We know that many of them may well have undergone long and arduous journeys , having travelled many miles across many frontiers and indeed possibly even across many continents just in order to be with us here tonight . |
| 3 | Some of them may well have been to boys ' boarding schools and put up with this sort of behaviour |
| 4 | The status of the pupils in the activity can be raised and the value of their contributions recognised by suggesting that some of them may already possess considerable information and experience ( pp. 36–38 ) . |
| 5 | There may be yet more complicated objects than us on other planets , and some of them may already know about us . |
| 6 | All of them add to the quality of life of the residents , and many of them may also help you enjoy your work too . |
| 7 | Some of them may also have a anti-radiation coating , or an anti-static lead . |
| 8 | Some of them may also have a anti-radiation coating , or an anti-static lead . |
| 9 | Now say that the applications are completely processor-independent too — that you do n't even have to re-compile them to move them from one machine type to another , and indeed bits of them may even wander from processor type to processor type in the course of execution . |
| 10 | Now say that the applications are completely processor-independent too — that you do n't even have to re-compile them to move them from one machine type to another , and indeed bits of them may even wander from processor type to processor type in the course of execution . |
| 11 | Female cats are such powerful breeding machines that some of them may even come into heat while they are pregnant . |
| 12 | Members of the Soviet government ( the Council of Ministers ) were essentially administrative heads of ministries , but at the same time they were party members , and a few of them may even have been members of the Politburo . |
| 13 | Not all the decisions in a given period can be carried out , since many of them may erroneously anticipate and depend upon other decisions which are in fact not being made . |
| 14 | Even if the technological aspects are fully understood , the application of the law to them may still perplex . |
| 15 | Doctors are themselves not immune from the disease of alcoholism and some of them may therefore give inappropriate reassurance to patients . |
| 16 | ‘ I know what you 'd like to do — and it may surprise you , Kit , if I admit that part of me may even want to myself . |
| 17 | Had things gone wrong with me , I may ultimately have been sent to prison . |
| 18 | ‘ Please honour me with your next command , that I may instantly leap to do your bidding . ’ |
| 19 | Anything that I may lawfully do I may also lawfully threaten to do , whatever the motive or purpose of my threat . |
| 20 | ‘ I may even give you some more . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I may even give you a bonus if Silvia does well in her exams . ’ |
| 22 | And I believe there 's some roadworks at Stafford , I might even get on my teletext and look and see what roadworks are on the M six , I may even give the A A a ring , to say , but it 's all on teletext and this sort of thing . |
| 23 | ‘ I may even recover my northern accent lost over the years spent away , ’ he said . |
| 24 | I may even ask to see a priest , but the essential point remains the same . |
| 25 | I may even learn to tango ! |
| 26 | I may even have said in the spirit of the joke that it had been one hundred and fifty-six whores , for all the world as though it was of an obsessive importance for the actual number to be known with absolute accuracy ! |
| 27 | ‘ I may even have to sell the house in Ladbroke Grove to pay for the losses . ’ |
| 28 | In fact I may even have them be in here . |
| 29 | I may even have redecorated the sitting room by then ! |
| 30 | I may even have just called for him and stood at the door . |