Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] may [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends of Cuba suggest they may just scrape through now that oil in commercial quantities has been found . |
| 2 | If matters are n't resolved to their satisfaction the environmental groups warn whatever Timbmet say they may well come back . |
| 3 | if the rail fare 's gone up as I expect it may well have done . |
| 4 | Beyond that , Softlab is n't giving anything away : US rules say it may not discuss talks until agreement is won . |
| 5 | They say he may not live out the summer . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I hope I may never make an enemy of thee ! ’ |
| 7 | John has found much to do which will not require to be again done in N.S.W. I still hope we may not exceed two years in our absence and I think John is as anxious as myself on the subject . |
| 8 | I hope he may yet accept the general view that , on this sharp track and fast going , the obstacles should be a trifle softer and more invitingly built . |
| 9 | I fear you may not go in the lift . ’ |
| 10 | But I fear you may not believe me : because you may well think that I 've made the process seem incredibly complicated . |
| 11 | Yes , I mean you may well have seen on the television , some of the first film of some of the camps , that the first sort of rioting was about water . |
| 12 | I mean you may not have that much to compare it with , but certainly in my experience , is that January if I took people round the in January , erm , you sort of made excuses for it . |
| 13 | As we have seen , NAB itself may well move in the latter direction , and possibly the former also . |
| 14 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 15 | Also , by looking at the activities you are good at and enjoy you may well discover talents and abilities which you have not considered before as being useful in a job . |
| 16 | As well as using up adrenaline you may also need to relax muscles which have stiffened up because of tension . |
| 17 | The two are said to be concerned over Sun 's ability to deliver code on time and suspect it may not prioritise their platforms over Sun 's own . |
| 18 | Once again , though , Trevor Proby received his marching orders and I fear we may never see him in a ‘ Stiffs ’ shirt again . |
| 19 | I mean we may not like heavy lorries thundering along , whereas we do like ambulances , and computer use is precisely the same . |
| 20 | Not only is Hardwick House the the environment for Kenneth Graham 's imagination , Toad himself may well have been based on one of the old inhabitants . |
| 21 | Where the minister and elders of a church have decided to pursue an application for demolition , remember they may only have come to this decision as a last resort , perhaps having received advice that there was no possibility of alternative use . |
| 22 | We have written to you as we believe you may well share our views . ’ |
| 23 | There 's so much to enjoy at our clubs that once you arrive you may not want to leave . |
| 24 | Er trading standards continue to be under pressure er we ought to agree on that er and we I I believe we may not have difficulty er in achieving the additional value of this type of almost on an annual basis if we are short of the trading standards . |
| 25 | Farmers and agricultural traders believe it may eventually trade at 2.55 , even 2.6 , against the deutschmark and perhaps even 8.8-9.0 against the franc . |
| 26 | BAFFLED police fear they may not catch Rachel 's killer before he strikes again . |
| 27 | Police fear he may also have been a victim . |
| 28 | I mean it may just depend upon how secure the |
| 29 | I have n't contacted the police — yet — and if you co-operate I may not have to trouble them . |
| 30 | I think I may now have seen how to proceed in a paper I 'm writing at the moment on unconscious intention . |