Example sentences of "we may [vb infin] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For suppose that the disuse of meat causes a permanent distaste for it , and that an increased demand for fish continues long enough to enable the forces by which its supply is governed to work out their action fully ( of course oscillation from day to day and from year to year would continue : but we may leave them on the side ) . |
| 2 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 3 | ‘ Forget about the bullets , we may find them in the morning . ’ |
| 4 | Even John Henry Newman wrote this about animals : ‘ We may use them , we may destroy them at our pleasure . |
| 5 | Often we may equate them with more formal partnerships which fall by the wayside after only a short existence ; except that in their breakdown the feelings of guilt , humiliation and bitterness may occur even more strongly than when an " honest " attempt is felt to have been made . |
| 6 | I 've a feeling we may need them before this is over . ’ |
| 7 | Those of us who enjoy them need only a name for each condition , so that we may discuss them in expectation and in recollection . |