Example sentences of "may [not/n't] even [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hospital staff rush here and there , tell them to wait , to walk down long forbidding corridors to see a doctor — whose name they have n't even been told — who may not even speak to them by name in a way they can understand . |
| 2 | At first glimpse it may not even appear to be armoured , but if the animal is taken into a predator 's mouth its fur is sufficiently spiky to cause acute discomfort and it is quickly dropped . |
| 3 | The idea for the tongs may not even exist as a sketch ; simply as a concept in the smith 's mind . |
| 4 | For the prospect of a retirement pension for all those presently under fifty years of age is looking distinctly forlorn we must protect the pension rights of all contributing members we must insist that trustees are elected from the shop floor and not appointed by some faceless director who may not even reside in this country . |
| 5 | To this end , we urge you not only to use the Line yourself for shopping , sightseeing etc. , but also to encourage your friends , acquaintances , neighbours and relatives , who may not even know of the existence of the Line , to use it . |
| 6 | They may not even know of the bogs . ’ |
| 7 | May not even agree with it I do n't know . |
| 8 | However , the new versions do not support the de facto OSF/Motif graphical user interface standard — though the Sun version does support OpenLook — and Motif support may not even feature by the time the RS/6000 version is delivered , though ICL says it is working on it . |
| 9 | A paper person is a walking theory , and one which may not even believe in itself ; and then the paper person will not merely have nobody , he will have no theory to be . |
| 10 | These parts may not even operate at 60MHz . |
| 11 | The fuzziness of the boundaries and the technical differences between the three types of cohesive device need not concern us here ; after all , they may not even operate in the same way in other languages . |
| 12 | It may not even prove to be possible unless the criteria are very broad , and therefore ambiguous , because of the problems of recording mastery of a long list of criteria . |