Example sentences of "may be [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may be hanging on to relationships which reinforce low levels of self-esteem . |
| 2 | To the Manor now , where things may be looking up for Oxford United . |
| 3 | Keeping some form of consistent documented proof of bullying is essential , says Adams , because many firms fail to recognise it as a problem and suspect the victim may be acting out of malice . |
| 4 | The others may be getting on with something else , then another six likewise . |
| 5 | I believe the frat kid may be holding back in order to avoid hurting the ailing legend . |
| 6 | But this means it may be moving out of our control . |
| 7 | ‘ I may be speaking out of turn , Miss Emily , but you are young and innocent and I am concerned about you . ’ |
| 8 | He added that fell walkers and ramblers may be teaming up for weekend excursions into the great outdoors . |
| 9 | Some of your future arrangements are no longer viable and you may be losing out on what is attainable by resolutely refusing to change your outlook . |
| 10 | BASCELT ( British Association of State Colleges in English Language Teaching ) members may be benefiting at the expense of Arels schools , and the UK may be losing out to the US and other Anglophone countries when it comes to perceived value for money . |
| 11 | Those who do n't indulge in the video games world may be losing out in many more ways . |
| 12 | It helped with how it was presented and may be cutting down on what was presented . |
| 13 | A sudden reminder to the world that while the Russian Bear may be slinking back into its cave , the American Eagle can still scream through the skies , is one thing . |
| 14 | Bulls argue there are increasing signs that America 's manufacturers may be pulling out of last year 's recession , when the whole economy kept growing only because of the dominant service industries . |
| 15 | BRITAIN may be pulling out of Hong Kong but trusty Tykes are putting the chips down in the battle for the hearts — and stomachs — of the Chinese . |
| 16 | A single eruption may not only last for months , but it may also consist of a series of separate , different phases , and in many cases different things may be going on on different parts of the same volcano at the same time . |
| 17 | You may be going on to new material before thoroughly mastering previous material . |
| 18 | He does n't know of the possibly criminal activities which may be going on under the cover of the Ingard group — and I can t at present discuss such matters with him . |
| 19 | As a result , experiments with unsettling implications may be going on behind everyone 's backs . |
| 20 | They will fly to strange people in strange places as long as there is food about , because they are much more interested in food than in anything that may be going on around them . |
| 21 | A fourteen year old criminal at the centre of a row about trips to Spain paid for by social services may be going back to his grandparents ' home there for Christmas . |
| 22 | In a sign that the rebound may be running out of steam , the Fed disclosed last night that the widely watched M2 measure of money supply , a barometer of economic activity , plummeted $7.1 billion in the week ending March . |
| 23 | But you may be running out of space . |
| 24 | The economic recovery may be running out of steam . |
| 25 | FURTHER evidence that the economy may be edging out of recession came with yesterday 's publication of statistics that showed a bigger than expected pick-up in credit lending and a smaller than expected rise in the jobless total . |
| 26 | Ward is concerned that some children may be missing out on sex education . |
| 27 | Once again we recommend all our members to seek quotations in advance of their car policies falling due for renewal as otherwise you may be missing out on a very good bargain . |
| 28 | Once again we recommend all our members to seek quotations in advance of their car or home policies falling due for renewal as otherwise you may be missing out on a very good bargain . |
| 29 | The handsome summer plumage of chocolate-brown head and neck may be coming through on some adults already , but birds which are not in good condition may not attain full breeding plumage until late spring — if at all . |
| 30 | Some of this stuff may be coming back to the states via the Far East . |