Example sentences of "you may [vb infin] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are unlikely to want to copy slavishly what you see in the magazines but you may choose to adapt those ideas which appeal to you in order to feel happier with the way you look . |
| 2 | You may choose to do this for safety reasons , since if both copies are ruined simultaneously by a fire in the computer room , no amount of intelligent software can replace the material . |
| 3 | You may prefer to follow this by a lesser known quotation from another author . |
| 4 | It is common practice to tip the people who have done the removal work so you may want to withdraw enough for this too . |
| 5 | You may want to invite former colleagues to work for or with you in your new sphere . |
| 6 | Your supporters will ask questions that you can answer skilfully ( you may want to plant these ) . |
| 7 | Cutting and drilling into mirrors can be tricky , and you may want to leave these jobs to a glass merchant . |
| 8 | For example , some woods turn darker as they age , so you may want to take that into account when choosing something very pale . |
| 9 | Well , on top of the expense of maintaining the house and the car , you may want to continue any hobbies you may have or take more holidays . |
| 10 | I shall talk through it and if you can get something written I 'll leave you to do a diagram and you may want to staple this into your book staple 's easier than gluing this . |
| 11 | ‘ You may want to put that over your eyes , the driving 's kinda crazy here , ’ he said as ten cars hurtled forward with absolutely no lane discipline , and all went straight through a red light with furious honking . |
| 12 | If you ca n't move straight into your new home , or you find yourself with too many belongings , you may want to put some things into storage . |
| 13 | You may want to bring some of your personal possessions with you and you will need to make your own arrangements for insuring them . |
| 14 | When you 've finished these ( you may want to read some of them twice ) , I 'll give you more . |
| 15 | Yeah mhm yeah I mean you may want to select some stuff that 's y'know that represents different kinds of things because as I remember our conversations earlier , you were interested in er y'know sort of ideological soundness , political correctness and y'know were some things funny but sort of off-colour for other reasons erm er I 'm paraphrasing it badly but er y'know I think that th s so you might want to get some stuff that 's sort of ideologically sound and humorous and er some stuff that 's a bit off-colour and humorous and some stuff that 's erm sort of I do n't know some stuff that 's main stream but has got a lot of y'know if you look at something like say The Two Ronnies or something , there 's a lot of there 's a lot of racism and sexism in there but it 's because it 's sort of main stream because it 's family viewing and stuff like that people tend not to think of it as problematic . |
| 16 | You may want to discuss this with the home(s) of your choice . |
| 17 | So you may want to modify such formulations along the lines , " a reader is likely to feel at this point " or " many readers may respond by … " , or — possibly better — by tackling the issue of heterogeneous reader-responses more directly . |
| 18 | You may want to store these copies on different media types . |
| 19 | Others do not , but you may want to add some staged encounters along the way . |
| 20 | Good idea to have a list of all the file names , cos er , you may want to copy this system to some other computer . |
| 21 | If you 're faced with a slippery floor problem , it is inexpensive these days to get exhibition contractors to supply some cheap carpeting and you may want to investigate this option . |
| 22 | If you are a driver with a full licence giving LGV or PCV entitlement and that licence was issued by another Member State you may continue to use that licence for up to 12 months from taking up residence in the UK . |
| 23 | And they 're going to have a good look and you may need to do all sorts of interesting things , okay . |
| 24 | Depending on the expert and the case you may need to do all or any of the following : summarise the facts of the case and the legal issues ; ask specific questions and indicate their legal significance ; ask whether any further evidence is likely to be available , so that this can be sought on discovery ; and whether any further enquiries , tests or reports are necessary . |
| 25 | You may need to do some lateral thinking , as savings can not always be related to the size of the cheques you write out each month . |
| 26 | If he is not used to the concept you may need to do some initial explaining , but , once he understands your expectation , he may turn out far better than he imagined ! |
| 27 | ( If the sounds cause you real difficulty you may need to mimic each word across , before you mimic them in pairs . ) |
| 28 | You may need to purchase more than just the anemone you require . |
| 29 | If you live in a village with only a few shops , you may need to include several streets on your plan . ) |
| 30 | If anything like this occurs you may need to reinterview all the witnesses . |