Example sentences of "and [pron] may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | It is all so much work and nothing may come of it . |
2 | ‘ Anyroad , Bob 'll already have set off and I may meet him up on t'tops . ’ |
3 | ‘ I would have had no objection to telling them the position , in all honesty we could have done that and I may give them advance warning next year . ’ |
4 | ‘ You may offer , sir , and I may refuse . |
5 | A Celtic pantheon of gods whirled about my head , and I may have got them a bit mixed up here . |
6 | Not that I had any wish to be presented — I mean there is all this protocol and etiquette to be observed and I may have blundered . |
7 | A little too sweet , and I may have overdone the spice . |
8 | Therefore my skills have not been utilized to the full and I may have fallen behind my UK counterparts . |
9 | I suppose I 've seen Matthew with the safe open , and I may have noticed the books , but this firm has been going for more than a century and one does n't take much notice of such things , one has grown up with them . ’ |
10 | I 've got the finance I need and I may have found premises . ’ |
11 | Raymond is n't fond of Jewish cooking and I may have lost the knack . |
12 | The hon. Gentleman and I may have some disagreements , but I have respect for his command of basic arithmetic . |
13 | Erm and I may have slowed down a little today , I do n't know I should have timed it again . |
14 | I , I grant you I mean , it 's my judgement as to how critical that meeting is , and I may lose business that way . |
15 | My sister and I may share the same birthday , but we do n't share the same man , though if we did it would be none of your business . ’ |
16 | And I may dine at journey 's end |
17 | ‘ Yes , thank you , miss , we 're stopping at the Royal , and I may say it seems fairly comfortable . |
18 | And I may say that , if it were , my longing ( or desire ) would be affected considerably . |
19 | he gave me such a kind , and I may say , fatherly look ( Thursday , 28 June 1838 ) |
20 | ‘ In only the broadest and I may say sloppiest usage of the term would this obsessive little undeadnik be counted as a dybbuk . |
21 | I must say that I do not at present find the time at all tedious and I may say scarcely monotonous . |
22 | And what do you say , do you say , ‘ I do n't agree with what that man says , it 's a bad book , I do n't like it or I wo n't read it ’ , or do you say , ‘ it 's probably useful for me to try to make the imaginative judgment to see things the way he sees them , to see the way the world looks like from his point of view , and I may reject that , but at least one ought to have some tolerance and some understanding ’ , and it seems that that 's where the study of literature meets life . |
23 | The Minister and I may disagree about whether the emphasis should be on voluntary or statutory agreements . |
24 | Steve and I may see each other six times a week if we 're racing . |
25 | I hope it will become unrolled and someone may see it . |
26 | Because of this , and because there are rare human disorders in which self-mutilation may be a feature ( e.g. Lesch-Nyhan , deLange , and Tourette 's syndromes ) , and which may result from neurotransmitter changes , it is possible that neurotransmitter disturbances may contribute to self-cutting . |
27 | The only known or suspected production sites are at Elsham in Lincolnshire comprising concentrations of burnt material and sherds of pottery ( which have not been excavated and which may represent the remains of funeral pyres ) , the excavated kiln ( ? ) at Cassington ( Arthur and Jope 1963 ) and possibly Sutton Courtenay ( Leeds 1936 , p. 28 ) . |
28 | Discoveries in the latter , along the ridge of gravel between the Thames and the Cherwell during the course of building work , indicate a spread of occupation of possibly 100 acres and which may extend even further to the north and west . |
29 | Levels one and two are by far the commonest in education but there is a new type of partnership which appears to be developing and which may meet the needs of the future rather more fully than the other two — though those will always continue in existence because they fulfil real short term needs . |
30 | Years later , when Sainteny returned to Hanoi , Le Duan recalled these words , which he attributed to Ho Chi Minh , and which may stand as his memorial inscription : ‘ The Vietnamese nation is one and indivisible . ’ |