Example sentences of "but you may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The prototype unit used a length of 5m but you may find that a greater range can be achieved . |
| 32 | WHAT IT COSTS The Peugeot CB30 costs around £66.50 , but you may find it available for less ; it 's worth shopping around . |
| 33 | Adult dogs do take longer to settle in a new environment than puppies in any case , but you may find a dog whose history is well known . |
| 34 | And some of our speakers will bring their own leaflets er make noes by all means but you may find that er you 'll get er good handouts from some of the speakers not every not all of them . |
| 35 | That 's what I call offering the reader a choice of endings ; but you may find me quite unreasonably literal-minded . |
| 36 | But you may find that sometimes your doctor will explain that a prescription will not help to treat your illness and that the best way for you to get well is to rest , change your diet , drink plenty of fluids , stop smoking , cut down on alcohol or take more exercise . |
| 37 | The lack of any classification and very basic retrieval tools make finding the document rather tricky , but you may find a more organised recipient to re-mail a copy which you could cannibalise to form the basis of your next report on a similar topic . |
| 38 | erm so you know but you may find if you give , print off a few and give them to a few people over the weekend |
| 39 | ‘ But you may come with me if you want to . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ But you may come to the barbecue . ’ |
| 41 | Traditional sixth form education may still exist in some comprehensive schools — the 11–18 range — but you may have to find a place for your child in a FE ( Further Education ) establishment . |
| 42 | If you want to go sailing , play volleyball or have a round of mini golf it wo n't cost you a penny and the kids can be left in the Pirates Club while you spend the afternoon doing things you want to do … but you may have a job persuading them to leave a few hours later . |
| 43 | Where one-off items have been selected some stores will reserve them for you , but you may have to buy them yourself if they are n't chosen . |
| 44 | Give your fish a close visual inspection : flukes should not be problem at this time of year , but you may have introduced anchor worm ( Lernaea ) or fish lice ( Argulus ) with new stock … no dealer worth his salt would sell infested fish without first having dealt with these parasites , but it happens . |
| 45 | A cooling system can be installed but you may have condensation problems on the external glass . |
| 46 | You can buy just about everything you ever need in Funchal , but you may have to search to find it — many shops may just recently have run out of the very product you want , so that you have to search for a shop which still has old stock until more is imported . |
| 47 | Your financial situation can improve , but you may have to wait until next year before you are entirely out of the woods . |
| 48 | Having support of close friends , family and workmates can be really important , but you may have to consider negative reactions . |
| 49 | You can soak off old glue in water , but you may have to chisel or sand away modern adhesives and you 'll have to use a chisel to clean out the mortise . |
| 50 | But you may have to think hard and long and reject many ideas that seemed promising before arriving at an ending to your book that is at once what everyone all along expected and what no one , or hardly anyone , thought would happen in that way . |
| 51 | It will undoubtedly be somewhat unpleasant if they refuse , but you may have fought long and hard to gain acceptance and this should not be too jeopardised by people who seek to undo your good work . |
| 52 | The largest pair of Stillsons may shift the nuts , but you may have to resort to cutting through the pipes . |
| 53 | Not only do you have to find it , but you may have to knock out the retaining plug . |
| 54 | Now , what they try and do is finish at the end of this term , so you 've got from now on until , mid- January to , to revise erm , but you may have |
| 55 | Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it . |
| 56 | Wherever possible they try not to have that but you may have to stay away . |
| 57 | You must reserve an area of memory which is sufficiently large for your machine code program before you assemble it , but you may have no real idea how long the program will be until after it is assembled . |
| 58 | Seventy-five words absolute maximum per entry , but you may submit as many entries as you like . |
| 59 | " You do n't know me , " he 'd bellow , " but you may know my brother . " |
| 60 | But you may know that hearts were broken and minds were splintered . |