Example sentences of "may [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you may think me merely biased if I say that my own father could in many ways be considered to rank with such men , and that his career is the one I have always scrutinized for a definition of ‘ dignity ’ . |
| 2 | That learned attitude in its turn may make me uncomfortably edgy and aggressive when situations . |
| 3 | Well you may see me again you never know I shall look forward to it . |
| 4 | An expedition , I should say , which I will undertake alone , in the comfort of Mr Farraday 's Ford ; an expedition which , as I foresee it , will take me through much of the finest countryside of England to the West Country , and may keep me away from Darlington Hall for as much as five or six days . |
| 5 | ‘ Then he may join me indoors when he 's had enough , as I already have . ’ |
| 6 | He may take me tonight and then reject me tomorrow . |
| 7 | You may leave me here . ’ |
| 8 | At least they may tell me so . |
| 9 | ‘ You may defy me now , but you will not continue to do so . |
| 10 | ‘ And though some people may damn me irrevocably and for ever , in the nature of things my profession and my work will open new relations to me , that much fresher for not having been frozen , hardened , and made sterile by old prejudices . ’ |
| 11 | You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’ |
| 12 | It may help me more indirectly by alerting me to the fact that I may be wrong , and forcing me to reason again to double check my conclusion . |
| 13 | By our Lord , the king of heaven , if I can do anything you want you may find me most generous ; most happily will I perform for you without grudging . " ) |
| 14 | That 's what I call offering the reader a choice of endings ; but you may find me quite unreasonably literal-minded . |