Example sentences of "as you may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So that was our first se good school , as you may say then and then within about four years they built Tanys Dell and erm we just you know , we formed a quite a a a very good community here because we were all people from different areas we all had the same problems trying to re-adjust in a new place and I think then , we had more relationship with , with our neighbours than people are having today . |
| 32 | But , we , we really need to er , put the cart before the horse , or the horse before the cart as you may say , I mean , we are now being told by the leader of the Conservative group , that er , we 're going to , we , we should be supporting the idea of amateur parish constables . |
| 33 | On 11 May 1846 W.M. Wilkinson , their lawyer , wrote to the Home Office to ask what was happening : ‘ The Governors of the Veterinary College at Camden Town are anxious that the Charter for which they have petitioned Her Majesty or such modification thereof as you may approve should be granted without further delay , as great inconvenience and loss to the Institution is arising from the want of such Charter . |
| 34 | As you may have gathered , I am a pond fanatic ! |
| 35 | As you may have heard , I shall be joining the workparty from July 27th – August 15th . |
| 36 | As you may have heard me mention already , I am involved in organising a one month summer school for 40 soviet teachers of English this July . |
| 37 | All of which goes to show that masculine reason and logic are perhaps not so strong as you may have supposed . |
| 38 | Now Fräulein Müller , as you may have noticed … ’ |
| 39 | THERE is , as you may have noticed , something different about New Scientist this week . |
| 40 | The habitat I refer to , as you may have guessed , is the garden . |
| 41 | As you may have gathered , Carl and Sam were two totally different persons . |
| 42 | As you may have guessed , he 's not very informative ( unless you 're interested in grenades or rats ) . |
| 43 | As you may have heard there were not many of these and most of them were copies of his biography . |
| 44 | This , as you may have guessed , is the phenomenally successful Home Alone formula and all characters are firmly in situ for the sequel which opens in Britain on Friday . |
| 45 | By 1954 Piper had brought out a 250 hp development of the aircraft called the Aztec but , to confuse us all , in 1960 they offered the Apache 235 which , as you may have guessed , sported a pair of 235 hp Lycoming engines . |
| 46 | Being a good and persuasive talker is a must for this work as you may have to get up and speak at a sales conference or at an agency presentation . |
| 47 | As you may have gathered , Max Henery seems to possess an inexhaustible supply of self-deprecating deadpan humour , but he is also an extremely determined individual . |
| 48 | And by the way , Laurence advises you to hurry back , as you may have the chance of a part . |
| 49 | ‘ As you may have heard , ’ the Governor said , smoothing his hair back with one hand , ‘ Whitely has been in the news lately . |
| 50 | Take just a few more risks and you 'll find that the wild world is not as unkind as you may have believed . |
| 51 | As you may have heard , he accepted Nocenzi 's resignation . |
| 52 | I 'm pushed for time as you may have gathered . |
| 53 | After the 286 , as you may have gathered , came the 386 , a 32 bit processor , which was followed by the 386SX , which was a 386 with a 16 bit address bus — see the BUS BITS box . |
| 54 | As you may have guessed , we did n't get through that round , but getting to London meant that we were one of the best bands ( for our age — fifteen to sixteen years ) in East Anglia . |
| 55 | I 'm not quite as rigidly confined by this spell as you may have hoped . ’ |
| 56 | As you may have heard in the seven o'clock news , three British hostages are now on their way home from Iraq , after being freed from jail in Baghdad . |
| 57 | ‘ As you may have noticed , Cornelius , I am only a small person . |
| 58 | As you may have noticed other debates have attracted rather more publicity this week , but the theme of our congress is jobs and recovery because jobs and recovery is the most important issue for our members and for Britain . |
| 59 | If you find yourself endlessly talking about your illness or your diet , as you may begin to do , make a big effort to occupy your mind with other things . |
| 60 | Do n't imagine you can walk easily straight up on to the Arête from the bottom of the corrie , as you may get into difficulties near the top unless you 've a head for heights . |