Let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go, whence I shall not return to the land of darkness and the shadow of death.
We may take children, with the exception of pubescent girls, to be good, reliable witnesses.
In the same way, we may take a thing to be thus and so while tired in the evening, and in the morning see our notion to be a coarse misunderstanding.
Certain shadows may so magnify the size of the small window of an inn that we may take it to be as large as that of a sitting room.
We may take it that, whether they attack by day or by night, we can beat them off.
We may take it as certain that the friends of the men we hurt will take the chance of paying off the score if they can find an opportunity.
You see, the tunnel is twelve feet wide, and we may take it that these walls are at least three feet thick--it is not as if they had been built of brick, or even of stones cut to shape.
But in this case, if we will be good Christian men, we shall have great cause gladly to be content, for the great comfort that we may take thereby.
Howbeit, even in the giving of his comfort, he may find ways enough in such wise to temper his words that the men may take occasion of good courage and yet far from occasion of new relapse into his former sin.
For to the intent that the more men may take profit of you, I purpose, uncle, as my poor wit and learning will serve me, to record your good counsel not only in our own language, but in the German tongue too.
And for this time this sufficeth concerning the special comfort that men may take in this third kind of tribulation.
I must protest against having him here unless you are present to restrain his exuberant spirits, and the various eccentricities in which he may take it into his head to indulge.
I long for the time, however, when I may take her to Scotland as my bride and present her to my family.
Here is the true test, by which we may take a right estimate of our own, or of others' knowledge.
As to the next thing, wemay take notice of those particulars: 1.
As to the first, wemay take notice of those things: 1.
We may take it as certain that, during the three serious wars above named, the annual waste was never less than 6 per cent.
In view of what we know of the heavy penalties to which officers who pressed more than a certain proportion of a collier's crew were liable, we may take it that this statement was made in error.
Actually Keyes will show him a copy; we will wait one hour before sending it off and, if we don't hear then, we may take it de Robeck will have endorsed the purport.
I may takeit that the Kilid Bahr Plateau has been entrenched and is sufficiently held.
South of Kilid Bahr to the point at Cape Helles, I may take it that the Peninsula is open to a landing on very easy terms.
How shall we determine whether this world in which we live is such a world that we may take it as a revelation of God?
It is nothing else than the order of the changes which take place or may take place in real things.
Perhaps wemay take a suggestion from that prudent man and acute philosopher, Descartes.
If he engages in cultivation with seeds supplied by others, he may take a seventh part of the yield.
It behoveth thee, therefore, to prevail upon him that he may take up our cause.
If he trades with other's wealth, he may take a seventh part of the profits (as his share).
We may takeit that Jellicoe is of the same opinion as I am: that John Bellingham is dead.
Then we may take it," said Jervis, "that the world has not yet seen the last of John Bellingham.
That is cheerful for your friends, Berkeley," Jervis remarked, "for we may take it as pretty certain that the body has not been deposited in any of the places named.
Thus we may take it as highly probable that those who drew up the calendar had the deliberate intention of excluding from the State ritual, as far as was possible, everything in the nature of barbarism and magic.
Such criticism is characteristically Roman, and we may take it as representing accurately the feeling of the old-fashioned Roman of Cicero's day, as well as of the Stoic or Academic critic of Epicurism.
But I may take a turn round the Close with a pipe;--mayn't I?
I will thank you to release him, that I may take him.
As far as I can understand, she has sent all the way to London for me, in order that I may take a message across the Close.
Though his first name sounds Hebraic and his last Gallic, he was, we may take it, a thoroughly British soul, for he called it Richmond Hill to remind him of England.
When the animal is standing, the foot is rested on the toe, and it may take advantage of any uneven place on which to rest the heel.
The symptoms may be mild and extend over a period of several days, or it may take on a highly acute form, terminating fatally within a few hours.
For illustration, we may take a case of difficult birth caused by an unusually large foetus.
But I think we may take it for granted that, once they have arrived, the rescuing ships will not quit the scene of the disaster until they have made quite sure that they have got all the survivors.
Perhaps if the brute is very savage, and we can attract his attention, or hurt him a bit, he may take it into his head to attack us.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "may take" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
