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Example sentences for "that may"

  • The same,' answered Lilias; 'make no gesture, that may intimate we are speaking of him.

  • As for answering him," she continued to say, "that may or may not be proper.

  • I certainly shall not shirk any responsibility that may be attached to me.

  • After all," said he to himself, "that may be the best way of winding up a bankrupt concern.

  • That may possibly be true," said Maximilian, and he again subsided into his thoughtful mood.

  • That may be," said the count, turning pale; "but you know the guilty do not like to find themselves convicted.

  • Give me your word, and I'll believe you, for at least you are an honest gentleman, and if you have poached a kiss or two, that may be forgiven.

  • That may happen in any case," muttered Christopher, turning his head aside.

  • That may be,' retorted Lincoln, with a look of distress and of undisguised displeasure, 'but I am not satisfied.

  • That may be," said Mr. Lincoln, "but if he takes that shoot he never can be President.

  • That may be; but what shall we do in France without any arms?

  • The peasant was not surprised, and said: "That may be," and went on with his work.

  • Both stopped, and a conversation ensued, that may be said to have passed directly over the heads of those who were concealed.

  • That may be the bowl of a pipe belonging to a soldier.

  • That may be very true; but likes and dislikes have nothing to do with system.

  • That may be, Bunny, but I tell you frankly I don't want you to-night.

  • That may be, Bunny, but you ought certainly to have trusted me!

  • That may be gauged when I confess that this was how the matter stood on the night I gave a worthless check for my losses at baccarat, and afterward turned to Raffles in my need.

  • But we all know old Sir Ensor's name, so that may be no obstacle.

  • You may trust her to forget nothing, sir, that may tempt a guest to his comfort.

  • Yes, that may happen," he said quietly, politely stepping aside to let the visitor enter, the stinking corridor first.

  • That may be; but what known you of this other lady?

  • Can you give me no clue that I may save her from the wolf that may be already on her track?

  • That may be,' said the Chevalier, thoughtfully.

  • That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.

  • May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude: 27:17.

  • They said to me: make us gods, that may go before us; for as to this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is befallen him.

  • That is, we shall take care, notwithstanding these dangerous circumstances, to keep our vessels holy, that is, to keep our bodies from every thing that may defile us.

  • That may be; but these fortunate chances teach us a lesson in admiration as valuable as those we might learn in regions superior to chance.

  • That may be, but such marks cannot be given to anyone but your lover without your degrading yourself.

  • That may be a tenable position in some cases, but in the present instance the nature of the affair justifies prompt action.

  • That may be, but it is not for you to know anything about it.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    comes down; inferior kind; that being; that date; that even; that evening; that ever; that has; that hath; that her; that island; that means; that might; that month; that name; that none; that our; that part; that point; that the; that there; that these; that very; that way; that year; that you