Example sentences of "he [vb mod] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | These omissions and transpositions indicate that Levi could well have kept to himself any plan he may have formed to end his life . |
| 2 | But he had chosen to dress in what he may have conceived to be a British manner . |
| 3 | Is it so likely that that man , however much he may have been struck by your beauty and gaiety , Miss Jonathan , would have at once decided to assassinate your future husband ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Besides , he may have been driven over the edge by her carryings-on . |
| 5 | It was to hound and hasten Leonard 's waking thoughts , eliminate any residual interest he may have possessed in mere intellectual commitment , and open to him the stark reality of life downtown . |
| 6 | From this point of view , the only good American is one who stays shamefacedly mute about his English cousins , however many years he may have lived among them . |
| 7 | He may have been missed on 96 by Morris , low at mid-wicket ; Morris may have decided that sections of the crowd would riot if he held it . |
| 8 | And Rosenberg : ‘ Utterly misguided he may have been , but he was honest in his own belief in what he was doing . ’ |
| 9 | He frets that , when it comes to the point , the requirements for SATs may not tally with the requirements for GCSE ; that he may have to regroup the whole school to align pupils according to their ability rather than their age . |
| 10 | A cumulative succession of nasty surprises has dealt a further destructive blow to an advantage Mr Lawson has enjoyed for so many years that he may have come to taken it for granted : the effect on expectations of confident and respected official forecasting . |
| 11 | He may have the measure of the John Gosden-trained Anshan , running from stall 15 . |
| 12 | He may have concluded that Mr Honecker is a lost cause , but sooner or later ( and probably sooner ) he will leave the stage . |
| 13 | Had he stayed in the East End , he may have drifted into delinquency ; instead , his mother sent for him when he was 12 to start a new life in Canada . |
| 14 | With hindsight he may have acted differently . |
| 15 | He may have reassured himself of the contnuing power of his charisma during recent tours of the south , where he was given a rapturous welcome . |
| 16 | He failed , however , to get the rapturous reception he may have expected from his chief apologist on the international scene . |
| 17 | As a pro-abortion mood sweeps the country , he may have to modify his stance . |
| 18 | Conceivably he may have thought in 1921–2 that previous peasant intransigence was now receiving its just reward . |
| 19 | He may have remembered St Mary 's Tyne Dock , where he freely sanctioned certain things that were illegal because the parish church council wanted them for purposes of devotion . |
| 20 | For example , in his attempt to lead a new life , he attributes any success he may have had in conquering lust , anger or pride to God 's grace , a very specifically Christian idea ; and this is a full fifteen months before his conversion to Christianity . |
| 21 | He may have made his name with a story from British history , but that was simply calculated opportunism as he showed by following with similar , though less amusing and successful , treatments of the lives of Catherine the Great ( 1934 ) and Rembrandt ( 1936 ) . |
| 22 | Mr Saunders has already been granted legal aid of up to £275,000 to defend himself against fraud charges in the criminal courts , but he may have to pay whole or part of that money back if the trial judge so decides . |
| 23 | It is eminently practical , and he thinks he may have started a trend . |
| 24 | But since he is Sir Anthony 's choice he may have been harmed by the Meyer candidacy . |
| 25 | But as he proved at Knowsley Road on Sunday , although he may have descended into relative obscurity he still possesses exceptional powers of motivation , with his Dewsbury side producing the most impressive performance of the Regal Trophy so far . |
| 26 | However , even in the fluid world of Thai politics , this time he may have gone too far to turn back . |
| 27 | He may have been right , in his day . |
| 28 | Liabilities for contracts and torts incurred by a married woman before marriage are binding on her , and also on her husband to the extent of any property which he may have acquired from her , as under a marriage settlement . |
| 29 | Not only do they hold good against the trustee himself , and against his creditors during his life-time and his representatives after his death , but also against all to whom he may have transferred the property , and who can not show that they acquired it for value and without notice of the trust . |
| 30 | Quiet and reserved he may have been , but his determination to succeed has been of great importance to his colleagues , both on and off the field . |