Example sentences of "[ex0] may [adv] [verb] been [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many explanations are possible , but there may again have been doubts about the accuracy of the text , sufficient to halt work temporarily . |
| 2 | There may also have been opportunities for paid work experience . |
| 3 | Of course , there may well have been conjecture when so many people invaded Maternity when the infant was delivered , but that was something you permitted . ’ |
| 4 | There may well have been others on other parts of the island , but unfortunately the heavy curtain of dust and fumes being carried by the wind prevented him getting right round . |
| 5 | There may well have been planning permission for the activities in question in those cases . |
| 6 | But there may well have been situations in which the boot was on the other foot ; and in the centuries before the tenth , the centuries in which slavery was steadily declining , there is no reason to suppose that land was scarce , or that the landlords normally had the whip-hand . |