Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] may [adv] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Langney bird may possibly have been a very early spring arrival . |
| 2 | Philip Leapor may therefore have been orphaned at the age of eight . |
| 3 | The , possibly , stodgy readers of the Sunday Telegraph may well have been surprised by Susannah Herbert 's enthusiasm : ‘ Jilly Cooper breaks all the rules of romantic fiction in The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous . |
| 4 | By last Thursday , Mrs Thatcher may still have been unpopular but Thatcherism was not . |
| 5 | Aldous Huxley may well have been echoing Gandhi when he maintained that the means whereby we attain something are as important as the end if not more important . |
| 6 | For decades after , Walsall remained the famous name in giant-killing folklore , a kind of perverse tribute to Arsenal 's greatness , but with other , more recent , spectacular Cup exits , notably that of Leeds United at the hands of Colchester in 1971 , the Walsall ghost may finally have been laid to rest . |
| 7 | The dominance of London may partly reflect the decline of other centres , particularly in the South and South-east , and indeed London merchants may sometimes have been responsible for this . |