Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb mod] [vb infin] be [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Or it may have been that the shares were not purchased but were subscribed for and were issued to the investors by Euramco . |
2 | Or it might have been that he saw , in the younger screenplay writer , someone before whom all false reticence could be cast aside . |
3 | In some quarters , of course , he was enormously popular , and it may have been that as a young man in his early twenties he found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans . |
4 | Defence lawyer Tony Cinnamond said , however , that Wightman 's recollection of the events were hazy due to drink and it could have been that he struck her and her head banged against the wall . |
5 | We are not sure why the Greeks chose the number 360 but it may have been because 360 can be divided up in a lot of different ways . |
6 | But it could have been that the whole truck was a set-up : corral the gringos then fleece them . |