Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that they left the gate open when they went , and Joe just trotted out . ’ |
| 2 | If the speaker is lying , for instance , it may be that what caused his utterance was something quite opposed to belief in what he meant to say , or a favourable attitude towards what his utterance was meant to commend . |
| 3 | It may be that we felt this time we ought to have voted Labour , that this was the more altruistic , moral , even noble , choice . |
| 4 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 5 | It may be that she commissioned the piece under the influence of the Norman history written for her brother Duke Richard II by Dudo of St Quentin , while some have thought it political propaganda intended to influence events after Cnut 's death . |
| 6 | Of course it may be that she returned here with the deceased last night and he went out again on his own , but it does n't seem likely . ’ |
| 7 | If the reason you left nursing in the first place was boredom or disillusionment , it may be that you had drifted into an environment which failed to take advantage of your best qualities . |
| 8 | It may be that he took new insignia after the subjugation of Norway , and that he left his old crown in Winchester , in much the same way that Henry II of Germany had , at his imperial coronation in 1014 , hung his former crown above the altar of St Peter 's , where Cnut would almost certainly have seen it thirteen years later . |
| 9 | I can not quite recall what he said ; it may be that he said nothing , which , rather than utter anything trite , he sometimes preferred to do . |
| 10 | It may be that he had quarrelled bitterly with his kin and could see no remedy for his plight . |
| 11 | It may be that he had missed his metier , and that he would have made a greater mark had he gone into politics . |
| 12 | It may be that he saw this as the best means of curtailing a war that was tearing apart Christian Spain . |
| 13 | It may be that it suited occasionally that the same parish priest looked after both of them . |
| 14 | To what extent this was the result of Jill 's campaign will probably never be known , but it may be that it coincided with and reinforced a growing feeling in the Foreign Office and elsewhere that intransigence was no longer in Britain 's interests . |
| 15 | ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food . |
| 16 | Erm we also offered everything from sort of secretarial help and er use of photocopiers and duplicators , to the tenants ' group , through to I guess being able to perhaps suggest to them who in the council it might be that they needed to speak to , or perhaps tactically how to go about achieving their particular aims . |
| 17 | But Meg , it might be that he had stole her cubs , was not for his surrender . |
| 18 | That is , it might be that he had fully internalized the requisite mental structure , but for some reason lacked the capacity to use it . |
| 19 | It could be that he felt I represented authority or the establishment in some way , or perhaps I was just convenient |
| 20 | Perhaps she was not feeling well , or it could be that she resented Lissa 's intrusion into the office . |