Example sentences of "it may [verb] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the minor , circular designs of the latter , it may have possessed a number of concentric bands . |
| 2 | It may have saved a lot of time . ’ |
| 3 | It may have made a decision which it had no power to make . |
| 4 | He says that it was a bit unfair — it may have made a difference . |
| 5 | It may have started a bit playfully but I thought it got out of hand . |
| 6 | Well we do n't have a definite answer erm Gill but we think it may have experienced a shock of some sort during that season and of course when this happens to fruit trees they can go into bi-annual cropping and then they come back again , it may be that this horse chestnut 's experienced something very similar . |
| 7 | ‘ Grenville 's manor belonged to Edward Grenville of Wotton Underwood , and was worth £10 to him ; in 1606 it may have comprised a house and 89 acres . |
| 8 | It may have evoked a response in our personal nature , or have been in keeping with the mood of the moment . |