Example sentences of "may [adv] [vb infin] [been] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only problem was the London Paddington to Liverpool train did n't run from the expected start station , it started from Reading instead of from Paddington , so if you were expecting somebody on that train , well they may not have , may not have been on that one if they er were actually starting from Paddington , otherwise no problems on the buses . |
| 2 | When services were concentrated in large hospitals , it was possible for good managers to keep a watchful eye open for the danger signals , and although the physical and emotional environment may not have been of high quality , most residents would be properly fed and clothed and protected from abuse . |
| 3 | Firstly , the hypotensive effect of this drug may not have been of sufficient size to reduce microalbuminuria . |
| 4 | If the highly developed woollen textile industry be disregarded , the structure of crafts and trades of Babergh may not have been in any way unrepresentative of the shires at that time . |
| 5 | England 's eighteenth-century manufacturing growth may not have been in any full sense " export led " , but foreign trade did nevertheless have a significant and dynamic role . |
| 6 | This scheme evokes strong doubts from some area officers and bureaux managers who may not have been among those who carried the vote to accept the plans . |
| 7 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 8 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 9 | A good response to training was associated with improved squeeze duration in our patients , but increased conidence in mastering anorectal function may also have been of some benefit . |
| 10 | He may also have been behind certain elements of the design . |
| 11 | It may well have been at this moment , in the autumn of 1419 , that Henry V decided that the crown of France , which none of his predecessors had achieved , might be his . |
| 12 | It may well have been with mixed feelings that Hamilton gave up Painshill and its burdens after some thirty-five years . |
| 13 | It may well have been in that picture that the new type was created . |
| 14 | Yet the earliest known usage of ‘ South Saxons ’ does not appear until a royal charter of 689 names them and their king , Northelm , although the term may well have been in common use for some time before that . |
| 15 | It may be that demands were made beyond the capability of a particular individual , or the person concerned may simply have been to some degree in ill health . |
| 16 | The ability to help or to harm was not the least of the tools in the politician 's inventory , and it may indeed have been of greater value than some of the more troublesome varieties of patronage , where a favour for one could easily anger others who were disappointed . |
| 17 | And as the years from retirement lengthen , it seems more and more tenuous to group men in terms of long-past work , let alone women who since marriage may never have been in paid work at all . |
| 18 | The other man may never have been in this situation before . |