Example sentences of "[noun] may [adv] have gone " in BNC.

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1 Because some people are making large profits , and raising the total of profits by so doing , it is proposed to come down on the ‘ innocent ’ businesses , whose profits may actually have gone down , who have been being ‘ responsible ’ and not increasing their prices ; and their taxes will be put up — all because of the other bounders , who meanwhile are laughing their heads off .
2 Sponge-fishing may also have gone on from the ports , though there is no direct evidence of it .
3 Pool may well have gone that way had Gibson , Knowles and Murray not worked their wonders .
4 Some men may not have gone far from their original homes , but others were willing to seek their fortune at a distance : the London merchant class was recruited from every part of the country , including the far North ( 104 , pp.210–12 , 389–92 ) .
5 That 's right , even though your salary may well have gone up quite a bit more than that .
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