Example sentences of "[pron] may [verb] [indef pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interestingly , the disparities appeared to be greater the less serious the offence , which may have something to do with the virtual absence of Court of Appeal guidance in respect of less serious offence types , which we remarked on above . |
| 2 | She is also much taller than most of the grubby little men , which may have something to do with it . |
| 3 | Speaker B's view of ‘ what I think we 're talking about now ’ must now involve speaker A , A's father , the Scouts and a man ( who may have something to do with telephones ) . |
| 4 | She finds it hard to explain why , but ponders that it may have something to do with the religious faith she grew up with . |
| 5 | The reason for her pent-up fury is not disclosed , though we rather suspect it may have something to do with her father 's preference for her sister . |
| 6 | It may have something to do with the different preparation and coating techniques of the lacquer painters . |
| 7 | Compton-Hall believes it may have something to do with the strong magnetic field found inside . |
| 8 | It may have something to do with discount offers , advertised heavily in The Sun and in local papers — though the offer of £1 off tyres costing between £30 and £60 at one London depot seemed a little ungenerous . |
| 9 | ‘ Boggers ’ ( no , I do n't know why , though I suspect it may have something to do with a haircut that bears a passing resemblance to a bogbrush ) may have a couple of incisive seasons left in him at best , but opponents will rarely get a moment 's peace when he combines with Bicknell and Waqar Younis next year . |
| 10 | ‘ I think it may have something to do with my friend . |
| 11 | It may have something to do with intelligence , but I am certain it has nothing to do with knowledge — I mean that there are people who have an instinctive yet perfect moral judgment , who can perform the most complex ethical calculations as Indian peasants can sometimes perform astounding mathematical feats in a matter of seconds . |
| 12 | It is not for me to help Scottish Tories in those circumstances , but I suggest to them that it may have something to do with the way in which the Government treat Scotland in legislative terms . |