Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] may have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I may have been being a bit naive as a general sort of , just a rep within NALGO , I 'm not I 'm not , although I 've had all the publicity , and yes I 'm , sometimes you do not the course . |
| 2 | The programmers who designed them may have been any of these things , but that is irrelevant . |
| 3 | I would prefer not to have my guy stand up and say I may have been involved in an assassination . ’ |
| 4 | Alternative plans are being considered which may have been discussed unofficially with the Scottish Office and the Office of Fair Trading to find out if they are acceptable . |
| 5 | Since the Wilson Committee reported there may have been some improvement in the availability of bank finance for small businesses . |
| 6 | So it did n't necessarily mean that you get a squad of riveters that would stayed together all the time , erm for various reasons , as I say they may have been , unfortunately some of them might even die and therefore you had to make up the squad again |
| 7 | Police say it may have been unoccupied , and no-one else is thought to have been injured . |
| 8 | No explanation for the fall was ever given , though Sir Thomas believed he may have been involved in some stupid jape . |
| 9 | It is thought she may have been punched or stamped on . |
| 10 | It 's thought they may have been drinking in this pub on Wellingborough road earlier in the evening . |
| 11 | But now it 's thought it may have been plundered from the pension fund , and passed to Phusi through an intermediate company . |
| 12 | Quiet and reserved he may have been , but his determination to succeed has been of great importance to his colleagues , both on and off the field . |
| 13 | Some caputs can be seen to be the logical successors to Roman and pre-Roman sites , the latter remaining as hillforts which may have been reoccupied in post-Roman times . |
| 14 | For all I know they may have been part-time MPs , or they may have had a limited electorate to represent . |
| 15 | And yesterday as a big hunt was launched for her attackers , police revealed there may have been women in the gang . |
| 16 | ‘ I believe you may have been under the influence . ’ |
| 17 | Police investigating sex attacks at knife-point on a 29-year-old Filipino woman said that they ‘ believe there may have been earlier victims — but the women have been too ashamed to report the attacks ’ ( Mail on Sunday ) . |
| 18 | Exactly how many boxes there were originally is not certain , although it seems there may have been as many as sixty-five , all of which were sent to Rome 's Istituto Centrale del Restauro in 1947 . |
| 19 | The banker sat at an enormous desk surrounded by acres of carpet , in a room hung with what looked like Dutch Old Masters , though I suppose they may have been reproductions . |
| 20 | An appeals procedure to local committees provides for those who believe they may have been unfairly excluded . |
| 21 | ‘ I believe he may have been trying to contact me . |
| 22 | It stood north of the village , and some experts believe it may have been the fulling mill called Beckmill in 1474 . |
| 23 | POLICE hunting the killer of a champion Ayrshire cow believe it may have been slashed to death by a jealous farmer . |
| 24 | It is understood police believe it may have been an isolated incident . |
| 25 | It is understood police believe it may have been an isolated incident . |
| 26 | so erm er or indeed it may be if , if you ask him or if you ask in the general office it may of erm tt it may have it may have been marked by now and so er |
| 27 | Oh well I mean they may have been adjourned or a |
| 28 | I 'll admit I may have been naïve … ’ |
| 29 | They thought she may have been sleep walking . |
| 30 | Others thought they may have been blood-cooling devices , similar to the large ears of African elephants . |