Example sentences of "may have [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reconstruction in Victorian times may have rendered the building even more forbidding . |
| 2 | But in the end , we may have to save the honour of Genoa the Superb by attacking her . ’ |
| 3 | Adam may have extended the invitation , but it happens to be my house . ’ |
| 4 | Should you be unfortunate enough not to find a solution by this means , then you may have lost the alignment of the disk read/write heads . |
| 5 | Raymond is n't fond of Jewish cooking and I may have lost the knack . |
| 6 | A man who had superglue squirted in his face by muggers may have lost the sight of one eye . |
| 7 | ALLEGATIONS that the Department of Trade and Industry may have lost the taxpayer millions of pounds over the sale of the Rover Group to British Aerospace are to be made by the National Audit Office , Parliament 's financial watchdog . |
| 8 | In a clipped French sentence that sounded as if it had been well rehearsed , she told Agathe that she may have lost the produce of her labour but she had not lost the fruit of her labours . |
| 9 | As such , the ethnic minorities represent a major demographic strength for parts of urban Britain , though at the same time their presence may have hastened the exodus of better-off whites and certainly gives rise to a very difficult set of policy issues ( Chapter 8 ) . |
| 10 | If you 're trying to combine both in your life the chances of your being hit by stress are probably higher-no matter how brilliantly you may have organized the family in your absence — and it is even more important to be able to deal with it . |
| 11 | Wigan may have begun the season with uncertainty in losing four out of their first nine games but , once they got into their stride , there was no stopping them . |
| 12 | A GUNG-HO sailor may have fired the missile that killed five Turks in a NATO exercise . |
| 13 | Mr Goldin 's enthusiasm for a smaller , cheaper station may have saved the project from outright cancellation ; if that is the case , he has staked his reputation ( as well as a lot of public money ) on the outcome . |
| 14 | And so the telegram was sent , a come-uppance which deserves quotation as an act that may have saved the world from early extinction by sheer megalomania : ‘ I deeply regret that it becomes my duty as president and Commander-in-Chief of the United States military forces to replace you as Supreme Commander , Allied Powers ; Commander-in-Chief , United Nations Command ; Commander-in-Chief , Far East ; and Commanding General , U. S. Army Far East . |
| 15 | It is all supposition ; the gentry may have swung the government against the Act by now . |
| 16 | The controversy over Dow Corning 's role in introducing silicone breast implants increased in January when some US newspapers , including the Wall Street Journal , published summaries of internal documents and claimed that they suggest that it may have rushed the product through without adequate testing . |
| 17 | That document was today leaked in part in The Independent and the newspaper also contained my allegation that the Secretary of State may have misled the House in relation to figures that he quoted last week in the House . |
| 18 | But the time has come to admit that in my efforts to explain this one valid point I may have misled the reader in other ways . |
| 19 | On the other hand , if it delays too long , a rival bird may have collected the prize . |
| 20 | You may have noticed the change in AMNESTY 's format . |
| 21 | If you were once a SuperCalc 4 user you may have noticed the omission of Cell Noter when the product was upgraded . |
| 22 | Subscribers may have noticed the scepticism with which we have tended to greet analysts ' forecasts for IBM Corp 's earnings , and invariably their forecasts have proved too optimistic — but it seems to take time for the true awfulness of the situation to sink in with them . |
| 23 | But she fears bureaucracy may have delayed the day of judgement even further and it may not be June until judgement is given . |
| 24 | His death-warrant bore 58 signatures , headed by that of John Bradshaw who , born in Marple in 1602 , may have attended the School in his youth ; however , if he did , it seems to have made but little impression on him , for in his will he made bequests to increase the Masters ' salaries at his other schools , Bunbury and Middleton , and to found a new school in Marple , without mentioning Stockport . |
| 25 | No record exists of his education : he may have attended the grammar school at Bury St Edmunds or a charity school in nearby Hawstead maintained by a kinsman , Sir Dudley Cullum , who became his brother-in-law in 1710 . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , anecdotal evidence suggests that Dunning and colleagues may have overstated the extent to which hooligans originate from the lower working class . |
| 27 | Certain individuals may have overstepped the mark and still seem to imagine that you are either too insecure or emotionally confused to retaliate , but you will achieve a great deal more by remaining aloof this month , especially around the 4th and 15th when the Sun is challenged by Neptune and Saturn . |
| 28 | The Greeks may have called the angle the sun moved through in one day 1° , which is unc of a full turn … |
| 29 | It may involve you in extra duties and worries at first : for instance , you may have to take the patient to his workplace by car , and collect him again , and the timing may not be convenient for you . |
| 30 | Lastly conservation programmes often fail , and senior bureaucrats may have to take the blame . |