Example sentences of "may [verb] [vb pp] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , he may have had quite a job finding it . " |
| 2 | With such a strength in depth of siblings and relatives in the organisation it may have seemed almost a foregone conclusion that Mr Sandy would follow his father into the business . |
| 3 | Given the likelihood that in a CSW team there is both a tendency to keep files open to reflect the ‘ streetwork ’ and informal contact that is maintained , and a probability that intervention will occur prior to demands for day or residential care , the strategy adopted may have identified only a minority of the cases actually dealt with . |
| 4 | Once again the Democratic party may have thrown away a historic opportunity to retake the White House . |
| 5 | Richard could be turning his nightmares to profits , but his dad thinks they may have thrown away a fortune already . |
| 6 | Although its size is not yet known , suggestions have been made that it was larger than a normal auxiliary fort and may have accommodated either a vexillation , possibly of Legio IX , whose tile-works may have been situated some 8 km ( 5 miles ) south of Carlisle at Scalesceugh , ( though the stamped tiles from there may belong to a slightly later period ) , or the Ala Petriana before its transfer to Stanwix over the river . |
| 7 | There are hundreds of places for mooring boats on the Thames — and this boat may have needed only a temporary mooring . |
| 8 | Although it may have taken only an instant , the person to whom this sentence refers had to make the logical jump from what he could see of the possible escape routes open to him to the realization that flight was impossible . |