Example sentences of "but he may [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Young King wavered between the three alternatives of remaining dutifully at his father 's side , going to Jerusalem , or marching into Aquitaine , he was certainly tempted by messages from the rebels offering to recognize him as their Duke , but he may also have been egged on by Geoffrey of Brittany . |
| 2 | But he may also have intended to remind those present that he had come to the throne as a result of the treaty he had made with Edmund , which according to Florence of Worcester established peace , friendship and brotherhood between them . |
| 3 | The summer conversations in Kissingen , the presence in St Petersburg of the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich , the greater enthusiasm for reform of Lanskoi at the Ministry of Internal Affairs — all these undoubtedly altered the balance of opinion to which he was exposed and made him more susceptible to reformist sentiments ; but he may also have been naive enough to believe that the gentry at large would follow the example of the north-westerners and welcome the measure he was putting to them . |
| 4 | But he may well have kicked up another by exposing the eight other Test-playing nations . |
| 5 | ‘ Look for balding , bearded men , ’ I nearly said — but he may not have been looking for precisely that variety of technical person . |
| 6 | But he may not have done another thing ; he may just have faded into obscurity if he 'd lived on . ’ |
| 7 | But he may not have been released from the Tower until 1217 , when his remaining bonds were returned to him and he and the rest of the Jews of Norwich were given letters of royal protection . |
| 8 | After Kissingen Alexander made Kavelin tutor to the heir to the throne , but he may not have realized the extent of the tutor 's radicalism . |
| 9 | But he may not have the power to overrule the precedents ; in any case , reasons of strategy argue against this . |
| 10 | But he may not have a home to go back to . |