Example sentences of "but it may have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wo n't deny that , Mrs Wilson , but there was a period , just before she disappeared … well , I say just before she disappeared but it may have been going on for years , I do n't know … there was a period when she was very unhappy , very unhappy indeed . ’ |
| 2 | Whether this burning interest came from a transmigration from a previous existence I do not know , but it may have been sparked off by a small and relatively insignificant incident which occurred in the spring of 1929 . |
| 3 | The identity of Marjorie is not known but it may have been Ayrshire 's Marjorie Bruce , daughter of Robert Bruce and mother of the first Stewart king ( See Chapter 16 ) . |
| 4 | I think it was on that Sunday , but it may have been on the Sunday before , that I gave the last message from the Burma Broadcasting Service . |
| 5 | It is not providence , but it may have been meant just the same . |
| 6 | That seemed unlikely to win over the malcontents , but it may have been just enough to get the president home . |
| 7 | It is not at all unlikely that some pressure was put on women in these two key firms , but it may have been of a persuasive rather than an intimidating kind . |
| 8 | We are not sure why the Greeks chose the number 360 but it may have been because 360 can be divided up in a lot of different ways . |
| 9 | This represented a quite remarkable compromise which required the co-operation of Aethelred , king of the Mercians , who restored Wilfrid 's Mercian possessions , and Aelfflaed , abbess of Whitby , whose influence with King Aldfrith is likely to have been considerable ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 43 ) , but it may have been a manifestation of the insecurity of Aldfrith in the years immediately following his accession . |