Example sentences of "it [modal v] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may 've been found already . ’ |
| 2 | It all happened so quickly — sometimes I think it may have been too quickly . |
| 3 | ‘ I think a part of me probably died when I took your job , though it may have been just the settling-down thing . |
| 4 | It may have been heralded as a strategic disaster , but the Manchester-Sheffield electric route via Woodhead tunnel slipped quietly into oblivion , due ceremony avoided because of the public puzzlement that a heavy freight route should be axed only twenty-five years after complete modernisation . |
| 5 | Theories have been put forward that it had anything from 6 to 24 sides , and even that it may have been circular . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it tasted excellent , or it may have been the dry French cider from my waterbottle that improved the taste . |
| 7 | But , below the surface , it may have been defeating her , just the same . |
| 8 | It may have been ignored since 1981 and left to make do with just two small engines ( and thus no way of cashing in on the ever-increasing popularity of the hot supermini in Britain ) but all that 's changed now . |
| 9 | It may have been largely thanks to Lewis that Williams became something of a cult figure , idolized by pious lady dons , aspirant mystics and others . |
| 10 | It may have been that the editor did n't know how to cut a scene , or that the financiers called in a hack to re-edit the picture . |
| 11 | It may have been revolting but the effect was wonderful . |
| 12 | HE HAD another chance ; it may have been his last . |
| 13 | Even where a trustee has misappropriated trust property the fund may still preserve its identity , and , so long as it can be identified , the rights of the beneficiaries will attach to the fund into whatever form it may have been converted by him . |
| 14 | In some quarters , of course , he was enormously popular , and it may have been that as a young man in his early twenties he found it difficult to cope with the adulation of the fans . |
| 15 | It may have been the job of the think-tank to think the unthinkable , but such discussion needed to be on the basis of informed examination . |
| 16 | I walked fast , to keep warm , so it may have been that I was a little above myself by the time I reached the school where the classes were held , because that night , try as I would , I could not believe anything our teacher was telling us . |
| 17 | As the foil plating was thicker it may have been found more durable than mercury plating . |
| 18 | It may have been that its conflicts with the communists exaggerated its importance . |
| 19 | It may have been ‘ Jesus On The Payroll ’ by Thrashing Doves or ‘ Acid Tax ’ by Phuture , it did n't matter . |
| 20 | It may have been that Harvey enjoyed such seniority in the Church that in his case such deviation was permitted , but given that two or three other committed Free Presbyterians have been active in the Official Unionist Party ( in 1985 there were two Free Presbyterians in local government as Official Unionist councillors ) , it is more likely that the Church leadership was genuinely able to maintain some distance from Paisley 's politics . |
| 21 | It may have been a controversial church , but its image as a party church dates only from about 1977 when Vanguard disappeared and unionist politics became a straight fight between the Officials and the DUP . |
| 22 | ‘ It may have been the innermost box or it may have overlapped with other sub-boxes , but it was within the compartment , yes . ’ |
| 23 | Under his breath , so that Earl could not hear him , he murmured ‘ Holy cow ! ’ ( ’ or it may have been a little more graphic ’ ) . |
| 24 | For some reason both the adjoining clerical incumbents wished to call his soul their own ; or it may have been his jumble that they wanted . |
| 25 | It may have been crucial . |
| 26 | It may have been jet lag or it may have been the excitement . |
| 27 | It may have been jet lag or it may have been the excitement . |
| 28 | It may have been complete rubbish , but that 's what I felt . ’ |
| 29 | It may have been my stupidity , but I had not realised it . |
| 30 | They are predators , and probably always have been , and it may have been the adoption of hunting habits that favoured the development of high intelligence . |