Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 31 | If an agent is interested in you he may well have useful comments on the photo you send of yourself , on your style and how you present yourself . |
| 32 | Ressentiment is a more precise word ; he may well have been blaming God in these developing years for the loss he felt — for the anguish it gave not only to himself but also that witnessed by him in his mother and sister . |
| 33 | However , he may well have made the wrong choice for the right reason . |
| 34 | Borg had enjoyed what he may well have considered an unrepeatable run of success ; perhaps he thought it was all downhill from there . |
| 35 | He had accomplished nothing and he may well have meditated on the difference between his situation and that of his uncle at the Erfurt meeting with the German Princes in 1808 . |
| 36 | Usually , his penis is then packed in ice — and he may well have to be taken to the operating theatre to have the blood clot removed from inside it . |
| 37 | He may well have a point . |
| 38 | It makes sense that if he were able to play as well at Test level as in county matches he may well have scored 80 first-class hundreds already . |
| 39 | He may well have lost customers ; and even those he retained would no doubt have been despondent if not positively angry at what they were having to pay . |
| 40 | If the binder has gone to town with his gilt on the outside , he may well have been tempted to spill over onto the inside edges , giving pleasant lacy-patterned borders to the paste-down , usually termed ‘ inside dentelles ’ . |
| 41 | He may well have heard in some reach of his mind an as yet uncreated harmony , as a composer hears the music that he is about to translate into sound . |
| 42 | He may well have asked his sister to invite Meredith . |
| 43 | Nonetheless , he may well have had a guilty conscience : he certainly tried to use his influence to poison Mozart 's career , out of sheer jealousy at the younger man 's superior talents ; but he does not seem to have been directly involved in his death . |
| 44 | ‘ He may well have misjudged how much he 'd had . ’ |
| 45 | But he may well have kicked up another by exposing the eight other Test-playing nations . |
| 46 | Here he may well have acted as a diplomatic go-between in introducing them to the Roman traders , whose imports have been found at their main centre , the great oppidum at Bagendon near Cirencester . |
| 47 | As we have already noted , he may well have been a militant nationalist who did not shrink from violence . |
| 48 | He may well have been a Zealot or a former Zealot — and may , in fact , be identical with Simon Zelotes . |
| 49 | He may well have believed that the factionalization inherent in Woodville control of the heir posed such a threat to political stability that his own rule was preferable — he may have persuaded himself , in fact , that he was acting for the good of the realm . |
| 50 | If ( as he may well have done ) he thought that he was the Messiah , then his choosing of the twelve would seem to have been a symbolic action , through which he should indicate to people who he was . |
| 51 | But Acts is clearly not intended to give a complete account of Paul 's activities , and he may well have visited Jerusalem on other occasions which are not recorded . |
| 52 | Richard also seems to have felt a special devotion for the shrine of Bury St Edmund 's — he may well have been attracted by a cult which celebrated a king who died in the struggle against pagans . |
| 53 | Moreover in the years 1176–7 he was taking a keen interest in the competing politics of the Spanish kingdoms and he may well have instructed Richard to ensure that the great road south from Bordeaux to the Pyrenees was kept open for travellers of all sorts , pilgrims , traders and couriers . |
| 54 | Since the Duke supported Constantine 's claim he may well have brought Bertrand to Normandy on the theory that it was safer than leaving him behind to foment trouble . |
| 55 | Moreover , if Richard discussed peace on the assumption that he would be the heir to all his father 's dominions then he may well have re-activated very real differences of opinion which had lain dormant since the spring of 1185 . |
| 56 | He may well have attracted public attention initially by excelling in hurley or Gaelic football , and have achieved some prominence as a county councillor . |
| 57 | And he may well have been correct in thinking that , in France at any rate , such men were less likely to take advantage of women . |
| 58 | He may well have imagined when he met me that he was acquiring the means of escape from the kingdom of the past . |
| 59 | The application of this incorrect test may have materially affected the judge 's decision , since he may well have considered that the children 's welfare overrode the mother 's wishes and feelings , a matter to which he should have had particular regard under section 10(9) ( d ) ( ii ) . |
| 60 | If Cadwallon believed himself to be descended from a Votadini chieftain , he may well have wished to support the Votadini in their continuing war with the northern Angles . |