Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] may have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that the House wished to join him in sending its sympathy to the many victims , some of whom may have suffered irreparable damage . |
| 2 | Some of them may have become bottom living , crawling hunters for which a gastropod-like shell would have been more appropriate . |
| 3 | Some of you may have put this book down feeling slightly faint , wondering how you can be so stupid while the rest of the world is so clever . |
| 4 | You see , while his manner towards you may have seemed jovial enough , in reality he was involved in a feud . |
| 5 | Watkins probably heard mention of these ideas , the seeds from which may have lain dormant in him for over fifty years . |
| 6 | Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease . |