Example sentences of "may [adv] have been [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strictly singulares were members of governors ' personal bodyguards , drawn from auxiliary regiments , but they may also have been employed for other duties . |
| 2 | The recently written Piano Concerto in C , K.503 , may also have been intended for performance there , but none is recorded . |
| 3 | RIGHT : One of the most interesting buildings at Beards Mill is this early 19th century wool store , which may also have been used for weaving . |
| 4 | He recommended Richard Coppin [ q.v. ] as his successor and emigrated to Barbados in about 1655 , where he may later have been investigated for organizing conventicles . |
| 5 | Bristol had previously been heavily involved in the Iceland trade , but had been coming under pressure from increasing Hanse power there , and its merchants may well have been looking for alternative supplies of fish — it is worth stressing that the ships sent out in 1481 in search of the ‘ Isle of Brasil ’ were carrying a large quantity of salt ( 45 , pp.188–9 ; 94 , pp.177–82 ) . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , the educational background of many radio staff may well have been to blame for the overly formal tone of many programmes , which frequently caused them to sound stilted and unnatural . |
| 7 | Alternatively , Ho may simply have been waiting for something to turn up , something that would tip the scales one way or the other in the situation that was neither peace nor war . |