Example sentences of "it may [verb] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may have been that while in Japan he found the taste of humble pie just a little too much to stomach . |
| 2 | At that time the Particular Baptists were meeting in a private house and it may have been that fact rather than family disagreements on doctrinal issues which led to her being baptized at Netherfield Independent chapel on 6 August 1817 . |
| 3 | It may have been these factors that encouraged the Court to give a restrictive opinion on the powers of the member States . |
| 4 | It may have been this connection that took him to Nottinghamshire in 1580 , to work for Arundell 's brother-in-law , Sir Francis Willoughby , at Wollaton Hall . |
| 5 | It may have been this group Professor Ashton had in mind when he drew attention to the way in which London banks played a role in making available the " savings of agriculturalists ' to provide " much of the investment in manufacture " . |