Example sentences of "may [adv] [verb] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There may just have been some hope of effecting change through organization , especially when the numbers of women were still low ( about 300 at the end of the 18805 ) , though the means chosen were not welcomed by the rank and file of the men 's union .
2 In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue .
3 In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue .
4 There may even have been some dissatisfaction among Penda 's allies with what had been achieved at Iudeu .
5 The area of Gallia Ulterior conceded to the Alans may well have been that area which had supported Tibatto , and the grant may well have been a means of punishing the rebels and keeping them under surveillance , as well as being a reward for the followers of Goar .
6 The passages from Mank Ali and Ata'i concerning Abdulfettah do suggest , however , that there may well have been some connection between the pairs of concepts and that there is some basis for assuming that the " interior " referred to is the three cities of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa ( and environs ) and the " exterior " the rest of the empire or at least that part of it in which the learned hierarchy operated .
7 I think the problem is that this one point seven billion was er an actuarial assessment by Watsons i it may never have been that amount of money .
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