Example sentences of "he [vb mod] well be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect he was faithful to the specific teaching of the Gītā on the need for detached or selfless action , and he may well be reflecting the stress on dharma , or duty , characteristic of the Hindu tradition and which received particular emphasis in the Buddhist tradition . |
| 2 | He will argue that there is only Jordan to cross , and he may well be supported by those who fear the consequences for Labour of a new bloodletting . |
| 3 | He had grown accustomed , even in the work of supposedly enlightened anthropologists , to terms such as ‘ savage ’ , ‘ lower races ’ , and ‘ inferior races ’ , so that when he speaks of ‘ inequality ’ , he may well be thinking of a vertical model , though he may mean simply ‘ difference ’ when he writes that |
| 4 | The next time he makes me stand in the rain when I need answers to questions , he may well be treated to a proverbial Glasgow kiss , but I do wish those who choose to criticise him ( and , given his superb all-round game , his one Major title does deserve scrutiny ) would give some consideration before they complain . |
| 5 | He may well be proven right . |
| 6 | Ultimately his strength will depend on his personality , but as Rodney Brazier points out , when affairs go badly his authority will wane and if luck deserts him he may well be finished . |
| 7 | For all she knew , so far from being lonely and deprived at this moment , he might well be taking his mild pleasures in his usual fashion , with some lady chanced upon by pure luck in the wilds of Anatolia . |
| 8 | He might well be creating havoc with her pulse-rate , but he was only doing it to comfort her after a bad day ; it did n't mean there was anything personal in the action . |
| 9 | If , therefore , a person can prove that the statements or criticisms complained of went beyond reasonable or forceful debate and were defamatory ( as for example , a torrent of defamatory invective ) , and were influenced by indirect or ulterior motives , he might well be justified in issuing a writ . |
| 10 | In following the same clues as her , he might well be heading for the same destination . |
| 11 | It crossed her mind that he might well be keeping out of her way after his failure to secure some kind of punishment for Matthew 's cruel and unacceptable behaviour earlier in the day . |
| 12 | If he drove on regardless of the conditions he could well be convicted . |
| 13 | Peter Roebuck might not have looked 13 in 1969 , but then he could well be taken for less than his 36 years now . |