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

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1 There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward .
2 There may have been some species which were attached to floating seaweed .
3 There may have been some weather impact in the last two months , but basically , it looks like the major U S oil companies that were going overseas are still spending money on buying leases and building up infrastructure .
4 ‘ There may have been some leak , causing hallucinations , wholesale insanity . ’
5 While the Maryland charter gave the Calverts the same executive authority as the Bishops of Durham held on the Scottish border , it required them to make sure that the colonists had approved the laws of their colony before they came into effect ; it may have been realized from earlier experience that an assembly was needed , or there may have been some feeling that a Catholic colony would have special problems .
6 There may be a s there may have been some guests turn up
7 Although most of the ‘ Lees ’ were probably Flanellys or Murphies , there may have been some Romanies present .
8 Though there may have been some hostility between the victuallers and the non-victuallers , this can hardly have been the only factor involved .
9 Since the Wilson Committee reported there may have been some improvement in the availability of bank finance for small businesses .
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