Example sentences of "may [vb infin] been some [noun sg] " 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 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ There may have been some leak , causing hallucinations , wholesale insanity . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Though there may have been some hostility between the victuallers and the non-victuallers , this can hardly have been the only factor involved . |
| 6 | Since the Wilson Committee reported there may have been some improvement in the availability of bank finance for small businesses . |