Example sentences of "may have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others may have maintained a long-term extra-marital affair . |
| 2 | ‘ Boro may have lost a couple of home games , but we always seem to be the whipping boys who allow teams to regain their form . ’ |
| 3 | Queen Philippa died in August 1369 , and the removal of her influence may have hastened a deterioration in his character which became all too apparent in the 1370s . |
| 4 | It may have saved a lot of time . ’ |
| 5 | Nevertheless , uncritical acceptance of the results of classical twin studies may have misled a generation of researchers . |
| 6 | I may have asked a few more questions ; I ca n't remember now . |
| 7 | TEATIME viewers to ITV 's results service last Saturday may have noticed a promising debut at the Sunderland-West Ham Cup tie . |
| 8 | The nautiloids achieved their widest range of adaptations and greatest variety of form in the Ordovician and Silurian periods , with various coiled forms , straight , pipe-like forms , and curious dumpy species with restricted apertures that may have adopted a sluggish ( possible filter-feeding ) mode of life . |
| 9 | Because we observe changes in Hox expression in neural crest and motor nerves as well as in the early neural epithelium , multiple groups of cells that will enter and populate the first branchial arch may have adopted a second branchial arch identity . |
| 10 | Alternatively , he may have represented a powerful aristocratic family descended from neither the Deiran nor the Bernician royal family and which was aspiring to royal power for the first time , though the likelihood is that some such affinity was at least claimed . |
| 11 | Jack 's ‘ going with someone ’ , as Karen Black put it , was still Mimi , a relationship which had survived all predictions ; and , though it may have stopped a few magic moments between him and Black , it did not prevent an entanglement with another of his co-stars , Susan Anspach . |
| 12 | I think the one you show may have risen a bit too much … |
| 13 | For example , a bank loan may fall due three months after the balance sheet date but the borrower may have obtained a commitment from the bank to provide a further loan for the same amount for a further three years . |
| 14 | … they meant well — they felt kindly towards him , and acknowledged his provocations ; but they fell into the too common error of supposing that the finer feelings , which induce a man to prefer death to dishonour , are only to be recognised among the higher classes ; and that , because circumstances may have placed a man before the mast , he will undergo punishment , however severe , however degrading … in preference to death . |
| 15 | Not much to report this week on the home front , except that I have a sneaking feeling I may have broken a bone in my right hand . |
| 16 | The Jockey Club is hoping to make better progress elsewhere , by making trainers report anything which may have affected a horse 's running — good or bad -as happens in Ireland . |
| 17 | Cases of illness and other extenuating circumstances which may have affected a student 's performance overall or in an individual assessment or examination should normally be dealt with through the centres regulations and by discussion of individual cases with the HCIMA moderator prior to the Assessment/Examination Board Meeting . |
| 18 | In newly-published research , two American scientists claim the eruption of Toba in Sumatra 73,500 years ago — the largest in the last million years and five times bigger than Tambora — may have caused a global cooling of 3-5C . |
| 19 | Shortened red cell survival in patients with uraemia may have caused a reduction in carbamylated haemoglobin in all study groups . |
| 20 | She may have made a mess of her life ; she may have faced problems beyond your comprehension . |
| 21 | Even so , Warner may have made a ‘ profit ’ out of the film after all , by charging itself a huge distribution fee . |
| 22 | He captured three quick wickets before Richards and Lloyd ( who passed 7,000 Test runs ) steadied the ship , but then had Richards lbw , although umpire Meyer later admitted that he may have made a mistake and had considered recalling the batsman . |
| 23 | Cynics believe that the administration may have made a secret deal with Noriega , and some of the defence testimony seems to bear out this theory . |
| 24 | It may have made a decision which it had no power to make . |
| 25 | The general may have made a false start , but his was a worthwhile beginning . |
| 26 | We may have made a mess of most of them , including parliamentary democracy , but the cricket culture we have successfully assimilated and , as Graham Gooch may tell you , perfected . |
| 27 | SUPER SAVER DAVID JAMES may have made a few mistakes but he is learning all the time , says Liverpool boss Graeme Souness ( inset ) . |
| 28 | He may have made a cool £250,000 out of writing George Michael 's biography , but he was cute enough to identify a demand for the tome , and lucky George did n't want to rip him off for the proceeds . |
| 29 | Andropulos may have made a mistake , Admiral , in telling you that he was scared that his spare fuel tank might blow up . |
| 30 | All the parties are in close and fairly intimate contact and there is no point in gratuitously annoying and antagonizing people — especially since the oracles may have made a mistake . |