Example sentences of "[pron] may have been [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may have been called a pillock and a dickhead , but no one asked why I had tried to brain my companion . |
| 2 | So be on your guard , and if you think you may have been sold a fake , report it to your local trading standards department immediately . |
| 3 | WE may have been leaked a world exclusive , incidentally , about a split in the Monster Raving Loonies ( for whom , incidentally , Screaming Lord Sutch is standing in three different seats . ) |
| 4 | Despite their being one of the most common types of artefact in female graves , they may have been considered a personal luxury . |
| 5 | They may have intended to present the information as a factual account , or they may have been investigating a particular area with a view to using the material obtained as a background for a piece of more imaginative writing . |
| 6 | He may have been conducting a formal press conference in very informal dress at a most abnormal time . |
| 7 | But he may have been wearing a dark ski cap of the Deerhunter style . |
| 8 | But he may have been wearing a dark ski cap of the Deerhunter style . |
| 9 | He may have been wearing a green bomber jacket . |
| 10 | He may have been looking a bit weary , but he was doing a splendid linking job and Whitton found it hard fill the gap . |