Example sentences of "they may have [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then they may have to wait a long time . |
| 2 | which is useful when they may have to wait a whole year for payment for their wheat harvest , or for the sale of fat cattle . |
| 3 | In addition he has stressed the crankish nature of many of its supporters and the fact that it drew that support from only a very small section of the working class — even though they may have formed a significant proportion of the BUF 's small membership of between 5,000 and 40,000 members throughout the 1930s . |
| 4 | The Durotriges , with most probably the southern branch of the Dubunni , gave the Romans serious trouble , so it can be assumed that they may have supplied a strong detachment to help oppose the Medway crossing . |
| 5 | There 's concern they may have copied a similar incident , screened on the television series ’ The Bill ’ , just the day before . |
| 6 | But we do know that the most obvious surviving monuments , the stone circles , take that form , and we can at least speculate that they may have performed a similar function . |
| 7 | For all I know they may have been part-time MPs , or they may have had a limited electorate to represent . |
| 8 | Clearly they failed to bring about disarmament , though they may have had a contributory effect on the decision to suspend tests in 1958 and later on the partial test ban treaty . |
| 9 | The similarity of their design to cup-and-ring patterns is striking and suggests that they may have had a ritual function . |
| 10 | Later these people reached all the inhabited areas of the Pacific and possibly America , it having been argued that they may have had a considerable influence on the rain-forest peoples of the New World , evidence coming from great similarities between certain groups in Borneo and central America , similarities greater than between these peoples and their geographic neighbours . |
| 11 | Once their condition has stabilised they may have to face a whole range of issues : new restrictions ; new sensations ; new embarrassments ; new lifestyles . |
| 12 | They may have lacked a proper use of the King 's English , and a knowledge of the finer points of etiquette and accepted behaviour in conforming to certain standards . |