Example sentences of "may have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TEATIME viewers to ITV 's results service last Saturday may have noticed a promising debut at the Sunderland-West Ham Cup tie . |
| 2 | But do n't pick up any more thorns , Hlao-roo , because we may have to go a long way . " |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You may have made a genuine mistake or misrepresented a situation . |
| 6 | The canonization of Becket may have made a lasting impression on the future pope Innocent , at the time a boy of twelve or thirteen . |
| 7 | The general may have made a false start , but his was a worthwhile beginning . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc , however , says it may have to do a Pentium-specific version of its Unix operating system . |
| 10 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 11 | And he may have to live a long time with the third . |
| 12 | Some well-informed people suggest that the Americans may have played a discreet role in last week 's cabinet reshuffle . |
| 13 | Mr Major may have played a clever hand over Scotland in the run-up to the election , and one which brought unexpected success . |
| 14 | Five thousand did so , and may have played a decisive part in turning a 5,060 Tory majority into a 580 Labour one . |
| 15 | The Council may have played a major role in planning the transfer of the Visigoths to Aquitaine . |
| 16 | It is evident that the larger and more popular temples may have played a considerable part in the economy of any province . |
| 17 | Roger may have played a significant part in raising funds for the enterprise . |
| 18 | A disabled rider who 's accusing a horse trader of cheating her out of twelve hundred pounds says more than a hundred and fifty people may have suffered a similar fate . |
| 19 | You or someone you look after may have suffered a recent bereavement . |
| 20 | The age range is usually 15–44 years , and the woman may have suffered a recent miscarriage or discovered she is infertile . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Your report ( 4 March ) regarding the proposed housing and golf course development at Archerfield , East Lothian , may have given a misleading impression of the current situation . |
| 23 | We may have met a long time ago at Rotherfield when I was on a weekend outing from school , but I would n't expect you to remember — it was at least 10 years ago and I ca n't imagine I was a memorable schoolgirl ! |
| 24 | Apart from the finds , these represent all that is left of the excavated site , and so are extremely important ; they also represent the investment in the excavation from a financial point of view , which may have cost a considerable amount of money , and it is therefore usual to duplicate them , storing one copy far away from the original records in case of accidents . |
| 25 | Make contact with the so-called " special clinic " ( department of genito-urinary medicine ) at your local hospital if you have any reason whatever to suspect that you may have contracted a venereal disease . |
| 26 | ‘ Then they may have to wait a long time . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | LATE-NIGHT revellers who may have seen a vicious assault have ignored police appeals to come forward . |
| 29 | Davies may have seen a close tussle between his two scrum halfs , but elsewhere in this gripping battle there was no question the Scarlets were the ones left blushing . |
| 30 | Now , if you were out and about at about ten o'clock last night you may have seen a greenish glow in the sky . |