Example sentences of "may have [be] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She was very religious and may have been considering the best approaches to make .
2 Indeed , for all that is known to the contrary , Ecgfrith may have been facing a Pictish-Scottish alliance in 685 .
3 At this stage you may also be in contact with the social services who may have been supporting the new client for some time .
4 Others may have been maintaining a stressful lifestyle for years , always rushing onwards , filling their time with one impossible task after the next .
5 But he may have been wearing a dark ski cap of the Deerhunter style .
6 But he may have been wearing a dark ski cap of the Deerhunter style .
7 He may have been wearing a green bomber jacket .
8 He may have been conducting a formal press conference in very informal dress at a most abnormal time .
9 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 .
10 But he may have been observing the traditional superstition that it is unlucky for the bridegroom to see the bride on the eve of her wedding .
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