Example sentences of "may have been [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I doubt whether this implied anything lurid ; it may have been just a consultation . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ It may have been simply a moment of despair and nothing more than that . |
| 3 | The slight increase of residual activity associated with Barrett 's oesophagus may have been partly a result of the uptake of isotype by the Barrett mucosa , and this residual activity did not interfere with calculation of the transit indices . |
| 4 | This role may have been rather a disappointment to both sides , as General Gallagher said when he got back from Hanoi , although by opposing the clearance of wartime US mines that had been laid in Haiphong harbour , thus preventing an early return of French troopships , Gallagher seems to have come down rather heavily on the Vietminh side . |
| 5 | He was a North-countryman , and the bluntness of his approach to many issues should be considered , I think , as a traditional North-country attitude , exaggerated at times to the point of obtuseness ; it may have been merely a defence mechanism . |