Example sentences of "he may have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He captured three quick wickets before Richards and Lloyd ( who passed 7,000 Test runs ) steadied the ship , but then had Richards lbw , although umpire Meyer later admitted that he may have made a mistake and had considered recalling the batsman . |
| 2 | Mike Phelan looked like he may have discovered a passage into the second round with a fierce drive which spun off a defender with the goalkeeper stranded . |
| 3 | He may have created a settlement overseas which in turn owns an underlying company , which underlying company receives UK dividends . |
| 4 | It is eminently practical , and he thinks he may have started a trend . |
| 5 | And he may have taken a drink or two to steady his nerves . |
| 6 | No , no he was n't well , I went to see her er I think he may have had a stroke and he ca n't get about very well at all |
| 7 | Most of the printed newsbooks now attributed to Mabbott 's editorship were probably not written by him , although there is some evidence that he may have had a hand in The Perfect Diurnall ( 1642–55 ) , edited by Samuel Pecke . |
| 8 | So how he came to be carrying a cannister of CS gas is being invistigated … he may have had an accomplice . |
| 9 | Thomas Garvine ( possibly an early version of the surnames Garven and Girvan common in Ayrshire at present ) is thought to have been born about 1685 , in or near Kilmarnock , although the Earl of Loudoun 's intervention on his behalf suggests that he may have had an Irvine valley connection . |
| 10 | In association with his technically minded relative , Thomas ( the exact relationship is not known ) , he may have had an iron furnace and hammer-pond at Hamsell Farm , and possibly a smelter and perhaps a coining press in Isleworth at the end of the century . |
| 11 | Prior to Theology , he may have pursued an Arts course when he was a young man . |
| 12 | He may have provided an escape route along Stane Street to Bosham Harbour . |
| 13 | He may have admitted a friend or relative , although that 's even more doubtful . |
| 14 | It was thought he may have set a match to it himself . |