Example sentences of "may [vb infin] [been] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mozart 's church music — written as part of his duties — includes five more short Masses , of which K.262 is the most substantial : it may have been written for the Easter celebrations at the cathedral in 1776 . |
| 2 | The gesture may have been made for the sake of appearances : after all , how could a minister be without Christian charity ? |
| 3 | Recent scholarship suggests that the tactic of anonymity may have been employed for the best of reasons . |
| 4 | At the same time , the additional possibility is not excluded that some of the crimes may have been chosen for the ‘ allegations ’ because individuals in high places had vested interests in having them pinned on persons other than the real culprits . |
| 5 | In some sense Angela may have been paying for the assets — they had assets valued at £600,000 then , most of it in the lease on the building . |