Example sentences of "may have [been] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , for all that is known to the contrary , Ecgfrith may have been facing a Pictish-Scottish alliance in 685 . |
2 | Others may have been maintaining a stressful lifestyle for years , always rushing onwards , filling their time with one impossible task after the next . |
3 | But he may have been wearing a dark ski cap of the Deerhunter style . |
4 | But he may have been wearing a dark ski cap of the Deerhunter style . |
5 | He may have been wearing a green bomber jacket . |
6 | He may have been conducting a formal press conference in very informal dress at a most abnormal time . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Despite their being one of the most common types of artefact in female graves , they may have been considered a personal luxury . |