Example sentences of "may have [been] [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some fruit may have been given an artificial protective coating , so it 's best to wash them in warm soapy water and rinse them well before use . |
| 2 | WE may have been leaked a world exclusive , incidentally , about a split in the Monster Raving Loonies ( for whom , incidentally , Screaming Lord Sutch is standing in three different seats . ) |
| 3 | I may have been called a pillock and a dickhead , but no one asked why I had tried to brain my companion . |
| 4 | Over ninety states have accepted the obligation not to acquire nuclear arms under the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty ; although this treaty has not prevented the detonation of a nuclear device by India and the covert acquisition of nuclear capacity also by Israel and South Africa , the total list of nuclear powers is relatively small , and perhaps less than may have been predicted a few years ago . |
| 5 | You may have been offered the similar T.buttikoferi , which has the usual bad habits when adult . |
| 6 | Despite their being one of the most common types of artefact in female graves , they may have been considered a personal luxury . |
| 7 | Dr Jaeger may have been considered an eccentric , but the Rational Dress Society , which won so many adherents at the International Health Exhibition in 1884 , continued the battle on broader lines . |
| 8 | So be on your guard , and if you think you may have been sold a fake , report it to your local trading standards department immediately . |
| 9 | The insurer was ordered to write to 20,000 policyholders earlier this year , telling them they may have been sold the wrong products . |