Example sentences of "may have [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of the four can be definitely linked with Gloucester in the 1470s , although the Calthorpes may have kept some connections with him . |
| 2 | None of the four can be definitely linked with Gloucester in the 1470s , although the Calthorpes may have kept some connections with him . |
| 3 | We may have to close some roads to traffic and make them pedestrian only . |
| 4 | This may have been for a local production company producing a video for one of their corporate clients ; at the other end of the scale , you may have written some pieces for the broadcasters ( BBC , ITV , etc . ) . |
| 5 | Early pupils were mainly youths who had just completed general schooling , and medical students , who may have served some years of apprenticeship to a surgeon , and to whom the contrast between an overcrowded surgical profession , and the developing veterinary profession , favoured the latter . |
| 6 | This may have prevented some children of artisans falling into poverty as a result of the decline of skilled occupations , but it did little for the lowest stratum who were always the most vulnerable to severe poverty . |
| 7 | French raids on the English south coast may have inflicted some damage , but in general the wealthier parts of the country were free of fighting . |
| 8 | We shall see that there are other indications that the Belfast /a/ system was formerly more inclined to the front than it is now , and as we have noted above , the EModE front-raising rule may have affected some dialects later than others . |
| 9 | They suggest that warnings by Mr Major that a vote for the Liberal Democrats could let Labour into Downing Street by the ‘ back door ’ may have frightened some waverers back into the Tory fold . |
| 10 | Disco said ‘ We may have made some mistakes in our business plan when we chose to go for growth . |
| 11 | The fact that the prior of Shene was lord and two other monasteries as well as the bishop of Salisbury all had interests there may have exercised some influence . |
| 12 | The implication from Mallia is that free enterprise may have played some part in the Minoan economy , alongside the clearly dominant role of the temple . |
| 13 | Once Richard had launched his attack on the Woodvilles , moreover , he exposed himself to recriminations should Edward V come to power , and this in turn may have played some part in deciding him to take the throne . |
| 14 | The right hon. Member for Llanelli ( Mr. Davies ) may have played some part in that decision . |
| 15 | Once Richard had launched his attack on the Woodvilles , moreover , he exposed himself to recriminations should Edward V come to power , and this in turn may have played some part in deciding him to take the throne . |
| 16 | This may have played some role in the big decline in the profitability of Japanese industry over the same period as Japanese exporters were forced to accept lower profit margins , but there will have been some compensating improvement in the profitability of import-competing industries in the United States and Europe as Japanese exporters found themselves obliged to raise their prices to recoup some of the cost increases . |
| 17 | They may have received some college training , participated in in-service training provided by government agencies or employers , or received no specific training for their jobs . |
| 18 | The provisions made by his executors to establish loan chests at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge after his death suggest that Gilbert may have received some sort of university education . |
| 19 | Obviously he was worried lest they may have sustained some damage by coming into contact with my nasty hard ribs . |
| 20 | Although the failure of the courts to take into account Sri Lankan ideas about status may have led some people to experience injustice , it scarcely explains the extensive perjury and high level of litigation . |
| 21 | Mr O'Connor added : ‘ All our competitors may have suffered some sort of disability but the standard of competition was phenomenal . ’ |
| 22 | During this time Mozart may have given some lessons to the young Beethoven , who was visiting Vienna for the first time . |
| 23 | CORRECTION : Our June feature on redundancy may have given some readers the impression that redundancy pay is based on full pay , which is incorrect . |
| 24 | ‘ It is very enjoyable but one of the disadvantages is that when you start out you can be put low on a list after others and you may have to wait some time . |
| 25 | They may have seen some dangers in Methodism which were not in fact there . |
| 26 | The concept of geographical provinces may have gained some currency because it could be understood as a biological equivalent of the nations of humanity — and the early nineteenth century was a period of strong nationalist feelings . |
| 27 | For instance , government may have gained some pilot experience in attracting private money and management into certain areas like urban redevelopment and water resources . |
| 28 | Clint may have felt some pity but he did n't want her back . |
| 29 | The Court said that Savory Milln may have felt some anxiety and even suspicion as to how Mr Ferriday had arranged for the £13.5m to be paid on his behalf , but it was going too far to say that any honest and reasonable man would have inferred that Mr Ferriday had misappropriated Eagle 's money in gross breach of his duty as a director or that any honest and reasonable man would not have applied the money , as Savory Milln did , in discharge of sub-underwriting liabilities until he had been satisfied that the monies were properly paid . |
| 30 | ‘ the view of the courts may have undergone some change in regard to the relative rights of preference and ordinary shareholders … and to the disadvantage of the preference shareholders whose position has … become somewhat more approximated to [ that ] of debentureholders . ’ |