Example sentences of "may have [been] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although its size is not yet known , suggestions have been made that it was larger than a normal auxiliary fort and may have accommodated either a vexillation , possibly of Legio IX , whose tile-works may have been situated some 8 km ( 5 miles ) south of Carlisle at Scalesceugh , ( though the stamped tiles from there may belong to a slightly later period ) , or the Ala Petriana before its transfer to Stanwix over the river . |
| 2 | Implicitly , many decisions may have been made that disadvantage older people . |
| 3 | Barbiturates are the second hierarchical category , and individuals in this group may have been using any of the drugs in the four categories below , but not opioids . |
| 4 | She may have been killed any time in the last two days . ’ |
| 5 | Paradoxically , however , although over the years you may have been contributing many thousands of pounds to the Inland Revenue , in practice you may have had very little direct contact with the tax system . |
| 6 | An offending tree may have been planted many years ago by a previous owner . |
| 7 | Of course , gardens have long been maintained in conjunction with historic houses ; what is new is the desire to rescue and restore gardens that may have been abandoned many years ago , as attractions in their own right . |
| 8 | These men were in touch with Edward Balliol , the heir of the Scottish king dispossessed by Edward I , and they may have been planning some move to recover their position in either England or Scotland . |
| 9 | Although there may have been surviving some notion of the tradition of ordered government from the ancient world , in actuality Rome had no strong , centralized government since classical times . |