Example sentences of "may [verb] had a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Another complaint was that the trial judge failed to give the jury any warning about the evidence of Zaidie and Matadial as witnesses who may have had a purpose of their own to serve or whose evidence could be tainted by an improper motive . |
2 | Long Latin words are full of syllables which resemble ‘ bum ’ and ‘ tit ’ and ‘ poo ’ much more , and an idly dreaming miniaturist may have had a thought process set off by half-reading the Latin : if in lege domini ( Psalm 1:2 ) really suggested the funny men made of legs on the opening pages of the Bardolf-Vaux and Ormesby Psalters , then this tells us that the artists , like Professor Camille , spoke English . |
3 | They may have had a function in aiding the picking out of broken threads on the loom . |
4 | They may have been the gigantic reptilian analogue of the elephant , and it may be no coincidence that the elephant also has its nasal openings on top of the skull , with the nostrils in this case sited at the end of the trunk it has been suggested that some sauropods may have had a proboscis of some sort . |
5 | The Marquis may have had a diggicult year but the last few months though have been more difficult for Becky Blandford . |
6 | We made sure that er on each occasion er we reached a figure or a set of figures that would be mutually acceptable to ask the colleague or colleagues and , and then it was registered in the minutes as a , so we could refer back to er any cases er that were similar and that then made life easier for the shop stewards er who may have had a recurrence of the same problem . |
7 | Here , with my seal-profile friend Fairfax , in the sight of the Mountain of God , I see that Victoria may have had a point . |
8 | My hon. Friend the Member for Welwyn Hatfield may have had a point when he said — it was a tough line to take — that all admissions into this country should be suspended until we have caught up , and then we could reduce the waiting period to six weeks . |
9 | Others may have had a succession of live-in boy or girl friends , lasting as long as it suited them both . |
10 | All right , the secretary of state may have had a Cabinet committee meeting . |
11 | No , no he was n't well , I went to see her er I think he may have had a stroke and he ca n't get about very well at all |
12 | Sealstones and frescoes often depict cult scenes ; stone vessels were often intended for cult use ; the finest faience figurines were idols ; the metal and clay figurines and miniature double-axes were intended as offerings to deities ; the recurring marine motif on the pottery and in frescoes may have had a cult association with the worship of Poseidon . |
13 | The severity may have had a cause hidden from the young Ramsey . |
14 | He was a friend of President Kennedy 's and he wrote a rather fulsome biography Marilyn Monroe , and in his most recent novel he allows the suspicion — just the suspicion — that Jack may have had a hand in killing Marilyn , and that the CIA may have winked at the killing of Jack . |
15 | Although there were suggestions that Ashraf may have had a hand in the affair it seems more likely that the Shah dalliance with another women was the real cause . " |
16 | Most of the printed newsbooks now attributed to Mabbott 's editorship were probably not written by him , although there is some evidence that he may have had a hand in The Perfect Diurnall ( 1642–55 ) , edited by Samuel Pecke . |
17 | Active swimmers in the surface waters of the present oceans are likely to feed directly on the plankton , and the trilobites may have had a method of harvesting large quantities of minute food . |
18 | Early Minoan Phaistos , over one hectare in area , may have had a population of 300–450 , Early Minoan Mallia , with its area of 2.58 hectares , had a population of 700–1,000 , and Early Minoan Knossos was almost twice as big as Mallia , with a maximum extent of 4.84 hectares and a population estimated to be between 1,300 and 1,900 . |
19 | ‘ They may have panicked , may have had a gut reaction to run . ’ |
20 | So how he came to be carrying a cannister of CS gas is being invistigated … he may have had an accomplice . |
21 | The letter suggests the two may have had an affair . |
22 | Certainly she was desperately trying to raise money , and one John Crosse , with whom she may have had an affair , was involved . |
23 | There is a suggestion that S & N directors were unhappy with the standard of diesel cars for senior executives , and the fact there are no diesel Jaguars may have had an influence . |
24 | The Orphic idea of Chronos , which may have had an influence on Pythagoras , seems rather like the Iranian idea of Zurvan akarana . |
25 | Data from the New Zealand cot death study show that the prevalence of the prone sleeping position decreased before the campaign in New Zealand and suggest that other publicity , such as that generated by fundraising campaigns , may have had an influence . |
26 | ‘ This may have been a mixture of excitement , curiosity and immaturity — and the payment of money by the accused may have had an influence , ’ he said . |
27 | In association with his technically minded relative , Thomas ( the exact relationship is not known ) , he may have had an iron furnace and hammer-pond at Hamsell Farm , and possibly a smelter and perhaps a coining press in Isleworth at the end of the century . |
28 | Thomas Garvine ( possibly an early version of the surnames Garven and Girvan common in Ayrshire at present ) is thought to have been born about 1685 , in or near Kilmarnock , although the Earl of Loudoun 's intervention on his behalf suggests that he may have had an Irvine valley connection . |
29 | Drugs may have had an effect . |
30 | The warning may have had an effect , but did nothing to dispel feelings among various groups of workers that the Party was not dealing with reform correctly . |