Example sentences of "may have 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 . ’ |