Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pers pn] [modal v] have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | From behind I could have been a man with my hood up . |
| 2 | For instance , domestic violence is now seen as unacceptable , whereas until recently it might have been considered a ‘ private ’ affair . |
| 3 | ‘ They have been treated , therefore , as persons in a different situation from mere contractors for then they would have been exempt , but in truth they are purchasers who have acquired an interest not in a mere chattel , but in a subject of a permanent nature … ’ |
| 4 | Just er it might of been of course I had plants through there it might have been |
| 5 | We felt this was important and valuable for otherwise she would have been so much in the company of adults . |
| 6 | In Essex at least they would have been required for aliens only . |
| 7 | We are a proud nation and at least we should have been put on stand-by . ’ |
| 8 | Well at least he 'll have been here this weekend to find |
| 9 | If you 'd told me your name , at least I 'd have been spared the sudden shock of finding that my temporary employer was last night 's rescuer ! ’ |
| 10 | One mother ( the widow of a lamplighter ) was a machinist at a printer 's ( bookbinding ? ) , and in this case at least it may have been the mother who introduced her daughter to the trade . |
| 11 | It was a macabre sight , strongly reminiscent of a scene from a TV western — or at least it would have been . |
| 12 | All three spoke as though the moment were of no real consequence , but I know that for Mother and for O at least it must have been a strange and moving moment . |
| 13 | Going on again on the tenant farmers , I actually think that er we are very good landlords and I think our our our tenants would rather us keep us as landlords than the private sector , in actual fact we will have no doubt a debate quite soon on that issue when the government makes us sell off all areas of of er th our interests and that one , I will tell you this , I think that some of the members all sides of the fence every side of the fence , have been passionately behind the tenants , if if they 're gon na be sold off by now they 'd have been sold off , but I think it wo n't be far long before we have to take education first , social services first , the elderly before er your side with your government to come forward and say to us we do n't want you interfering with anything like that and being bold business , get rid of , but that 's another debate that will come up later on . |
| 14 | By now you should have been out on several practice walks and determined your state of fitness . |
| 15 | It was his misfortune to envisage every such encounter as a matter of life and death , though by now he should have been used to anticlimax , and to the survival and tenacity of both parties to fight another day . |
| 16 | By now it must have been obvious to the Romans that the power and authority of the Druids was in the ascendancy and that sooner or later their inimical influence had to be removed . |
| 17 | By now it must have been obvious to her host that she had put him down as a direct descendant of Casanova , Don Juan or Jack the Ripper — or possibly a combination of all three . |
| 18 | By now she would have been safely hidden in some dull merchant 's house , forgotten by all the world — and Benedict himself . |