Example sentences of "[adv] have be [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It would seem that Miller can not have been on amicable terms with the gardeners there , otherwise he would have made a point of a visit then .
2 The contents , the observer thought , could not have been worth five dollars .
3 He may also have been behind certain elements of the design .
4 It may well have been with mixed feelings that Hamilton gave up Painshill and its burdens after some thirty-five years .
5 There are no screen credits at the beginnings of dreams to tell you what sort of film you are going to see , but there might as well have been in these nightmares , because the tenor , horror or guilt is excruciatingly present before the first scenes have even been played .
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