Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [adv] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy overtook a container lorry , the kind of thing that should never have been on that road , and hit a Volvo estate car coming in the opposite direction . |
| 2 | The island and its neighbour Warbah have been claimed by Iraq in the past and may well have been among Iraq 's objectives in mounting the invasion a year earlier , although there was no strong evidence of this at the time . |
| 3 | Marling already occupied Pitts Mill and may well have been in Freames as well . |
| 4 | She 's very , very disturbed , and should never have been in prison . |
| 5 | This was already clear by 1926 , and could even have been in 1922 , if only the central authorities had kept a closer watch on the pulse of rural life . |
| 6 | This will usually be someone who has relatively little experience as an account executive ( but may well have been in the agency for some time , as a progress controller or planner , for example ) . |