Example sentences of "[vb infin] been [num] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Burke , who would have been 100 in three weeks , was found unconscious and bleeding heavily . |
| 2 | Could it have been one of these specimens that succumbed to the examining blade of the paleopathologist 's knife ? |
| 3 | I could have been one of those prophets who foretold him . |
| 4 | It must have been one of those men Angy sketched … the one she was talking about packing up . |
| 5 | Had I been born in the Middle Ages , I knew that I would have been one of those retainers who stayed inside the castle and embroidered whilst the knights went off to slaughter the French . |
| 6 | Under the old rules England 's revised objective would have been 194 off 41 overs ( 41 × 4.72 ) , requiring a further 132 from 29 overs at 4.55 — not only less than 4.61 but having to be maintained for fewer overs . |
| 7 | There must have been dozens of dead animals lying around , most of them killed by shrapnel or having wandered into a minefield . |