Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] [adv] have [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The daring actions of slaters , copper and lead and iron miners were described , bringing to life those now deserted valleys throughout the centre of the area which must once have been hives of industry .
2 It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean .
3 The clear association of religious cults with the buildings at Chedworth can be much strengthened by the existence of other structures in the vicinity which would probably have been part of a large establishment .
4 This is conceded in respect of an offence which would once have been larceny by a trick .
5 So I walked beneath the trees and found just under my feet pieces of old concrete and what might once have been bits of wall .
6 He landed in a heap of what might once have been straw .
7 They say you can still see a gap in the treeline where the Hurricane shaved the tops off what would then have been saplings .
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