Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [modal v] have [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramsey asked the pointed question whether William Temple would have been able to write if he had been Bishop of London and not Archbishop of York . |
| 2 | The Scarlet Pimpernel would have been proud of us . |
| 3 | The van Goghs must have been relieved as well as saddened when their rumbling volcano of a son departed . |
| 4 | A West Point cadet would have been proud of those shoes already . |
| 5 | If it had not been for Agnes 's willingness to help , poor Miss Watson would have been unaided in her weakness . |
| 6 | We did n't have ‘ team spirit ’ any more , ( Miss Brodie would have been proud of us ! ) . |
| 7 | However , even though Richard Baxter may have been poor as a theologian and controversialist , he was undoubtedly one of the most outstanding pastors of all time . |
| 8 | If listeners were just keen to get into the ‘ real meat ’ of the Brahms second piano concerto , then genuine Brahms lovers must have been disappointed . |
| 9 | Each also had a wood stove , and a bathroom so small that someone of Arnold Schwarzenegger proportions would have been afraid to enter it , for fear of never getting back out . |
| 10 | Sir Edward Elgar would have been delighted . |
| 11 | The man for the crisis proved to be Downton , who stayed with Gower till the end , which came when Botham declared on 302 for 6 ; they were helped by Marshall not being able to bowl , but it was still a fine piece of concentration of which Ken Barrington would have been proud . |
| 12 | Allan Wells would have been proud . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I see Dr Nichols would have been due to cover this evening 's surgery anyway . ’ |
| 14 | It 's a truck the Beverley Hillbillies would have been proud of . |
| 15 | Alan Prentice must have been impressed . |
| 16 | The late Ray Petri would have been proud of this issue . |
| 17 | ‘ Two Dr Naylors would have been impossible . ’ |
| 18 | Whoever it was , he and Kieran Goss would have been kindred souls . |
| 19 | Had she been asked to account for her day Elisabeth Danziger would have been unable to do so . |
| 20 | Dr Dichter would have been proud of that piece of depth thinking . |
| 21 | But , while the opinion of Messenger May Baverstock might have been erroneous , negligence in law on the part of the auctioneer 's had not been established . |
| 22 | They believe Mr MacDonald may have been involved in some kind of argument shortly before his death . |
| 23 | Mr Museveni would have been unable to stay in power were it not for the economic success unfolding around him . |
| 24 | He claims that Mr Maitland should have been able to rely on the references and should be compensated for the full amount plus lost interest . |
| 25 | Hillsborough fans must have been surprised and delighted at the no-nonsense way their manager told Manchester United to get lost as they attempted to sign David Hirst . |
| 26 | Mr Hyde would have been proud of the shambles that let through Watford 's Paul Furlong . |
| 27 | King Sabata Dalindyebo would have been pleased . |
| 28 | Mr Bond was deemed to be insolvent at the time the bankruptcy judgment was entered against him and the bankruptcy notice was served — ‘ about three weeks ago ’ — but Mr Bond may have been insolvent before that time . |
| 29 | Five years ago the prospect of music biz power-brokers scraping over the rights to the Reading Festival would have been laughable , but then five years ago Reading was laughable , light years removed from the vital , fun , rather homely popstravaganza it is today . |
| 30 | Of course , Mr McGibbon would have been delighted if his son had turned into another Stephen Roche . |