Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [Wh det] [modal v] have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studies of the impact of the government budget necessarily presuppose what would have been the case in the absence of such a budget . |
| 2 | It is the high quality of musical performance , as well as the staging , which somehow make what might have been a curiosity into an entertaining and disturbing theatrical experience . |
| 3 | He thus turned what could have been a tragedy into a melodrama , i.e. ‘ a sensational dramatic piece with crude appeals to the emotions ’ ( O.E.D. ) . |
| 4 | The Sun decisively sabotaged what should have been a major circulation booster for its main competitor . |
| 5 | We wo n't ever know what might have been if the two had met . |
| 6 | The image omitted almost constant service to the Sanusis ; it also omitted what must have been at least intermittent contact with the Turks . |
| 7 | Both accepted what might have been regarded as a rather dubious honour . |
| 8 | Malcolm stoically prevented what would have been the first Test hat-trick in England since 1960 , but soon became Waqar 's record 22nd wicket of the series , leaving Smith a gallant 84 not out in four hours of great determination , to finish on the high note upon which he started the series , since which there had been much disappointment . |
| 9 | Corbett then spent what must have been one of the most miserable nights he had ever experienced . |
| 10 | Part of the problem lies in the fact that much of this produce is exported and therefore land which could have been utilised to feed a domestic market is supplying an overseas population . |