Example sentences of "[adv] [vb mod] have [been] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It just could have been a lot better . |
| 2 | A pity , as both would have been a godsend . |
| 3 | There was always the possibility , of course , that his suggestion of a fortnight ago may have been a whim of the moment , and he would no longer be approving of the idea . |
| 4 | The stuff circulating in her veins by then must have been a cocktail in which blood was a fairly minor ingredient . |
| 5 | He told Mrs Heatherton his mother 's maiden name , and she gave a little grimace which in anyone else might have been a smile . |
| 6 | Moreover , deep-rooted public opposition to urban road construction emerged in the 1970s , so that the only feasible way forward would have been a policy of car restraint . |
| 7 | ‘ It came out like that , Mr Tranter , because anything else would have been a misrepresentation . |
| 8 | Right so after nineteen forty five there cer there certainly would have been a momentum towards this in the areas where there 'd been a strong Japanese presence because there would be more collaborators and there would be some more obvious targets . |