Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb mod] [vb infin] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only he could have been with Dinah at this hour , playing while she sang ! |
| 2 | So he must have been in |
| 3 | If it had been left any longer he could have been in serious trouble . |
| 4 | In the forty third minute , Foyle volleyed wide from fifteen yards when really he should have been on target after receiving from Magilton , and as referee Taylor was looking at his whistle to blow it for half time , United skipper , Steve Foster drove forward from the edge of the penalty area , shrugged off a couple of challenges , hit a good low shot , seemingly under the body of Gosney , but Gosney 's body just halted the flow of the ball . |
| 5 | Surely he should have been over the romantic stage by then . |
| 6 | ‘ If Frankie had already signed , then he would have been aboard Musicale today , ’ said Sangster . |
| 7 | Looking back on those years between the two wars , and knowing Sam as I did , I am convinced that , had my parents landed in America , as intended , then he would have been in the prohibition racket , without any doubts . |
| 8 | If he was Sorrel 's father , then he must have been around his mid-forties at least , but he 'd worn well . |
| 9 | That 's right , but Locke was turning it on , on occasion and and just could n't strike at all , except for the one wicket , if he bowled quicker and quicker he might have been in trouble . |
| 10 | Otherwise he might have been in serious trouble . |