Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] have [be] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That must have been down to the policeman . |
| 2 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 3 | However , allied to the improvement in companies ' financial position has been an increase in large companies ' liquidity ratios , to their highest level since the end of 1987 ( though this may have been partly at the cost of the liquidity of smaller companies , because of trade credit effect ) . |
| 4 | He is one of the two architects ever to have held this position twice , but this may have been more in recognition of his wealth and status as an MP , and for his interest in the organization of the profession , than for his abilities as an architect . |
| 5 | But it would be a superficial reading of club ideology to view the movement simply in terms of its ‘ rescue ’ work , for though this may have been so in the early days , it was never the sole aim which would imply a passivity hardly reconcilable with the ambitions of the founders of clubs , or with that of the missions and settlement houses . |
| 6 | Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases . |
| 7 | In the old days this would have been all to the good . |
| 8 | That might have been so in this nation , but it was not the case throughout the empire . |
| 9 | But these would have been mainly in the military zones , such as the example already noted of Hercules and Hesione at Chester . |
| 10 | ‘ That would have been up to her . ’ |
| 11 | I suppose I could have stopped and analysed just how much , but that would have been massively beside the point . |
| 12 | If it had been pouring with rain the walk would have been cancelled , and that would have been more in keeping with Lucy 's mood , which was one of deep depression . |
| 13 | Most may have been there in the pre-Norman period , although whether as fully developed villages or not will be discussed below . |