Example sentences of "[vb mod] have been a [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The twitch broadened fractionally into what might have been a smile on anyone else but on him was just a rearrangement of composed features . |
| 2 | Walter Smith made the point yesterday that while there might have been a reaction on the part of his players today in a bread-and-butter league match , the atmosphere generated by an Old Firm game would bring out the best in them . |
| 3 | It might have been a technical failure or it might have been an action on the part of the operating crew or , indeed , a combination of both . |
| 4 | It could have been a variant on the banana sign . ’ |
| 5 | If Ralph Glaber 's information on the assistance sent to the Normans by Cnut is correct , it could have been a staging-post on a journey south . |
| 6 | It could have been an attack on Spiderglass itself . ’ |
| 7 | There may have been a wheel on this site since the 18th Century when the Macclesfield Company put down a shallow shaft — Bonsor West Shaft — at the north-westerly extremity of the old 17th Century open works . |
| 8 | But it would have been a disincentive on the rich . |
| 9 | This would have probably entailed working involuntary overtime , possibly long , awkward hours and , almost certainly , making a physical input , one consequence of which would have been a limit on the amount of time spent with the children and energy contributed to their amusement . |