Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] been [to-vb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This clearly might have been proceeded against as an affray , and counsel 's argument before the Court of Appeal appears to have been that once violence had actually been used , the proper course would have been to charge that offence . |
| 2 | I had a fleeting thought of what fun it would have been to do this trip with Rosemary . |
| 3 | His reason for looking after Lennie would have been to get more money from collecting all of Lennie 's . |
| 4 | You may have already decided what sort of walking boots to buy , but the shop assistant will , with barely disguised contempt , correct you , telling you how foolish you would have been to buy such footwear , how lucky it was you came here first , and convincing you that for only an extra £65 you can have the boot you really need . |
| 5 | When the Civil Service proceeded to the first comprehensive retirement programme in the 1850s , the justification for imposing the cowardly administrative convenience of an age barrier was how invidious it would have been to attempt any form of assessment . |