Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [vb infin] been [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mention Husserl because I think that it may have been via Husserl that Wittgenstein acquired his own interest in intentionality . |
| 2 | This organization was not always as efficient in fact as it should have been in theory . |
| 3 | I told you I sleep in that chair , did n't I ? — It must have been about midnight because I 'd just watched this film and that did n't finish until half eleven . |
| 4 | I says c how could I ever forget it , I said it must have been near halloween , one halloween , for I remember her coming to the party and that 's how her and Richard met . |
| 5 | ‘ It must have been like Hell in here , ’ said Jimmy . |
| 6 | Nevertheless the episode had shown the Government that it had no authority to ban newspapers published in Tanzania which were properly registered and also that it might have been in difficulty had it not discovered a technical irregularity in the case of Ulimwengu . |
| 7 | It would have been at home in Bournemouth or Scarborough or any one of a dozen British seaside resorts , Christina thought . |
| 8 | Unigate 's chief executive , Ross Buckland , said yesterday : ‘ By buying the company before flotation , we reckon we have got a very fair deal , compared with what it would have been after flotation . ’ |
| 9 | The original porous bone has been consolidated to become much heavier than it would have been in life . |
| 10 | Table 16.8 shows that the household is marginally better off out of work than it would have been in work . |
| 11 | If France had exceeded its authority it would have been in breach of this agreement , but the effects on the relationship between Morocco and a third party are less clear . |
| 12 | 24 April : The Sun seems to be having second thoughts about Ken Livingstone : ‘ If the Labour Party had been led by John Smith over the last nine years , perhaps it would have been in power today , ’ says an editorial . |
| 13 | The restoration enables visitors to see it as it would have been in use in good running order but not ‘ as new ’ . |