Example sentences of "that he [modal v] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was associated with the Augustinian abbey of Scone and the Scottish chapel royal at Stirling ; the addition ‘ alias arnat ’ to his signature , which occurs three times in the manuscript , suggests that he may have been related to David Arnot , archdeacon of Lothian and later bishop of the chapel royal . |
| 2 | Police believe Sweet may have been the victim of a gangland revenge killing , and that he may have been mistaken for someone else . |
| 3 | If this reconstruction is sound , Oswiu 's encounter with Fín occurred at about the time that he may have been seeking Irish support against the forces of Penda . |
| 4 | Later at the inquest ( which he did n't attend ) , he admitted through his lawyer that he may have been driving on the wrong side of the road . |
| 5 | Over the first three days he was watched increasingly closely , as it appeared that he may have been sleeping during the early evening when no recordings were being made , and during the nights his wife seemed to be doing her best to keep him awake . |
| 6 | Rolle also hints that he might have been damaged in some way . |
| 7 | ‘ Is it possible , in your view , that he might have been killed because of his ‘ little campaigns ’ as you call them ? ’ |
| 8 | A GLASGOW bus driver said yesterday that he might have been blinded during an attack by a drunken passenger who had broken into his cabin and assaulted him as he drove through the city centre one Saturday evening . |
| 9 | The AS presumably indicates Andrew Stavanger , and the TMJ will be his secretary , or one of the typing staff And it reads sensibly enough — it is just the sort of letter that he might have been expected to write if he got back to his office late and were told that you had been trying to get in touch with him . |
| 10 | Had he stayed , there was every chance that he might have been forced eventually to join the Militia — a thing few Titfords would face with relish ; but most significant of all , perhaps — apart from his obvious inner resilience and entrepreneurial spirit — he had the singular advantage of having well-off relations to latch onto in London . |
| 11 | It is ironic to reflect that had he served the Luftwaffe in a similar role to that which he graced in the Royal Air Force , there can be little doubt that he would have been invested with the highest order of the Knight 's Cross of the Iron Cross — with Diamonds , Swords and Oakleaves . |
| 12 | I have no doubt that he would have been diagnosed as NSU today and treated accordingly . |
| 13 | The wise old heads believe that they would have prevailed and that he would have been forced to wait until the spring . |
| 14 | The Secretary of State pointed out in his last answer that on 21 February he expressed sympathy with some of the supporters of the regiments , and he said that he would have been standing outside under the same banners . |
| 15 | We assume that he would have been informed of this during his briefing at Eighth Army , and obviously it was no less important for Macmillan to brief Keightley than for him to brief Harding . |
| 16 | It was unlikely that he would have been refused , now that he had acquired such patrons and had shown the service that he might offer his adopted country . |
| 17 | Even in the case of a regular wage-earner or salaried employee , there might be complications ; for example , the plaintiff might claim that he would have been promoted to a more remunerative post ( in which case the court must assess his prospects of promotion and award damages accordingly ) or the defendant may claim that the plaintiff 's employer had suffered severe business setbacks that necessitated redundancies and that the plaintiff would have lost his employment ( in which case the court must consider all the circumstances and award as damages what it estimates to have been the plaintiff 's net loss ) . |
| 18 | The 50-year-old , winner of 61 tournaments worldwide , said that his interpretation of the rules was that he should have been disqualified for signing an incorrect score card . |
| 19 | He was the town naughty boy all right , and it was incongruous that he should have been named Wesley . |
| 20 | In the absence of truly definitive knowledge about Jesus , it seems to us more likely , more probable , more in accord with our experience of humanity , that a man should have been married and tried to regain his rightful throne than that he should have been born of a virgin , walked on water and risen from his grave . |
| 21 | Derek felt from an early age that he should have been born a woman . |
| 22 | You think it was wrong that he should have been prosecuted and the person who damaged his car should not ? |
| 23 | He did not allow the revolution of 1917 to interfere with his contacts with Russian colleagues and it was appropriate that he should have been asked to supply the inscription for the sword presented by George VI to the people of Stalingrad . |
| 24 | And that , too , amazed her , that he should have been thinking so clearly , calculating how long it would take . |
| 25 | What had gone awry , that he should have been led to this pass , and even now he felt himself following , perforce , the twists of his fortune , headlong as a fall , when he should have been steering his own course and bearing them strongly with him ? |
| 26 | It was argued that he should have been sentenced to a term of detention in a young offender institution , and that he did not qualify for a custodial sentence for that purpose under Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s.1(4) and 1(4A) . |
| 27 | On appeal following conviction it was submitted , inter alia , that he should have been informed of the calls from the solicitor , and given a choice as to whether he wanted one or not , particularly as he had not been advised that the authority of the custody officer for the delayed notification to his son had been lifted ( see Jones ( Sally ) February 2 , 1984 ) . |
| 28 | In 1829 a convicted prisoner petitioned that he should have been allowed to free himself from a charge of robbery by rendering compensation . |
| 29 | That he should have been proved wrong on a number of points should occasion no surprise . |
| 30 | Dot thought that he must have been moved to a different hospital . |