Example sentences of "he [vb mod] have be [verb] of " in BNC.

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1 He ought to have been reminded of their joint suffering before he committed his fault .
2 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 .
3 Even before he was consecrated , and perhaps as soon as he was elected , at a moment when , by ordinary rules of prudence , he should have been thinking of equipping himself with all the forms of expert knowledge required by his new position , he chose one of the group of English monks to be his closest and most constant companion .
4 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 ) .
5 If , therefore , the King had turned to Henderson after MacDonald had proffered his resignation , or had sought the views of Labour Privy Counsellors as suggested by Herbert Morrison , he could have been accused of wasting valuable time .
6 He felt sure he 'd have been told of it at literary do 's if she was really ill .
7 Had his plan worked he would have been convicted of obtaining the insurance money by deception through enabling his wife to obtain it .
8 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 .
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