Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] have [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may even have been lovers , though they parted company towards the end . ’ |
| 2 | The general assumption of Gratian and his collaborators ( ironically they may well have been monks working with him in the Camaldolese monastery in Bologna and not the new secular law clerks of the future ) was that the contradictions in the early canon law were only superficial or apparent . |
| 3 | Sometime she felt so fond of him that she inclined to a belief in reincarnation , feeling that they must once have been twins : she understood him far too well for her peace of mind , and she knew why her brothers detested him ; apart from the fact that they were racists , they were baffled by his charm and his after-shave . |
| 4 | We remember the great names like Lyell or Darwin , and forget the supporting cast without which they could not have been stars : those in museums classifying their findings . |
| 5 | They can only have been insignia marking the lady 's status as a royal consort . |