Example sentences of "it [vb mod] have be [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If anyone had to have the cold meal , it should have been the bigwigs . |
| 2 | So it must have been the Gharrgoyles who had put me on the planets surface to die . |
| 3 | Well somebody 's done it , it must have been the gremlins . |
| 4 | Finally , we thought it might have been a lovers ' quarrel , but now I 'm not sure … " |
| 5 | It might have been the stories about businessmen roaming the streets with half a million pounds in carrier bags . |
| 6 | It might have been the stories about the blood pressure of inebriate volunteers being measured at 3am in the morning . |
| 7 | ‘ It could have been a lovers ’ tryst , ’ I observed . |
| 8 | An accident , in the sense that it could have been the ancestors of lions that took up grass-eating , and the ancestors of antelopes that took up meat-eating . |
| 9 | Almost certainly it would have been the executors , after consultation with the family , as not even a cabinet-maker used to the undertaking trade would have been so bold as to have proceeded with such an elaborate item without having first enquired of the executors . |