Example sentences of "have [be] [subord] [pron] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I though it must have been because they were accusing each other of sleeping with each other 's husbands , ’ said McLean . |
| 2 | you know , so the rebellion against him could just as easily have been because he was raised as an Egyptian or that , that the , you know the between monarchism from the past could also have been . |
| 3 | If your original application was rejected by some or all of the institutions you listed , this might have been because it was delayed and did not reach the admissions tutor until after the course was full . |
| 4 | There has been some confusion — I do not know why there should have been because it was made clear last night by the Secretary of State for Wales — about the position of students . |
| 5 | Such simulations , based on observed system behaviour , can tell us how things might have been if we are looking at unrepeatable , past , events or how the system might behave in the future , if the transition probabilities remain unaltered . |
| 6 | ‘ You , that have not been near me all day , and would n't have been if I was dying ! ’ |
| 7 | Just think what the reaction might have been if she 's responded by saying she had no plans to quit . |
| 8 | She might have been if she was going at you would n't she ? |
| 9 | Freeman ( 1984 ) has suggested that some of her research was not as thorough as it should have been if she was to make such claims , and even that her desire to reach the conclusions that she did made her see things as she wished to see them , rather than as they actually were ( see Shipman 1988 ) . |