Example sentences of "[modal v] not have been [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The press had been given nothing but ‘ blurry , distorted photographs culled from television shots of occasions in the past at which North happened to be present ’ ; at best , ABC News had shown ‘ pictures of the back of a man 's head that may or may not have been North 's as the man got into an Embassy car in Cyprus on the occasion of the homeward flight of one of the hostages ’ . |
| 2 | On the other hand , " the author of Macbeth " is a non-rigid designator , because the author of Macbeth might not have been Shakespeare . |
| 3 | She even wondered if it might not have been Mandy 's laughter-filled anecdotes about summers at the lodge that had coaxed this deep ache of loss within her to the surface of her consciousness . |
| 4 | It might n't have been Derwent . |
| 5 | It could n't have been David because David knew she would be out at work , and knew that Ralph was staying with her . |
| 6 | Nenna knew that , but she was sure it could n't have been Edward 's fault , and at the moment she could n't be bothered with it . |
| 7 | It could n't have been Gloria , for Gloria knew that Dot always slept in her vest and knickers . |
| 8 | The terms would not have been Vincent 's , but the note of absolute certainty could be his . |
| 9 | As he put it to one of his regional officials : " If Joan of Arc had married and had children , she would not have been Joan of Arc any more . " |
| 10 | Is it that would n't have been North Ronaldsay . |