Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb mod] have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’ |
| 2 | Aaron 's mother , Lesley , 26 , said : ‘ He was very calm and must have been in great pain . |
| 3 | But the choruses in L'incoronazione ( of Seneca 's household , Act II , SC.3 , of ‘ Consuli e Tribuni ’ in the penultimate scene ) are almost nugatory and could have been sung by a handful of soloists , while the instrumental ensemble in the best source , the manuscript in the Biblioteca Marciana , Venice , consists mainly of only two parts — perhaps taken by only one player each — over the basso continuo . |
| 4 | They are almost 20 years old and should have been replaced , but the company has accepted that it is unlikely to get government approval for new ferries until the bridge controversy has been resolved . |
| 5 | She stood with the quality of a wanton twelve year old and must have been , what , seventeen , eighteen ? |
| 6 | In many cases , ordinary infections could be pinpointed , though some deaths were left unexplained and may have been due to EBHS . |
| 7 | According to the board , Ocean Ranger was structurally sound and should have been able to weather the storm . |
| 8 | Almost all the work was done by manual labour alone and the order which Wade sent to Edinburgh Castle in 1726 for ‘ 94 shovells , 82 pickaxes , 42 spades , 3 iron crows ’ is typical and could have been repeated many times over . |
| 9 | ‘ The reports are bland and could have been doctored . ’ |
| 10 | ( b ) She was 34 weeks pregnant and must have been anxious as to the health of her baby . |
| 11 | According to the Crown 's argument , this provision seems to be unnecessary and must have been included in the Act ( and presumably also in the draft Bill ) as a mere matter of convenience . |
| 12 | In the entire study population the associations , particularly with periodontal disease , were weak and may have been due to small biases or residual confounding . |
| 13 | During that week of leave there was one other incident which was memorable and could have been serious , if not fatal , for me . |
| 14 | He was a patient with well documented milk sensitivity that was not persistent and may have been related to activity of disease . |
| 15 | The specific focus on care management , for example , is brief and could have been more penetrating had it related back to specific points about services made earlier . |
| 16 | She Caught The Katy meanders along while Messin' With The Kid and Texas Flood are too bluesy and should have been left off the tape . |
| 17 | The evidence about the constructs of another person is indirect and may have been deliberately obscured or falsified . |
| 18 | This matter , involving the liberty of the subject , was , of course , urgent and should have been listed as a matter of urgency . |
| 19 | In Darlington , 83pc of the tyres checked were already illegal and should have been replaced weeks earlier . |
| 20 | Sir Adrian found this work fascinating and would have been perfectly happy at the time to have made it his long-standing job . |
| 21 | The classification of decelerations as early , late , and variable , as used in the Dublin trial , seems best ; the terms ‘ type I ’ and ‘ II dips ’ are archaic and should have been abandoned long ago . |
| 22 | There were no horse-drawn wagons , but one of the trailers looked very old-fashioned and may have been home-made . |
| 23 | Jade is therefore very tough and would have been almost ideal for tools and weapons if only it had not been so difficult to work and so scarce . |
| 24 | The same can not be said for the Labour party which fought the previous two elections on a programme that the hon. Member for Walsall , South ( Mr. George ) said was disastrous and should have been consigned to the rubbish heap . |
| 25 | Those hours spent with Mr. Golding are a very pleasant memory — he was always kind and must have been a nice type of man to allow a small boy to help , or should I say hinder him . |
| 26 | She was very religious and may have been considering the best approaches to make . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's very active and would have been pretty fit first time out . |