Example sentences of "it [modal v] have be but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er it may have been but you ca n't we have n't got much evidence for that . |
| 2 | Limited , until recently , to an A4 sheet and with some initial problems in terms of RIP reliability it may have been but the output quality is more than adequate for a wide range of documents . |
| 3 | The answer was he usually ignored them , which meant of course that some entries were obscured and the whole was not as clean as it may have been but it was certainly speedy . |
| 4 | Erm maintain , to maintain contact is not as good as what it should 've been but that was fair enough . |
| 5 | Camille knew that it could have been but understood that Sam was putting dinner off until the last possible moment in case the boy from the bistro turned up , breathless and apologetic , because his motorbike had broken down and he 'd had to walk . |
| 6 | It could have been but you found |
| 7 | No it could have been but it is n't . |