Example sentences of "it [modal v] have be [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women it may have been Women 's Institute Guild or something or I du n no . |
| 2 | Oh it may have been all-nighters but this |
| 3 | James Tyrell had evidently committed himself to the Yorkists by 1471 , when he was knighted at Tewkesbury , and it may have been links with the crown which eased his passage into Gloucester 's service . |
| 4 | James Tyrell had evidently committed himself to the Yorkists by 1471 , when he was knighted at Tewkesbury , and it may have been links with the crown which eased his passage into Gloucester 's service . |
| 5 | ‘ It should have been Bells with the number of ringers who 've been playing ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Then it must have been holiday-makers out for a walk , ’ said Betty . |
| 7 | ‘ L ’ ' and the other kids were to find it — it might have been Licorice-straps . |
| 8 | That was less than three and a half hours ago , but it might have been years . |
| 9 | ‘ If I had n't seen her , it might have been days before … |
| 10 | It could have been hours or minutes later that Isabel found herself staring into a dark pit . |
| 11 | It was a cold fossil ; the people in it could have been strangers . |
| 12 | Slowly he removed the hat and slowly he looked down at it , his vision blurred by alcohol , but for all anyone knew it could have been tears . |
| 13 | It could have been nerves or the effects of the Turkish firewater raki from the night before . |
| 14 | It could have been vicars and tarts , of course , but I reckon he 's one of those transvestites that hang out up there . |
| 15 | He might not even be there and the whole thing would have been for nothing and all he would have got out of it would have been kicks . |