Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] once have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Babe-obsessed boys like Bill and Ted , Wayne and Garth and MTV 's Pauly Shore might once have been dismissed as metalhead wastoids , but now they 're big box office in a country seemingly intent on celebrating the stupidity of its youth . |
| 2 | ( It was just as well I did n't know at the time that Jack would once have been called a psychopath , which to most people effectively means ‘ murderer ’ ) Untreatable ? |
| 3 | A Swansea visit to Twickenham would once have been a highlight of Harlequins ' season but an almost-empty HQ will be an eerie sort of place this afternoon and we may rest assured that the Quins players already have their attention on next Saturday 's First Division visit to Bedford . |
| 4 | The Water of Leith must once have been a clear and sparkling river . |
| 5 | Though Antarctica must once have been the home of marsupials and possibly of placental mammals , it is currently the only world continent without a land mammal population . |