Example sentences of "have be [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN THE current economic climate , the definition of an optimistic businessman has been one who irons five shirts on a Sunday evening . |
| 2 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |
| 3 | A doctor commented : ‘ MS has been something I 've used . |
| 4 | In the first place , there has been what one might call an ethnic ‘ backlash ’ from British Asian and Afro-Caribbean communities . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , even in Minnie , who 's so unlikely that she 's probably true — there probably has been someone who grew up as she did , saloon-wise and card-sharping yet quite sure that she wants nothing to do with the kind of messing around she 's seen under her parents ’ roof . |
| 6 | Must have been something we 'd eaten . |
| 7 | If he was thus eligible for that title , there must have been something which qualified him — something which distinguished him from the numerous other leaders , both military and political , who at the time were themselves becoming thorns in the Roman side . |
| 8 | It must have been something I was doing . |
| 9 | That would have been something he was very familiar with , having done it in his early years and worked so long with horses since . |
| 10 | It must have been something he 'd seen his mother do . |
| 11 | ‘ If it existed , I imagine this would have been what we call a pattern , an unofficial design for a coinage which was never minted . |
| 12 | The " sett " referred to as being held by Wilson might have been what we now know as the Tilberthwaite Mine ; which had been an attractive prospect from the days of the Elizabethan miners and continued to be investigated on and off right up to the 1930's . |
| 13 | And my attitude should have been what it will be from now on — ice . |
| 14 | Oh that must have been what it was then . |
| 15 | It might have been what you said . |
| 16 | ‘ If Glenn had been around today , ’ says Brannen , ‘ it probably would have been him you were talking to , not me . |
| 17 | He instantly spotted the ‘ yorker ’ delivered by the man from BBC Wales — in effect , that the England match could not have been one he expected to win at the start of the season , therefore the Scottish match must have been on the credit side of the ledger . |
| 18 | I was , as you might imagine , a little taken aback by this request and ordinarily the matter might have been one I would have spent some time pondering . |
| 19 | It should have been me what found her really . ’ |
| 20 | Sammy said must have been me he said all I said to him here are Ton here 's a mug of tea , mug for a mug |
| 21 | ‘ So it could have been he who slipped over the side and did it , ’ Arabella Buckley had promptly declared . |
| 22 | It must have been he who telephoned the flat . |
| 23 | The principate of Severus probably saw the greatest expansion , and it is perhaps no coincidence that it may have been he who introduced the annona militaris , a tax paid in grain or other materials to meet the needs of the army . |
| 24 | When he tried to upstage her she sauntered down to the front of the stage and such was her control over the audience now , he had to back off , otherwise it would have been he who looked ridiculous . |
| 25 | That being so , since it must have been he who had agreed to the interview with Verity magazine 's representative to start with , he must know ! |
| 26 | ‘ Then it will have been you who decided I should be put in that small room next to your own . |
| 27 | It must have been someone who Marius — who Marius — ’ she sobbed . |
| 28 | Or her attacker may have been someone she did not expect . |
| 29 | There would have been none whatever for the non-appearance if that had happened . |
| 30 | People are her lifeline ; they would have been whoever she had married . |