Example sentences of "have be five [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The thing — it must have been five metres across — rippled its flanges invitingly and eased right to where we stood . |
2 | Liverpool may have been five goals up from the first leg , but this was never going to be an easy game in 70-degree heat and on a typically bumpy Mediterranean pitch . |
3 | United 's man of the match was keeper Paul Kee without him there could have been five goals flying into the Oxford net … |
4 | The consequence was that , deducting three years from eight , the proper sentence would have been five years : that sentence would be imposed . |
5 | The proper sentence , taking account of all relevant factors , would have been five years for the robbery . |
6 | Smith , though , is of the opinion that Rangers ' problems , while substantial , are better able to be handled now than they would have been five years ago . |
7 | Smith , though , believes Rangers are now better able to handle their injury problems than they would have been five years ago . |
8 | This might have been five knots , five miles an hour , |