Example sentences of "nor [modal v] it have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the above comparison has never worked , nor could it have been expected to . |
| 2 | Nor need it have been completely unexpected , for the original appointment of a German , whom Cnut had possibly brought from Denmark , could , though need not , imply that he was concerned from the start about the trustworthiness of the Ramsey abbot . |
| 3 | Nor would it have been constitutionally possible for me to have become head of the Church of England . ’ |
| 4 | Nor would it have been true , for I greatly feared death , suspecting myself to be damned . |
| 5 | Nor would it have been possible to ask , nor even to rely on any information which might have been forthcoming , since Amabel , who always retired to bed for the duration of her own " monthly curse " had said nothing more to the point than , " Darling , I must beg of you never to speak of this to anyone , when Gemma at the age of fourteen had first seen evidence of hers . |
| 6 | Nor can it have been pleasing to the Poitevin nobles . |