Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have be a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Len did n't answer , then a sound that could have been a sigh or which might have been a sob escaped his lips , a sound full of despair . |
| 32 | Murray 's new all-comers ' mark was one of six set on Saturday — along with Olympic champion Maksim Tarasov 's 5.81m pole vault , Jon Edwards 's 17.16m triple jump and Michael Johnson 's incredible 400m in 45.14 , which could have been a world record if he had not eased up . |
| 33 | I am certainly not impotent which would have been a worry . |
| 34 | BP and its partners , who have been licensed by the Government to drill for oil in the area , have consulted closely with the Trust and have ruled out the easiest and cheapest development option , which would have been a ten-acre onshore site at Studland . |
| 35 | It is hardly surprising , then , that one observer thought this such ‘ a scene of riot , confusion , destruction of property , and injury to persons which would have been a disgrace to a savage land ’ . |
| 36 | This would have probably entailed working involuntary overtime , possibly long , awkward hours and , almost certainly , making a physical input , one consequence of which would have been a limit on the amount of time spent with the children and energy contributed to their amusement . |
| 37 | Among the grave goods were 140 pieces of gold jewellery , which had originally adorned the corpse of an important woman , who may have been a queen or a high priestess . |
| 38 | The employee would not , for six months after termination of employment , solicit custom from any person who may have been a company client during the employment . |
| 39 | It is significant , too , that one of Cnut 's major English supporters after 1016 was Godwin , who may have been a son of the Wulfnoth accused by Eadric 's brother in 1009 . |
| 40 | During the course of the decade , with or without partners , Noell took on the farming of more revenues , and in 1657–9 he was co-postmaster-general with John Thurloe [ q.v. ] , who may have been a relative by marriage . |
| 41 | The next customer was a middle-aged man who must have been a regular , for he began by saying , ‘ Do n't often see you on this side , miss . ’ |
| 42 | ( No Robina Mary , Robina Elizabeth for the girl who should have been a boy . ) |
| 43 | And Ma , who always agreed with him ( who did n't dare do otherwise ) , stout , soft Ma , who should have been a refuge , a lap to sit upon , a bosom to weep on , but who herself looked always in need of comfort — crumpled , creased , forever on the verge of tears : |
| 44 | ‘ You must have been a success , ’ Aunt Emily said . |
| 45 | But it made me think you must have been a friend of Hugh 's . |
| 46 | ‘ You must have been a kid in school ! |
| 47 | ’ You should have been a monk . |
| 48 | ‘ You should have been a courtier . ’ |
| 49 | You should have been a guerrilla leader , Sara , you delight in winning small skirmishes . " |
| 50 | ‘ You should have been a poet ! |
| 51 | Although Mr Cross was perturbed at his strange encounter , he dismissed his consternation and decided that she must have been a village girl who had watched the train and then returned home . |
| 52 | I figured she must have been a masochist . |
| 53 | ‘ She must have been a woman of great taste . ’ |
| 54 | Many considered she should have been a member of the royal commission on population ( 1946–9 ) but she did give evidence and published her widely read The Population of Britain in 1947 . |
| 55 | With that spirit and her inventive brain , she should have been a boy , and together they would have run the world . |
| 56 | Phoebe , who might have been a slut , had in fact become exactly the opposite — she had not time or patience or tolerance for anyone she considered to be exploiting the manual work of other women . |
| 57 | During May of 1845 Thomas Duke and his partner , who might have been a son , were waggoning in the mine . |
| 58 | With her mass of dark hair , her so-called classical features , and a slender body , she might have been a Klimt model clad in sober woollies instead of erotic raiment . |
| 59 | For all I knew she might have been a psycho or a girl with a little blackmail on her mind . |
| 60 | Hoping for elegance ( such a strive ) and wishing she was taller for , although her figure was fine , given the height , two inches or four , she might have been a model . |