Example sentences of "[verb] been " in BNC.
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| 31 | Those things should n't 've been there , for some reason they 'd infuriated him . |
| 32 | The tourist might 've been cake . |
| 33 | In any other house this would 've been normal , but in theirs it was eerie , unnatural . |
| 34 | ‘ It must 've been Helga . |
| 35 | He was looking at the ground , he seemed to be concentrating ; he might 've been trying to remember something . |
| 36 | A sliver of white that must 've been teeth . |
| 37 | It must 've been the pipe . |
| 38 | She might 've been calculating something . |
| 39 | Stopping would 've been like looking away from a hypnotist 's swinging silver watch . |
| 40 | Another footprint would 've been a shock , a threat . |
| 41 | ‘ You must 've been surprised when I answered the door . ’ |
| 42 | He remembered taking her to school , it was after their mother died , Georgia would 've been seven , she did n't want to go , there were girls who tied her to trees , it was her accent or her looks , he could n't remember now , but he had to take her because he 'd promised Dad , Dad who did n't know anything , the scratches on her legs were brambles , the bruises on her wrists were something else , he could n't remember now , how could they tell him the truth , how could they tell him anything when all he did was sit in dark rooms with his head in his hands , his head haunted by her ghost , and each dawn broke like the slow blow of a hammer . |
| 43 | And suddenly he remembered standing here , it was dark-green all around him , but the sky above was blue , the sun must 've been setting , it was quiet , just the creak of a tree , the whir of an insect 's wing , he 'd been standing motionless , as if in a trance , and then he heard a voice , his mother 's voice . |
| 44 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 45 | I hear you 've been looking at Eggle guitars … |
| 46 | ‘ We hear you 've been selling Victor carthorses . |
| 47 | S : No sitcom ever changed my life — had you said soap opera , it would 've been different . |
| 48 | In the past it might 've been written off as artwank . |
| 49 | It 's him should 've been coming home tonight . |
| 50 | You should 've been here yesterday fore . |
| 51 | Should 've been here yesterday forenoon ! , |
| 52 | They 'd dived , you see , but eventually they had to surface — the air must 've been getting bad — and up they came , drew nearly alongside a German destroyer the pack had left behind when they called off the hunt , waiting there , just in case Taureg surfaced . |
| 53 | Ma McKeown said thirteen must 've been her lucky number because she never had no more after that one . |
| 54 | If it had happened in a car accident and had been someone else 's fault , perhaps I would 've been bitter . |
| 55 | ‘ Nahh , could 've been anybody ? |
| 56 | If I could 've worn a red jersey that would 've been it . |
| 57 | Everybody says , ‘ Oh , you won £44,000 in the world championships , you must 've been really pleased with that , ’ but it 's not just the money , it 's being able to pick up the trophy at the end — that 's the nice thing . |
| 58 | The Beach-heads hear they 've been cursed by a Swells SOTW |
| 59 | The slow-crawl music they produced might 've been linked with hardcore , but it was really ‘ the end of rock , the dying throes ’ . |
| 60 | Personally , I think she could 've been a little cleverer , lyrically . |