Example sentences of "[modal v] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She may 've been murdered , ’ said Constance . |
| 2 | It may 've been found already . ’ |
| 3 | Staff are angry at the thought the duck 's may 've been mistreated |
| 4 | Yeah , that 's the whole thing , we 've gathered all the information now , we may 've been there an hour , hour an a half , maybe two hours depending upon the appointment so you go back to the office and work on a plan of attack . |
| 5 | It 's my fault really , cos the window should 've been open . |
| 6 | ‘ Should 've been you , ’ Hoomey said . |
| 7 | ‘ It should 've been with the batch of papers given . |
| 8 | It 's him should 've been coming home tonight . |
| 9 | You should 've been here yesterday fore . |
| 10 | Should 've been here yesterday forenoon ! , |
| 11 | Should 've been called ‘ I Missed The Charts ’ . |
| 12 | In one fell swoop she moves from looking like Adeva 's mum to superstuff queen bitch on ‘ It Should 've Been Me ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ You should 've been a policeman . |
| 14 | Shallow , samey gameplay ruins what should 've been a really rad game . |
| 15 | Where he found the energy — Anyway , this poor child , only nineteen she was ( he should 've been ashamed of himself and him a man of forty ) — if she 'd only come to me at the start ! |
| 16 | ‘ You should 've been told already . |
| 17 | She always always oh she she had a second sight like that , I think she should 've been a doctor if she 'd lived in these this day and age . |
| 18 | So Madam I 'm asking you to say that these circumstances , this is the sort of case that should never have come before the court , it should 've been sorted out between the parties themselves , with the aid of their solicitors , and that it 's only the overreaction of the police in this particular circumstance that brings him before the court here . |
| 19 | But in the old liberated areas like say around i i i in theory none of this should be necessary , very little of it should 've been happening . |
| 20 | Erm maintain , to maintain contact is not as good as what it should 've been but that was fair enough . |
| 21 | That should 've been automatic , ni November ninety three . |
| 22 | But I say , it should 've been it should 've been all d I mean everybody 's known about this chiller for a long while and it 's as I say , I mean when was here it was costing a thousand pound a time . |
| 23 | But I say , it should 've been it should 've been all d I mean everybody 's known about this chiller for a long while and it 's as I say , I mean when was here it was costing a thousand pound a time . |
| 24 | Purists might argue he should 've been out in the colds using his sketchbook , instead of a camera , but he disagrees . |
| 25 | you know so erm so some er a lot more should 've been done about actually getting , even if it was just well I 'm in that area , I 'm in the area on such and such a day anyway so I can call in to see you . |
| 26 | They say I should 've been a member of Leith branch . |
| 27 | Now going back into the Hebrew scriptures , you 'll find there that this sort of staying awake counsel , an idea was there long before the days of Jesus and the Apostles and people 's lives were involved in its state , even in those days , let's just let us have a look at one , Isaiah forty two eighteen to twenty now this terms it slightly different , but when you look at it and analyze it , you realize he 's talking about exactly the same thing , it 's regarding the nation of Israel who turned away from Jehovah , they were n't doing what they should be doing , or should 've been doing as he 's pleading with them look there , that look here , here you deaf ones , well we know the nation of Israel were n't all physically deaf , they were like we are , perhaps had a few deaf individuals amongst them , but |
| 28 | Well you should 've been w yo yo you m you missed a lot last night , you should have been watching erm tt That 's Life , think it was That 's Life , where they had they had them on |
| 29 | Think I should 've been with you . |
| 30 | It should 've been back by now , some day in March , twenty eighth of March |