Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd be su I would 've been such a wreck last night if that , if Foxy had done that to me . |
| 2 | Well I know I know is the only one that realised I would 've been more shocked if had yeah I would have been out on the pavement here whistling with a banjo whistling Dixie there you are that one no not yet no . |
| 3 | And the barrel would 've been more or less , well about that in height sir . |
| 4 | It could 've been any doctor , and it might not 've been a stethoscope . |
| 5 | She didn there would 've been enough change in that and Kath was gon na go straight to the bank and get her some money back , right ? |
| 6 | D' you remember I showed you a manuscript — it must 've been some years ago , now — purporting to be by some mariner who remembered an English cargo boat having gone down between us , here at Møn , and Malmo — during the First Schleswig War ? |
| 7 | He would have been much surpris 'd to know my true Opinion on these matters , but I did not chuse to let him be so much familiar , I kept mum , and smiled and nodded as best I might , keeping my Thoughts to myself . |
| 8 | As some people have pointed out , in the mid-eighties that time would n't have been much to write home about . ’ |
| 9 | In that era , so much of the day was spent climbing in and out of the correct clothes that there ca n't have been much time left for recreation . |
| 10 | ‘ There would n't have been much point in fusing only half the lighting system , would there ? ’ |
| 11 | He may not have been much of a fancy cook , but Kunio had a very keen brain and a highly intelligent outlook on life . |
| 12 | If proper security valves , which close after initial pressure is dissipated , had been used the pollution would have been much less , says Moeri . |
| 13 | ‘ It would n't have been much use if she had . |
| 14 | Well , I do n't know , probably would n't have been much good anyway — ’ |
| 15 | Neath , the leading Welsh club side of the moment , were more or less ignored because although their forwards could get around better than anyone else 's there would not have been much point if they could not win the ball in the first place . |
| 16 | Ben may not have been much of a theatre-goer , but he would no doubt have been fascinated by one unexpected visit in the June of 1801 : |
| 17 | Can it really have been much more than an up-market doss-house ? |
| 18 | She could hardly have been much of a friend of Liza because , although her daughter had never been forthcoming about her time in the ATS , she had certainly never mentioned an Eleanor Fuller . |
| 19 | The preparation of the foundations and the timbers alone would have required considerable time and although C12 is the largest building excavated at the site , the effort required to build many of the others would not have been much less . |
| 20 | It would have been much more fun , do n't you think , if they 'd dressed as housewives . |
| 21 | Robert Warshow was to argue quite rightly that there must have been much vicarious pleasure in the enjoyment of these films for audiences could watch gangsters break the law , use violence , take risks , and die but were free themselves to leave the theatre safely . |
| 22 | It was fairly clear that there was going to be some smuggling as well but , even allowing for the often-repeated story that other ships lay over the horizon and sent boats in to add to the stock on board the single ship , the net profits from the ship could hardly have been much more than twice those of the slave-trading . |
| 23 | There would not have been much music , one is suddenly reminded or much singing and dancing where Anna came from . |
| 24 | Northamptonshire paid £1,000 in coat-and-conduct money alone , though as an inland shire its expenses on fortification would have been much less than Norfolk 's . |
| 25 | Such an expedition takes time to mount , and there can not have been much of a gap between the Egyptian failure and the decision ( ? 453/2 ) to return to Cyprus . |
| 26 | However , this may not have been much of a choice . |
| 27 | Gary Kemp 's portrayal of the homosexual psychopath Ronnie is utterly chilling ; we are not shown what he does in bed , but it can not have been much fun for his boyfriend . |
| 28 | ‘ There could not have been much of a selection this time , then . |
| 29 | So he obviously would n't have thought the union would have been much of a threat to him seeing as he |
| 30 | Times were not easy and there would have been much evidence of hardship , although actually we know very little of the ordinary day-to-day life of the miner and his family . |