Example sentences of "[vb infin] been any " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could 've been any doctor , and it might not 've been a stethoscope . |
| 2 | I could have been any little old lady waiting for a relative to arrive from Holland . |
| 3 | In a flash a sniper , who could have been any gun happy soul anywhere , had killed . |
| 4 | She might have been any age between thirty and sixty and Wexford set the lower limit so low only because of her young children . |
| 5 | Apart from that it could have been any accident on an urban road . |
| 6 | The girl that was Angela Morgan had looked out of the photograph , whereas what lay on the ground , arms outstretched , could have been any young woman with dark hair . |
| 7 | There can not have been any English fans who had expected their team to win the series , but the manner in which they were just being steam-rollered seemly scarcely credible . |
| 8 | ‘ Imagine that ! ’ she had said again , to her escort , who wore white gloves , of course , because it was evening , but whose name she could never remember — it might have been any one of half a dozen — and whose fresh , young face was in shadow . |
| 9 | With mum Carol 's heritage it could never have been any other way — her roots , after all , lay thousands of miles away in Wales , the Land of Song . |
| 10 | If he 'd been an ordinary man , there would n't have been any problem . ’ |
| 11 | In Ireland last week , we were accused of writing a ‘ dirty ’ book for vulgar gain ( would it have been any better if we 'd done it for charity ? ) and worse , of racism . |
| 12 | Could they have been any worse , do you think ? ’ |
| 13 | It could have been any letter . |
| 14 | The programmers who designed them may have been any of these things , but that is irrelevant . |
| 15 | His unhappiness should not have been any great surprise , as St John 's was known as a high Anglican school , elitist and exclusive . |
| 16 | Sir Frank also acknowledges that British ships had not been adequately defended against Exocet , and that there could not have been any control over its sale to third parties as British firms supplied only components . |
| 17 | It may even be fair to say that if this were not so , then surely there would never have been any life experience at all . |
| 18 | Defending solicitor Bob Booker told the court : ‘ If the grating which surrounds the washing area had been clear there should n't have been any problems . |
| 19 | The above-mentioned aerodromes are only two I have selected , but they could have been any of many in both countries . |
| 20 | It could have been any one of those residents , even the frailest woman . |
| 21 | She could have been any girl in any photograph . |
| 22 | She could have been any age , for though her face was weathered by the sun , no wrinkles marred her face . |
| 23 | She swung round to him , grinding out in a low voice , ‘ She must n't have been any beginner , not goin , by the uncles the child 's had . |
| 24 | Given the richness of interconnections between the boxes , it could have been any one of them that was dubbed the conscious one , so we would need something more by way of justification for choosing any particular one . |
| 25 | It so happened that it fell to the lot of Geoffrey Holton and Chris Protheroe to do the donkey work in the Lusaka accident , but it could have been any of the twenty or so investigators in AIB . |
| 26 | I was propositioned by this absolutely stunning girl who could n't have been any more than seventeen . |
| 27 | There would n't have been any planets or stars then . |
| 28 | It could have been any one of many faces opposite me in a fashionable Italian restaurant , a woman heavily scented , expensively ajingle . |
| 29 | There would n't have been any point anyway . |
| 30 | Melanie wondered how old she was but there was no way of telling ; she could have been any age between twenty-five and forty . |