Example sentences of "[vb infin] been another " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would he , in fact , have turned in earlier , or would it have been another near miss or accident in the making ? |
| 2 | There were times when Blackadder allowed himself to see clearly that he would end his working life , that was to say his conscious thinking life , in this task , that all his thoughts would have been another man 's thoughts , all his work another man 's work . |
| 3 | Call Me Old Fashioned , I thought was a good title , and A Licence to Print Money would have been another good title for a bestseller , but it had rather a rapacious sound do n't you think ? |
| 4 | Krankoor must almost certainly have been another such . |
| 5 | There could have been another contributory factor having a bearing on the origin of man 's appreciation of beauty . |
| 6 | He might just have been another guitar player who ended up playing back-up for a lot of people , which was what he was doing in America . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If you had n't bumped that sodding Angel there 'd have been another murder this afternoon , ’ said Perdita sulkily . |
| 8 | ‘ I have thought about whether I could have been another of his victims . |
| 9 | ‘ It would have been another 17 or 18 years before we could have had this vote again and I would have lost my chance . ’ |
| 10 | There may well have been another , more subtle , reason underlying the Church 's position . |
| 11 | There may have been another factor that induced these creatures to leave the ground . |
| 12 | There could have been another car/coach/taxi coming the other way ! ’ |
| 13 | The unlawfulness was generally to be found in the offence of unlawful assembly , but it might also have been another offence such as nuisance caused by obstruction of the highway . |
| 14 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 15 | I suppose the milking machines coming in would have been another |
| 16 | There must have been another timeslip . |
| 17 | It must have been another gift . ’ |
| 18 | She too had been struck by the similarity between the kitten 's fur and her own hair , and Raphael would have been another subtle reminder for the future of Fen . |
| 19 | Had we relied on public sector finance , it would have been another century before we had such an opportunity for British industry , with all the infrastructure back-up that will flow from it . |
| 20 | ‘ It was extremely dangerous because there would then have been another , hundred-foot drop off that cliff , ’ said stunt arranger Stuart Fell . |
| 21 | Then , wryly : ‘ There may have been another reason ; even as a young man I was a staid sort of chap and they were a bit wild at times . |
| 22 | His coinage system seems to have been in good order for most of the reign , although its development and exploitation for the king 's benefit may have been another cause of popular unrest . |
| 23 | Stiff with pride — which she was now sick and tired of being told was a Leo trait — and buoyed up by the certain knowledge that it would have been morally indefensible for her to desert her father , Laura had taken some weeks to realise that there must surely have been another way for them to solve their problems . |
| 24 | if we 'd have started de it 'd have been another six months , no disrespect to Adrian but , you know , I , I just know the history of how it would have progressed . |
| 25 | Well obviously we want the incident to be brought to an end and until it 's brought to and end you always have that fear that there might have been another tragedy . |