Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] been [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And question ten , you should have the word Preventable and words to the effect Should not have been in that position and not have assumed that the other driver was going to do what he eventually did do . |
| 2 | If the highly developed woollen textile industry be disregarded , the structure of crafts and trades of Babergh may not have been in any way unrepresentative of the shires at that time . |
| 3 | ( If mortality rates for the age group 20–24 could have been calculated , the nadir would probably have been in that age class ) . |
| 4 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 5 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 6 | A good response to training was associated with improved squeeze duration in our patients , but increased conidence in mastering anorectal function may also have been of some benefit . |
| 7 | It may well have been at this moment , in the autumn of 1419 , that Henry V decided that the crown of France , which none of his predecessors had achieved , might be his . |
| 8 | And we might , might well have been on that train that had the crash . |
| 9 | Australia may as well have been on another planet to post war Britain . |
| 10 | Jamie and the girl were inches away from me , holding me by an arm each , being bumped into frequently , but my drunkenness had now got to such a state — as the last two quickly consumed pints and an accompanying whisky caught up with my racing bloodstream — that I might as well have been on another planet for all the hope I had of making them understand what I wanted . |
| 11 | It may well have been in that picture that the new type was created . |
| 12 | There are no screen credits at the beginnings of dreams to tell you what sort of film you are going to see , but there might as well have been in these nightmares , because the tenor , horror or guilt is excruciatingly present before the first scenes have even been played . |
| 13 | It may be that demands were made beyond the capability of a particular individual , or the person concerned may simply have been to some degree in ill health . |
| 14 | It was an insignificant point in its way , for Harry knew from Marjorie Mallender that Clare had met Minter whilst at Oxford — he must simply have been at another college — yet somehow his faith in his own reasoning was undermined . |
| 15 | He would n't have been on this airwell at the time , though . |
| 16 | ‘ All the coaches in the world would n't have been of any use if you had n't had courage . |
| 17 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 18 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 19 | Andy overtook a container lorry , the kind of thing that should never have been on that road , and hit a Volvo estate car coming in the opposite direction . |
| 20 | ‘ If she had done her job properly , I would never have been in this mess in the first place . ’ |
| 21 | Damn Lori and her unreasoning jealousy ; but for her she would never have been in this position . |
| 22 | The other man may never have been in this situation before . |