Example sentences of "[modal v] have be [vb pp] by some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should have been played by some very good supporting character actress . ’ |
| 2 | Many programmers realized that they had been programming things that should never have been taught at all , or that should have been taught by some other method or combination of methods . |
| 3 | At the time I thought little more about it , but later I realized that it must have been caused by some powerful pain-killing drug . |
| 4 | must have been threaded by some child . |
| 5 | It must have been written by some exasperated editor receiving streams of verbose articles from amateur authors . |
| 6 | What might have been anticipated by some as a passage of tedious monotony was welcomed by Gould as an opportunity lull of excitement and discovery . |
| 7 | ‘ Well sir , we figured that the beer mats might have been stolen by some rival bar-owner . |
| 8 | ‘ It could have been caused by some sort of disaster or accident . |
| 9 | Leek and potato soup ( £1.55 ) came with excellent bread but would have been less bland with a few spices thrown around ; conversely a fresh off the bone chicken curry ( £3.50 ) could have been enhanced by some fruit . |
| 10 | Again on Bruno Zanardi 's restoration of Antelami 's ‘ Months ’ , Fiorella Minervino wrote that the marble had lost its characteristic surface veining ; in her opinion , this was probably due to the use of a chemical solvent to extract the metallic salts which had appeared on the surface , or it may have been caused by some kind of abrasive treatment . |
| 11 | The answer to this puzzle may have been provided by some research carried out by American engineers on another large white mammal of very cold regions , the polar bear . |
| 12 | The larger part at the front often opens directly onto the street , but may have been protected by some form of veranda . |
| 13 | Installing an electronic publishing system can bring substantial benefits but it can equally bring headaches that would have been avoided by some simple preliminary investigations . |
| 14 | There are no objections to this application , though an alternative to the flat roof would have been preferred by some of the councillors . |
| 15 | Its tally of 184,445 was its highest ever and it is likely that the personal vote for John Hume , its leader , in Foyle , and the conversion of Eddie McGrady 's marginal in South Down to a 600-plus majority , will have been boosted by some Protestant crossover . |