Example sentences of "[modal v] have been [adj] for [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Miss Weeton 's Journal of a Governess , she writes on 15th September 1810 : ‘ I would have introduced you to Mr. Green , who keeps an exhibition of drawings ( all his own ) in that village where you might have been amused for two or three hours-for he has a great number , two rooms being kept open for the purpose . |
| 2 | Police said it 's possible he could have been responsible for two sex attacks in Berkshire … one in Maidenhead and one in Slough . |
| 3 | ‘ It would have been possible for one of w to have poisoned his food , perhaps . |
| 4 | Just a few months ago walking like this would have been impossible for 12 year old Ashley Smith . |
| 5 | SIR — The England cricket squad contesting the World Cup in Australia included players who would have been eligible for three other nations — West Indies , South Africa and Zimbabwe . |