Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] have be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have been prepared for the lack of change on this front . |
| 2 | Reading this , I could have been forgiven for conjuring up a picture of the Queen Mother settling down comfortably by a television set at Sandringham , perhaps a daughter at her side , a corgi at feet and refreshment to hand , basking in the glow of my birthday tribute to her , and making a mental note to instruct the Private secretary in the morning to send a line of thanks to those concerned . |
| 3 | said if I would have sold that car next to nothing I would have been done for it |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I assumed I would have been picked for the final . |
| 5 | Any one of them might have been used for an unlawful occasion , but , if so , the most diligent inquiries failed to bring it to light . |
| 6 | She may have been scarred for life , ’ she said . |
| 7 | She may have been scarred for life , ’ she said . |
| 8 | ‘ It leaves me wondering why you should have been chosen for this very tame assignment . |
| 9 | In relation to the concept of a new settlement the Department very firmly has an open mind at a time , we 've heard many statements drawing on the various P P G s , and from some of them you might have been excused for thinking that the Department had indeed turned it turned its back on the idea of a n new settlements , knowing that sort of situation we felt it appropriate before the start of this examination to sound out the residents of two Marscham Street |
| 10 | It was such a shock to feel his animosity directed so unwaveringly towards her ; even though , after last night , she could have been prepared for something , she could only gape down at him . |
| 11 | She could have been kidnapped for all I know . |
| 12 | If her eyes had not been so bright and alert , she could have been mistaken for a corpse . |
| 13 | Her eyes were nearer black than brown and she wore woollen knee stockings ; from a distance she could have been mistaken for a child , of either sex . |
| 14 | It altered her appearance considerably , making her look older and quite severe , and in her new black working dress she could have been taken for a widow . |
| 15 | Dropped in , blindfolded , you could have been forgiven for thinking you were in Surrey were it not for the unmistakable twang of the Ulster accent . |
| 16 | Listening to the debate and the old-fashioned ideas of male supremacy it unearthed , you could have been forgiven for thinking that we were still in the 16th Century . |
| 17 | You could have been forgiven for imagining , that Peter Nicholson had undergone surgery to replace his vocal chords with a megaphone . |
| 18 | Not long ago you could have been prosecuted for owning gold . |
| 19 | You could have been excused for believing that Maradonna had made a come back . |
| 20 | You would have been forgiven for a knowing smile then , but now acid rain is no laughing matter . |
| 21 | It is now believed that they may have been written for a subscription concert series in 1788 — the ‘ Casino ’ series mentioned in a letter to Puchberg , which may have taken place in the autumn . |
| 22 | Between a third and a half of all short-term in-patient beds are occupied by people with nowhere suitable to go , and it is not uncommon for patients to stay in an acute hospital bed for one or two years when they should have been discharged for continued treatment in a more appropriate domestic environment within three months of their admission . |
| 23 | I mean , they might have been stolen for him . ’ |
| 24 | The vast foyer was carpeted in the softest green imaginable , the walls were even paler , so that at first glance they might have been taken for white , and the venetian blinds were a perfectly blended shade of moss . |
| 25 | If not twins , they might have been taken for brother and sister . |
| 26 | AS the Prince and Princess of Wales sat only a few feet apart in Seoul 's Presidential palace yesterday they could have been mistaken for strangers uncomfortably thrown together . |
| 27 | They could have been tailored for you . |
| 28 | They would have been used for transport between the Stroudwater Canal and Stratford Mills . |
| 29 | In Essex at least they would have been required for aliens only . |
| 30 | If you choose a member with our Logo , you will find that they will have been vetted for work in their own specialist field of Upholstery , Soft Furnishing or both . |