Example sentences of "once have [been] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They left behind them a mouldering group of small loft buildings whose interior columns might once have been ships ' masts . |
| 2 | There was a transparent sachet of something brown and thick , chocolate paste or miso ; one dried-up anchovy in an open tin , its coat of salt dried to a hard crust ; and a smear of something on a saucer that might once have been pesto sauce . |
| 3 | Could this really once have been Palestine ? |
| 4 | So I walked beneath the trees and found just under my feet pieces of old concrete and what might once have been bits of wall . |
| 5 | He landed in a heap of what might once have been straw . |
| 6 | This is conceded in respect of an offence which would once have been larceny by a trick . |
| 7 | Sometime she felt so fond of him that she inclined to a belief in reincarnation , feeling that they must once have been twins : she understood him far too well for her peace of mind , and she knew why her brothers detested him ; apart from the fact that they were racists , they were baffled by his charm and his after-shave . |
| 8 | The daring actions of slaters , copper and lead and iron miners were described , bringing to life those now deserted valleys throughout the centre of the area which must once have been hives of industry . |
| 9 | Except for whatever part of her that might once have been Jenny . |