Example sentences of "you [modal v] have be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It leaves me wondering why you should have been chosen for this very tame assignment . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You could have been forgiven for imagining , that Peter Nicholson had undergone surgery to replace his vocal chords with a megaphone . |
| 6 | Not long ago you could have been prosecuted for owning gold . |
| 7 | You could have been excused for believing that Maradonna had made a come back . |
| 8 | You would have been forgiven for a knowing smile then , but now acid rain is no laughing matter . |