Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb mod] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I would have been through here sooner or later anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's got its attractions , but you should have been in it last night . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She looked comparatively young , but she might have been in her late thirties , signorina . ’ |
| 4 | over round the left hand side in the first place , but she must have been in the wrong so they must have seen it as well , they have n't really got a strong case so they threw it out of court and last week he had a letter , he opened it , from the , from the court , and he thought oh gawld here we go again , he 's got jury service , oh |
| 5 | But they may have been in , in Changchun and around Changshun . |
| 6 | They were n't twins , but they could have been in some respects , she realised . |
| 7 | It is not at all unlikely that some pressure was put on women in these two key firms , but it may have been of a persuasive rather than an intimidating kind . |
| 8 | I think it was on that Sunday , but it may have been on the Sunday before , that I gave the last message from the Burma Broadcasting Service . |
| 9 | Eventually , but it might have been in a couple of years I thought . |
| 10 | ‘ I can not recall the dates but it must have been in the very late twenties if I was still at school , because I left just as soon as I could when I made up fourteen . |
| 11 | It is difficult to visualize now , but it must have been within this pavilion that the young Roshanara consulted her spies as she reclined on carpets beside the gently bubbling irrigation runnels . |
| 12 | She became aware at an early stage that there was an entirely different way of life available not far outside Baldersdale , perhaps more appealing to her , but it could have been on another planet . |
| 13 | But it could have been on my knees . |
| 14 | But it could have been about the time Ephraim disappeared . ’ |
| 15 | No one can remember precisely when the last crime was committed , but it could have been in the early 1900s . |
| 16 | BELOW : Stanley Mill in 1987 , but it could have been in the last century , with its elegant , yet functional iron arches , which allowed plenty of room for line-shafting . |
| 17 | Generally , it is thought that the cheese took its name from Dunlop village or parish but it could have been from Mrs. Barbara Dunlop ; we will never know . |