Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all I know they may have been part-time MPs , or they may have had a limited electorate to represent . |
| 2 | Others thought they may have been blood-cooling devices , similar to the large ears of African elephants . |
| 3 | They 're aligned east to west which suggests they may have been Christian burials . |
| 4 | They 're aligned east to west which suggests they may have been Christian burials . |
| 5 | Although the nature of the vagotomies surveyes in these reports is not stated , the follow up period is such that they must have been truncal vagotomies . |
| 6 | I imagined they must have been bold generals like Arsenio and Osvaldo , pathfinders like X. Ray , stalwarts like the Corporal , boys as eager and facile as my woodchucks . |
| 7 | The walls covered with pictures , others on tables , and portfolios of different sizes all round the room , they must have been full shows . |
| 8 | Some of these straight orthocone nautiloids achieve considerable dimensions , several metres long , and they must have been formidable predators on the other marine animals of the time . |
| 9 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 10 | They stared at one another , and as her mama had so often said , and thought again as she watched them , they were so alike in every way except their sex that they might have been two sides of the same coin . |
| 11 | They might have been stray dogs . |
| 12 | for about three days , when they could have been one day . |
| 13 | In the ‘ prostitution ’ lesson , instead of being in role as the ‘ other poor people ’ sharing the girl 's life , they could have been social workers , town councillors or students on a counselling training course . |
| 14 | They 'd have been worried sick about her , and what could they do so many miles away ? |
| 15 | Smith , though , is of the opinion that Rangers ' problems , while substantial , are better able to be handled now than they would have been five years ago . |
| 16 | Smith , though , believes Rangers are now better able to handle their injury problems than they would have been five years ago . |