Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [modal v] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , I spent a lot of time in training — sometimes a whole afternoon — when I could have been at school . |
| 2 | When she might have been at her most useful , since she was so much more skilled in nursing than Annunciata , she was not allowed near Mrs Browning . |
| 3 | The Ministry of Reconstruction , the only potential co-ordinating body for post-war plans , was dismantled in June 1919 , just when it should have been at the peak of its activities . |
| 4 | Here , the failure to consult was material because if the community health council had been consulted when it should have been in May , 1992 , it might have helped to ensure that the commitment to transfer the unit to the new hospital remained until a satisfactory new home for the unit could be found . |
| 5 | McKean also got his tactics right on the track , even if later , when he should have been on the victory rostrum , he got ‘ boxed in ’ by some members of the press . |
| 6 | Watt , out for a sabbath stroll past the Golf-House on Glasgow Green when he should have been in church , had a flash of inspiration that was to change the lives of every man , woman , and bairn on planet earth . |
| 7 | I often saw him wandering about in the fields and lanes or fishing in quiet reaches of the river when he should have been in school . |
| 8 | The idea , however , that the rebels aimed to kill the King is unlikely — not only did the rebels show a positive loyalty to him at Mile End and Smithfield , and adopt as a watchword ‘ King Richard and the True Commons ’ , but they made no attempt to take vengeance on him for the death of Wat Tyler , when he could have been at their mercy . |