Example sentences of "have been [verb] at [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You said yourself , that hole could have been made at any time . |
| 2 | It was indulging in a relatively straightforward exercise in civil engineering which could have been undertaken at any time during the last 100 years or more . |
| 3 | Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years . |
| 4 | Some recently acquired territory may have been lost at this time or soon after . |
| 5 | Had our patient been subjected to an exploratory laparotomy during the initial admission the diaphragmatic tear would have been diagnosed at that time . |
| 6 | Thereafter the time was never judged to be ripe although we were told in oral evidence that , subject to the availability of Ministers , a Defence Committee [ i.e. OD ] meeting could have been held at any time , if necessary at short notice . |
| 7 | The 1031 annal on Cnut 's visits to Rome and Scotland could have been inserted at this time too . |