Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | You said yourself , that hole could have been made at any time . |
| 2 | These would probably have been deposited at different times , and the detailed examination of their contents will , in theory , reveal a progression of different parts of a coinage ; if one or more of these parts can be attached to an absolute date , it should be possible to estimate a date for the other parts in the progression or sequence . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years . |
| 5 | The keys must have been lost for some time . |
| 6 | Some recently acquired territory may have been lost at this time or soon after . |
| 7 | Had our patient been subjected to an exploratory laparotomy during the initial admission the diaphragmatic tear would have been diagnosed at that time . |
| 8 | That 's right and he , we would have done the same if we 'd have found six men in there , er they all would have been secured until such time as I was happy that the the flat was clear . |
| 9 | I came to the conclusion that my hunch had been right , but that the ditches must have been dug in mid-Victorian times and the earth piled on the track , putting all the older items out of detecting range . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In some cases the overlay will not be completely accurate as the different maps may have been produced at different times by different teams of surveyors . |
| 12 | The Ridgeway in Wiltshire and Berkshire may well have been used in prehistoric times , but probably no more so than the line of the A4 across the same counties . |
| 13 | It is certainly true that many of the by-roads in an area such as this may well have been used in Roman times though it is difficult to prove . |
| 14 | Nor need this group have been composed of the same households throughout : as the fortunes of different employments fluctuated so different groups could have been included at different times . |
| 15 | The 1031 annal on Cnut 's visits to Rome and Scotland could have been inserted at this time too . |
| 16 | Some caputs can be seen to be the logical successors to Roman and pre-Roman sites , the latter remaining as hillforts which may have been reoccupied in post-Roman times . |