Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [been] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would they have been country and gospel-based songs ? |
| 2 | ‘ Could n't it have been Maggie ? ’ |
| 3 | Could it have been Liza ? |
| 4 | Could it have been Karl Gesner ? |
| 5 | Although this is the first recorded instance of a private undertaker being used by the royal household it is possible that they had been previously involved in some small way in royal funerals , for it is doubtful that the College of Arms provided coffins and it would seem probable that they contracted this out to the trade , to people such as William Russell — indeed , could it have been Russell who provided the coffin for Queen Mary in late December 1694 ? |
| 6 | ‘ Could it have been suicide ? ’ |
| 7 | If he had to be shifted to Ireland , why could n't it have been Dublin where he 'd at least have been nearer to Elizabeth and might have managed to hop over to England more often . |
| 8 | What d' you think , Dolly , might it have been details of a plan to rob the Bank of England ? ’ |
| 9 | Should n't it have been Susan asking Yorke how he intended to use the knowledge ? |
| 10 | Well would it have been George 's daughter ? |
| 11 | Could it have been hunger that caused the light-headedness ? |