Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would not it have been more sensible to request all those concerned with the project to put forward their plans together and subject them all to just one public inquiry ? |
| 2 | could n't I have been left alone |
| 3 | Why could n't I have been born to be successful and brainy ? |
| 4 | ‘ And should n't I have been the first person to have known about them ? |
| 5 | My own case dragged on for months , swamped with innuendos — if another student was having a clandestine consensual affair , why could n't I have been too ? |
| 6 | Hypocritical though it was , would n't she have been wiser to have led Luke on a little , been a bit more responsive when the opportunity arose ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why in the world could n't she have been more honest with me ? ’ |
| 8 | Why the hell could n't you have been nicer to her , Mother ? ’ |
| 9 | Would n't you have been wiser to call them back ? |
| 10 | The sad thing is that if all the OAPs and others who genuinely ca n't afford the extra withheld that portion of their poll tax , my God , would n't we have been pounced on as lawbreakers and worse and dealt with ten times faster than the poll tax rebels who withhold purely for so-called political reasons . |
| 11 | ‘ Could n't they have been secretly shot ? ’ |
| 12 | Yeah , but why would n't they have been much more relevant ? |
| 13 | ‘ It 's all right for them , why could n't it have been their child who died ? ’ |
| 14 | Would n't it have been sad if she had lived her life with her mistaken Inner/Outer Face ? |
| 15 | Could n't it have been to escape from having to realize that she 'd killed her lover ? |
| 16 | ‘ In that case would n't it have been equally lethal to us ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But , ’ I said , ‘ would n't it have been simpler just to have snapped its neck ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Could n't it have been Maggie ? ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Should n't it have been Susan asking Yorke how he intended to use the knowledge ? |
| 21 | ‘ Would n't it have been more sensible to marry her ? ’ |
| 22 | Would n't it have been wonderful if her love had been returned . |
| 23 | ‘ As his stepmother , would n't it have been expected of you ? ’ |
| 24 | And would n't it have been nice to catch a fish like that on the appropriate tackle for the species ? |
| 25 | Why could n't it have been a total stranger ? |
| 26 | There are general sort of comments that they do n't really know what the parish council does and they 're not very sure , erm , sort of it , it was mainly through the children 's card thing , perhaps a little bit of money that their child , you know did n't me meet any recognition but would n't it have been nice to know exactly what the picture had been for , and sort of the nitty- gritty does n't necessarily get filtered through . |
| 27 | ‘ Would n't it have been simpler for you to be independent back home ? ’ |
| 28 | would n't it have been better if they 'd done it before |
| 29 | But would n't it have been a good idea to ask a relative or neighbour to go with her or to look after the children who were not going to receive attention ? |