Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas Arnold , although the significance and peculiarity of his personal achievement at Rugby may have been exaggerated , typified the attempt to meet the demands of a rising middle class by moving the local grammar schools into the national , or ‘ public ’ , category . |
| 2 | Moodie may have been a priest but in death his body had been laid out like some broken toy to lie on a shelf , the grimacing features half-hidden by a dirty cloth ; the eyes still open , sightless and empty . |
| 3 | Oldham 's task at Gateshead may have been eased by the Tynesiders ' dismissal earlier this week of their American guard , Darryl Thomas . |
| 4 | The government 's motive in attacking enclosures was not simply disinterested concern for justice for the poor , although Wolsey may have been anxious about their welfare . |
| 5 | Bram Stoker may have been a genial enough fellow externally , but he knew how to find a place which would match the chill in the soul of his novel . |
| 6 | John Donne may have been a great frequenter of plays , but the catalogue of his books he produced in the early seventeenth century reveals no dramatist among the many contemporary English writers he assembled . |
| 7 | Sweet Frances may have been the lass ‘ more bright than May-day morn ’ when the song was written , but she was also tragically short lived . |
| 8 | At Hamilton Terrace Minton may have been relieved , after the turmoil of Bedford Gardens , to find himself sharing with someone who came from a similar background . |
| 9 | They believe Mr MacDonald may have been involved in some kind of argument shortly before his death . |
| 10 | Moscow may have been concerned in particular about the global and regional repercussions of a prolonged Iran-Iraq war and the opportunities this provided the West . |
| 11 | Whatever Aachen may have been in the past , it has settled down now to being a prosperous commercial town with few pretensions . |
| 12 | Brampton may have been a quiet man but I can not imagine him allowing anyone to hustle him upstairs in a house full of people , tie a noose round his neck and hang him . |
| 13 | Though this is probably fanciful and certainly without basis in contemporary record , Jaenberht 's alienation from Offa may have been very real , because of the suppression of Kentish independence after 784–5 and now the partition of his province . |
| 14 | Welsh rulers , with whom Offa may have been at war and who possibly ruled in British territory subject to him , could have been among the kings of the Scots ( Irish ) who recognized the lordship of Charlemagne . |
| 15 | ON the day Forest not only climbed from their sick bed but announced their imminent discharge from the ward , Brian Clough may have been amused to note Arsenal 's third successive defeat . |
| 16 | The forces of Theuderic which Gregory thought were present at Vézeronce may have been those of Theodoric , angered by the murder of his grandson . |
| 17 | That Atlantis was discussed in the Timaeus may have been significant , but it was not crucial . |
| 18 | Just one thing Matt may have been a toyboy ten years ago , but what should he be called now ? |
| 19 | It can be speculated that the informants recruited in Operation Ward may have been known to the IRA for months or even years . |
| 20 | Police believe the Sierra may have been on its way to take part . |
| 21 | Police believe Gary may have been caught up in the world of drugs and met his death as a result . |
| 22 | John Pilmay 's glasshouse at Silkstone may have been the first successful venture in the district . |
| 23 | The architectural parallels between Canterbury and Chichester suggest that William may have been the master architect at Chichester during the rebuilding of 1187–99 . |
| 24 | A hoard at Ardnave may have been hidden at the time of the Civil War , between 1638 and 1650 and certainly after 1640 . |
| 25 | In other words designers at DEC may have been able to make some process concessions to achieve a record clock rate that might not be appropriate for other architectures . |
| 26 | The myth of Osiris must have been told and retold to eager audiences over many centuries and in many different ways . |
| 27 | Edwin must have been struck by the contrast each time he climbed the stairs . |
| 28 | The Ring of Scotland for his part undertook to pay the Ring of England £20,000 over three years in three instalments , a concession which Mortimer and Isabella must have been especially anxious to procure in view of their financial difficulties , and which Bruce hoped perhaps would sweeten the agreement for the English . |
| 29 | Outside Cabinet Leon Brittan argued in a speech that the Government must have the right to look at new ideas , although I suspect that both Leon and Geoffrey Howe must have been appalled at the way the issue had been handled . |
| 30 | Ben must have been wide-eyed . |