Example sentences of "[vb mod] have be [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where Morpurgo 's left eye should have been was only a sickening fold of flesh . |
| 2 | Where the tongue should have been was a rag of skin . |
| 3 | ‘ … and the moral of that [ said the Duchess ] is — ‘ Be what you would seem to be ’ — or , if you 'd like it put more simply — ‘ Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise . |
| 4 | The only person it could have been was Kerry . |
| 5 | One conclusion is that Vietnam could have been a proud success , and would have been were it not for , e.g. , the political constraints on the military . |