Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] been [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the pins and needles in his legs could perhaps have been from loss of blood . |
| 2 | It was an unforgettable night for the challenger and those fortunate enough to have been at ringside . |
| 3 | Just off Highway 83 north of Wellington , Texas , he came across the abandoned house of Mr and Mrs Sam Pritchard , who were unlucky enough to have been at home when the gangsters Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker paid a call after their car had plunged off the road . |
| 4 | Even if he added some new music for the revival , all the rest must already have been on paper for the premiere . |
| 5 | Reluctantly , Charlotte agreed , even though she was sure he would already have been in touch with them in such an event . |
| 6 | He hurried back to the Limousin and completed a piece of business , negotiations for which must already have been in train . |
| 7 | It was in fact the visitors who could easily have been in front , but for some brilliant tackling by Jason Miller , who on four occasions , kept out both Terry Patterson and Chris Loud . |
| 8 | As their mother seemed already to have been in hospital for most of their lives , Alexander and Victoria saw no change and since the family followed the form of their class and delegated the day-to-day care of their children entirely to the nanny , the absence of their mother hardly affected their lives . |
| 9 | The erm , entrance price increases generally have been in line or slightly above inflation . |
| 10 | Could he ever have been in love with her ? |
| 11 | If I had been of the view , which I am not , that it was open to the rule making authority , whether by accident or design , in any way to remove powers which the Act has given to the court , I should still have been of opinion that the judge had the powers which he clearly wished to have . |
| 12 | If I had been a marquis , I felt , I would still have been in bed or perhaps just parting the curtains and peering out to see what kind of day it was But Lord Hulton worked all the time , just about as hard as any of his men . |
| 13 | Would he still have been in collusion with his master ? |
| 14 | He had been moving slowly , and the street was dark … but he should still have been in view … should n't he ? |
| 15 | It can hardly have been on account of the unanimous beliefs of the many Home Secretaries who passed through the department during the period — though it has to be said that only one , Roy Jenkins , showed any real interest in the issue and he did what he could to achieve action . |
| 16 | Guilt that the family member himself or herself may possibly have been in part a cause of the problem in the primary sufferer either by something done or not done . |
| 17 | But he could n't possibly have been in love with her ! ’ |
| 18 | But how could she possibly have been in danger ? |
| 19 | Bradshaw and Millar found that 24 per cent of lone mothers who were or ever had been on income support said they had been , or would be , unwilling to give such information to the DSS . |
| 20 | Both seem to have attracted around 30 people ; Hague , named last year as the fittest man in the House , would probably have been at home in either . |
| 21 | ‘ But , however it came across , I do n't think I was feeling very hostile — how could I be when , since I knew which hotel you were in , I would probably have been in contact had you not arrived at my home . ’ |
| 22 | Other factors may also have been at work . |
| 23 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 24 | Gloucester 's influence may also have been at work in the selection of a duchy of Lancaster lawyer as the new recorder of London in June 1483 , although the man concerned ( Thomas Fitzwilliam of Mablethorpe , Lincs. ) preserved a studied neutrality when , only days after his appointment , he found himself in the middle of the deposition crisis . |
| 25 | Similar selective pressures associated with foods from the second trophic level may also have been of importance in the later development of the hominids themselves |
| 26 | Ecgfrith 's half-brother , may also have been in alliance . |
| 27 | Yeah That 's the only bit I hated I 'd rather have been at work all week and I did n't |
| 28 | The only difference of opinion so far has been over boxing . |
| 29 | The accent so far has been on production and we need to spread its use in the commercial , R&T and other support functions . |
| 30 | Her career so far has been in publishing , and , following the birth of her son James in 1982 , this has enabled her to work from home . |