Example sentences of "have [been] [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus what looks like a perfect example of a ‘ horns of a dilemma ’ structure , turns out not to be so — it was a game that could have been played two or three lessons or ten lessons later . |
| 2 | Joe Royle should have been appointed two years ago . |
| 3 | then it you know they might have been delayed one way or another . |
| 4 | The thing that worries some people is that as it 's come at this particular time that some of the things that might have been done five years ago by Local Education Authorities to improve their whole education for children with special needs may now , either through other competing financial pressures , or through inertia or whatever , the whole spirit of Warnock could be lost , and I think it 's a thing that , you know , one will have to keep a careful eye on . |
| 5 | Where the main constructive waves are swell waves which may have been generated hundreds and even thousands of kilometres away and travelled on as free waves , it is quite likely that the local resultant wind has a far smaller part in the orientation of coastal forms . |
| 6 | The Japanese hi-fi 's clapped out , the VW should have been replaced 18 months ago , and that new Miele dishwasher does n't quite fit alongside the Swedish fridge . |
| 7 | A British Cox 's apple may have been sprayed 12 times and dipped in fungicide before it reaches your fruit bowl . |
| 8 | Indeed , had Sheffield referee John Key not been so lenient , Wright could have been dismissed two or three times over . |
| 9 | Bristol Crown Court heard expert evidence that the double spinal fracture which left baby Danielle in terrible pain could have been inflicted 24 hours before she died . |
| 10 | But you must you must have been asked dozens of times to go back into the pop concert field ? |
| 11 | In Sweden , sulphur dioxide emissions will have been reduced 65 per cent between 1980 and 1995 , 45 per cent by 1985 . |
| 12 | And then you say , ‘ if you had stated that [ the passengers were returning separately ] , you would have been issued two tickets . ’ |
| 13 | Rain fell at Monaco — providentially for Prost , who was being pushed to the extreme by the young Ayrton Senna , and would certainly have been overtaken one lap later . |
| 14 | The well-organised Russian rearguard should have been pierced five minutes into the second half when Michael Thomas found himself just six yards out , only for Dmitri Khlestov to clear off the line . |
| 15 | The dispute should have been settled 53 years ago when the 1930 Reservoirs Act ruled that the owners of all reservoirs containing more than 23 million litres must have them inspected and repaired regularly . |
| 16 | Action might have been taken two months ago . |
| 17 | The General Commissioners , after considering the relevant facts , in particular that the accounts should have been submitted three or four years previously , awarded each company a penalty of £2,000 . |
| 18 | The British tranche was none the less fully subscribed , but shares on sale in Europe were oversubscribed and those offered in New York could have been sold four times over . |