Example sentences of "have [been] this " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Whilst I stand to be corrected , it may well have been this greasy property which made the finish dry out with a khaki tone . |
| 2 | But of her job as Minister of Health she said : ‘ If I had been forced to pick any job it would have been this one . ’ |
| 3 | It may not have been this boy 's fault . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ To the pigs with the slops , where you should have been this mornin' , ’ replied his wife . |
| 5 | He was describing Denis Law but it could have been this era . |
| 6 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 7 | The procedure , if it followed the usual course , would have been this : two doctors would be taken to see her and would ask her a few questions . |
| 8 | For my experience would have been this way no matter how other experiences might or might not have been . |
| 9 | The weight of the church of Canterbury was behind Wihtred and it may have been this which ensured his success . |
| 10 | It may have been this connection that took him to Nottinghamshire in 1580 , to work for Arundell 's brother-in-law , Sir Francis Willoughby , at Wollaton Hall . |
| 11 | It is therefore slightly ironic that it should have been this same Meistersinger which now finally stirred his feelings to the point where any " healthy " critical stance became impossible . |
| 12 | He was aware of a slow feeling of triumph , a sense of release as if he had just won some physical competition ; without the fear there would n't have been this strange sense of excitement and content . |
| 13 | And I suppose that would have been this |
| 14 | Ironically , it might have been this shadow hanging over him which was responsible for his change in fortunes on the course . |
| 15 | It may have been this group Professor Ashton had in mind when he drew attention to the way in which London banks played a role in making available the " savings of agriculturalists ' to provide " much of the investment in manufacture " . |
| 16 | He had been active in south Wales under Edward IV , being made chamberlain there in 1479 , and it may have been this which brought him to Gloucester 's attention . |
| 17 | His harrying of Essex in 994 could well have been this second occasion , and if so the first may have been the Maldon campaign in 991 . |
| 18 | It may have been this subjective judicial approach which led to the strange result in Attwood . |
| 19 | A HUMBLE £28-a-day flagman bears the main responsibility for the shambles that should have been this year 's Aintree Grand National , according to the official inquiry into ‘ The race that never was . ’ |
| 20 | At 3:1 United were cruising again and the Manor Ground fans must have been thinking what could have been this season if there had been more games like this . |